MALAHIDE GOLF CLUB FORE AUGUST 2018
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Malahide Golf Club
FORE August 2018
M ALAHID E GOLF CL U B
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Euphoria abounded in Malahide during the week
Ollie Turns Back The Clock with the Indian cricketers hitting 6s at will, but the
reaction from the club house balcony following
On his 57th attempt, Oliver O’Farrell, Oliver’s win, surpassed all the excitement at the
better known as Ollie who celebrated cricket club.
his 87th birthday on July 9th won Jim
McMahons’ Captain’s Prize on Saturday An accomplished mariner, Oliver hails from Clifden
30th June. Playing off a handicap of 32, and spent many years in New York before settling
Oliver who was Club President in 1991 down in Malahide in the 60’s, where he and his wife
now plays in a buggy, having had 2 hips Bunny have given long service to Malahide Golf Club.
and one knee replaced!
Captain Jim McMahon in his congratulatory
Having shot 38 in the qualifier and speech said that judging by the reaction from the
another 38 on the final day, and membership that this was without doubt the most
playing in the 2nd last 3 ball, Oliver’s popular ever Captains’ prize winner and proved the
76 was hailed the winning score once point that allowing some of our members play off 32
the final 3 ball finished. Oliver and his made them competitive again.
Ollie Checks his Ball re OOB
wife Bunny received congratulations
all round and Oliver was enjoying his
whiskey, when rumblings of a possible
play off began to emerge. It turned Ollie Tees off on 1st
out that one of Oliver’s partners David Malahide Golf Club Captains have a caricature portrait
Smith, an Intermediate member, playing off 12, who finished on 75, had incorrectly cut himself one shot from completed to mark their term of office and many of these
the qualifying day. David at 21 years of age is approximately one quarter of Ollie’s age! and the pair set out to now hang on the walls of the snooker room in the club. An
battle over the three-hole playoff where Oliver had a 5 shot advantage. image is printed on the final day scorecard. Captain Jim’s late
father Pat was captain in 1999 the same year Ollie’s wife Bunny
Ollie played a miraculous shot onto was lady captain.
the green at the first playoff hole from
behind a tree to go one point up and
then sank a very difficult 15ft putt on
the 2nd playoff hole to go 3 points up.
David needed a birdie at the difficult par
5 finishing hole (9th Yellow) and David
hit an enormous drive. Both Oliver and Ollie turns back the clock
David then found the trees. David made
the green in 3 and had a birdie chance,
which he narrowly missed. Oliver was
left in a “have 2 take 2” situation and he
duly lagged up for victory, in front of a
packed clubhouse balcony.
David Smith playing from trees
McMahon Score Cards
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Pro AM 1st June 2018 Hermitage Swap Day 3rd June 2018
Winners: Aer Lingus team ofº Dara McMahon, 2nd Place: Nolan’s Hardware, Paul Nolan, Matt Nolan,
Orla McMahon, Alun Brophy & Pro. Brian McCormack Jnr. Sam Nolan with Lady Captain Eileen
Professional Winner Colm Moriarty with Captain Jim Captains’ Presentation to St. Francis Hospice Raheny
Past Lady Captains Bunny, Marie & Joan Professional Winner Colm Moriarty/Glasson Hotel & GC
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Ladies Leinster Senior Cup Gad Khalil RIP
Gad touched the hearts of members with his boundless
energy, his many acts of kindness and his constant good
humour. The huge turnout of members at his funeral
hopefully offered some degree of comfort to his wife
Over the week-end of May 19th and 20th Mary and family.
Malahide GC hosted the ILGU Leinster A fund to help the family was set up by the members
Senior Cup. and is administered by past captain’s Joan Webster and
Robert Morris. On the 6th July a Friday nighters led
Over the 2 days the event had 16 teams fundraiser raised ¤1,130 for the fund and many warm
with 36 holes being played on both days. tributes were paid to Gad by members and staff where
a large turnout assembled to remember Gad with a
light heart and a cheerful spirit.
Organiser Mary White with Lady Captain Eileen
On Saturday 19th the first of 8
matches commenced at 7.10 am
with the afternoon hosting the
4 Quarter-Final matches.
On Sunday 20th in the morning
were the Semi Finals with final
taking place that afternoon
where Elm Park were victorious.
Winners Elm Park
Tasmania’s Malahide Golf Club
The other Malahide Golf Club situated in Tasmania’s
rural north-east at Mangama Road Fingal, Tasmania
Australia. Members of either course can enjoy
a courtesy game in the other Malahide GC by
reciprocal arrangement.
Member Brian McGeough paid a visit to Tasmania
in February and received a warm welcome from NEW PEUGEOT i-COCKPIT® / HEAD-UP DIGITAL CLUSTER / GRIP CONTROL*
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Course Report
We consistently have issues with golfers not repairing pitch marks and not raking bunkers, I’ve had a lot of
feedback on the golf course from both members and visitors most of which is very positive but the bunkers
remain the number one complaint, lack of consistency in sand depth, playability from the bunkers in terms
The great weather over the past couple of months has been very welcome, this however has put pressure of golfers not being able to gain a proper stance and bunkers not being raked. Below is a typical example of
on our irrigation system and as referenced in my email in June we don’t have the capacity to irrigate the tee how some golfers leave the bunkers after playing their shot.
boxes to the same level as the greens. With the likelihood of the good weather continuing we have a plan in
place to pump the water from the pond on the 6th yellow to our reservoir ensuring we have enough water
to maintain the course. I would like to thank member Vincent Conroy, Colm Murphy our head greenkeeper
and Tommy Rusk operations manager for putting this in place and getting it done at a minimum cost to the
club.
Members can help with the raking
of bunkers they have recently
We have recently installed three new clock signs on the first hole of each nine that have been received well
played from and leaving the rake
by the members, we also reinstated the bench on the 5th Red donated by the Family and friends of the late
back in the bunker.
Kieron Dolphin, and in addition we have placed a new bench beside the putting green.
Darragh Smith
Course Convenor
As we are in the middle of the golfing season the practice ground and in particular the new pitching green is
getting a lot of use, can members please use the facility in the way it should be used, recently we had another
incident where a member was hitting balls back down the practice area which the management committee
has consistently asked members not to do.
Respect for the golf course …Your Golf Course
It’s your responsibility
• To repair the pitch mark
• To rake the bunker
• To fill the divot
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Captain’s Jim McMahon’s Prize 30th June 2018 Lady Captain’s Eileen Hanrahan’s Prize 21st July 2018
Overall Winner Oliver O’Farrell Final Day Winner Leo Finlay Winner Anne Macken Conway Runner Up Irene Magee
2nd Overall David Smith 3rd Overall Shane O’Neill 3rd Anne Ryan 4th Yvonne Collins
4th Overall Graham Darcy Class 1 Winner Anthony Lyons Vera Mahood Winner of McCartans Putting Comp. 5 Day Member 1st Liz Finnerty
Class 2 Winner Bernard Myers Class 3 Winner Denis Byrne
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New Smartphone App
At the end of May, the Management Committee formally launched a Smartphone App for Malahide GC for
members and visitors use. The App is called ClubNet and is licenced from a company called Golfgraffix which
supplies club customised App’s for a sizeable number of Irish and overseas golf clubs.
Members can get the new Malahide Golf Club App on their smartphone and connect just by following these
simple steps
1. If you have an iPhone go to App Store and download ClubNet.
2. If you have a Samsung go to the google play store and download ClubNet
3. Please accept all location services and push notifications.
Jim Comerford (aged 90) Team Winner June 2018 Friday Nighters Midsummer NTP Winner Denis Byrne
with Sponsor Colm Gallagher 4. You will see a selection of golf clubs, select Malahide.
5. We have already set up an account for you using your Cobra email address
6. In the email box, enter your email address (the same one you receive notifications from BRS)
7. In password, enter malahidegolf, all in lower case
Members can browse around, enjoy the fly-bys under the 3D guide, see club news, book your golf, peruse
club diary, check your handicap record and follow live scoring of Malahide’s inter club matches.
*Please note
Apple Inc. do not support ANY APP on an OS older than release iOS11. iOS11 runs on all phones from the
iPhone 5s, which basically covers all Apple devices since 2013. So, the ClubNet app is backward compatible to
devices for the past 5 years. This is not an issue for Android users as Google are not as strict as Apple.
Sadly, this is a decision of Apple Inc. which will affect a minority of people who have not upgraded to iOS11.
Captain Jim, Shane, Bob & Gavin Winners of the joint committee day Paddy Nolan Memorial
Doubles Snooker Winners
Combined Committees Social The Control Centre
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Lady Vice Captain Laura Mahony’s Day 9th June 2018 Vice Captain Brendan Ryan’s Day 26th May 2018
President Donal & Lady Vice Laura Overall Winner Maura Collins Overall Winner Donal Hughes 2nd Overall Donal Waters
Runner up Susan Gregan Carmel O’Hagan, Lily Woods & Lady Vice 3rd Overall Padraig Burns 4th Overall Michael A. Doyle
Anne Ryan, Linda Newman - Matthews, Aileen Conlon & Lady Vice Anne O’Neill, Joan Doyle, Lady Vice and Louise Kelly Gross Mark Liston Class 2 Winner Kieran Kenny
Gross Winner Mary Rock Carol Pitcher, Denise Dowling, Yvonne Collins & Lady Vice Class 2 3rd Bernard Sweeney Class 3 Winner Diarmuid O Donnchadha
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Winners Scratch Cups
The winning team for Denis Mahony Motors Day with 60.8 Nett.
Photo line up from L to R.
Fiona Flanagan (Balbriggan),
Irene Poynton (The Island),
Captain Eileen Hanrahan,
Norma Murphy,
Sheila Newman (The Island),
Vice-Captain Laura Mahony,
Stephen Mahony from
Denis Mahony Motors.
On Sunday 27th May Malahide hosted the Junior
(Bob McAdoo) Scratch Cup and the Intermediate
Malahide retained the Annual Inter Sports Club Golf Ciaran O’Rourke Winner Junior (Bob McAdoo) Scratch Cup
(Sean Maguire) Scratch Cup. Tournament Director
Competition on Thursday 28th June. In an Aer Lingus Colin Gregan and his assistant Lar Craddock were
Sponsored putting competition Malahide Rugby delighted with the large entry and the significant
Club dominated with the 2 Finalists.
number of participants from other clubs.
Ciaran O’Rourke won the Junior (Bob McAdoo)
Scratch Cup for the third time, a tremendous
achievement.
The results were:
Junior (Bob McAdoo) Scratch Cup
Gross
1st Ciaran O’Rourke (4) 74
Malalittle trophy retained - Malahide Friday 2nd Leo Connolly (4) 75 (B9:35)
Nighters 10, Forrest Little Grasshoppers 10.
3rd Anthony Briody (5) Hermitage 75
Presentation Photo shows: Thomas Magner chair Friday Nighters, Paddy
4th Stephen Byrne (6) Portmarnock 76
Eamon Donnelly Malahide AFC Host, Paddy Walsh Quaid President Forrest Little and Past President
Team Captain Malahide Golf Club, Terry Roche Event Michael Lenihan. Nett Jody Hickey Winner (Sean Maguire) Intermediate Scratch Cup
Organiser. 1st Jed Tormey (9) 68
2nd David Heary (6) 71 (B3:13)
3rd Eoin Sweeney (6) 71
Intermediate (Sean Maguire) Scratch Cup
Gross
1st Jody Hickey (10) 80 (B9:39)
2nd Leo McCormack (10) 80
3rd Frank Sheedy (12) 82
4th Niall Higgins (11) Royal Dublin 83 (B9:39)
Nett
Philip Smith Winner of both the Castle Junior 1st Paddy Whyte (19) 70 (B9:33)
Scratch Cup and the Balbriggan Junior Scratch Cup. 2nd Anthony Wright (13) Deer Park 70
PGA Tankard Winner 3rd Paddy Canning (12) 71 (B6:23)
Vice-Captain Brendan Ryan and Winner Brian Howlett. Tournament Directors Colin & Lar
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PINK DAY Malahide Golfers Qualify for American Golf UK and Ireland Finals
American Golf host an event in Gainsborough
Golf Club in Lincolnshire, England, which is the
headquarters of Ping, every year. There are
qualifying events held in Ireland, England, Scotland
& Wales. The Irish event was held in Swords Open
GC on July 5th and three of our young golfers have
won a place in the next stage in Gainsborough GC.
This event will be covered by Sky Sports.
Sergio Ganaza, our Junior Captain for 2018, won the
gross prize, completing his round in level par.
Eoghan Clarke won his section with a brilliant score
1st Rosemary Byrne and Louise Holfer (Corrstown) 2nd Colette Moran and Frances Gorman (Donabate) of 52 points and Joey Irwin was runners-up with an
equally brilliant round of 48 points.
We wish our three brilliant young golfers the best
of luck in Gainsborough GC in August and we will
be looking out for you on Sky Sports.
Joey Irwin had further success in the Dublin Boys
U16 competition at the Grange GC. He shot 41
points & 44 points (Stableford) over the 36-hole
competition.
1st Men’s Liam Purdy 2nd Men’s Robert Doyle
Gavin O’Neill in his team uniform in preparation
to represent Leinster in the underage Irish
Interprovincial Championships in Slieve Russell
Ann Evans and Lucia Farrell (Royal Tara) 4th Mary Ryan (The Island) and Frances Ryan
(24th & 25th July 2018).
Under the leadership of Lady Captain Eileen
The 26th running of the All Ireland Mother and Son
Hanrahan, the ladies held on Tuesday 26th June
Foursomes Stroke play competition takes place in
an 18 HOLE 2 lady team invitation event. The
Malahide Golf Club on Sunday 26th August 2018. This year
day has been commonly known as Pink Day.
the event is sponsored by Down to Earth Health Food
77 lady visitors and 30 clubs were represented.
Store and the timesheet is already live on the Malahide
For the first time the men held a competition
GC website namely www.malahidegolfclub.ie under Golf/
on the same day. Both events managed to raise
Open comps & Events/Down to Earth All Ireland Mother
¤6,885 for breast cancer research.
and Son.
Sarah Craddock, Kerry Hendrick,
Hannah Hopkins & Heather Mulcahy
18 19Officers of Malahide GC at East Leinster Senior Cup presentation
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