July Monthly Medal
It might have been the July Monthly Medal but weather conditions made it seem more like November. None the less the cream still rose to the top! Shooting a gross 72 nett 68 Richie Lowry claimed the medal on a count back from Ciaran Whelan. Paul Fox who is in a great vain of form was third with a nett 69. The gross was won by Eoin Jordan with a 76.
1st Richie Lowry playing off 4 – 68 Nett
2nd Ciaran Whelan playing off 7 – 68 Nett
Gross Eoin Jordan playing off 5 – 76 Gross
3rd Paul Fox playing off 12 – 69 Nett
2’s Club
Anyone who entered the 2’s club and got a 2 will have the cash applied directly to their account.
Nine Hole
The Brendan McDermott Golf Academy Golf Shop 9 hole winner this week is Paul Whelan. Paul had an incredible 4 birdies and 1 eagle to score 25 points playing off the blue tees. Paul Fox with 23 points came second and Larry Comerford was third with 22 points.
A snapshot of the League after 8 rounds.
| Position | Golfer | Points |
| 1st | Liam Hutchinson |
38 |
| 2nd | Joe Lannon |
31 |
| 3rd | Paul Whelan |
25 |
| 4th | Mick Dillon |
24 |
| 5th | Joe Sweeney |
15 |
| 6th | Dan Stallard |
15 |
Golfer of the Year
Below is a snapshot of the top 12 golfers. Still a few rounds to play and also Matchplay points haven’t been applied yet. There is a beautiful new driver for the winner.
|
Golfer |
Handicap |
Points |
| Richie Lowry |
3 |
180 |
| Ger Treacy |
8 |
128 |
| Colm Corcoran |
5 |
119 |
| Ciaran Whelan |
6 |
116 |
| Martin Donnelly |
8 |
105 |
| John Moore |
16 |
97 |
| Paudie Lannon |
1 |
90 |
| Dan Stallard |
7 |
88 |
| John Barcoe |
15 |
80 |
| Gerry Doyle |
12 |
80 |
| Martin Whitely |
16 |
76 |
| J.J. Ryan |
9 |
74 |
MatchPlay Season
The second round of both the Singles and Doubles must be completed this week. A coin will be tossed on outstanding matches without a valid reason.
It’s the player on top of the draw to contact their opponent to arrange the match. Can everyone try get their matches played as early as possible.
This Week
There is no Club competition this weekend so it’s a perfect opportunity to get plenty of matchplay games completed. The company are holding 5 straight days of Open Singles, starting Thursday.
Golfnet
Every golfer should register and login to Golfnet from time to time to check their handicap details. It’s a painless job registering compared to most websites so why not give it a go this week. Just click the below link and follow the instructions. All you need is your GUI card and an email address.
https://www.golfnet.ie/user-registration
Howdidido
A second very useful website is Howdidido. This tracks your handicap and rounds played along with every competition result in Gowran. In fact you can get competition results for hundreds of golf courses in Ireland.
Registration again is not too difficult, just a matter of following a few steps. Link below.
http://www.howdidido.com/signin.aspx?section=54§ionTitle=Register
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