DUNFANAGHY Golf Club’s under 16 boys made it three County Championships in a row in a closely fought contest against Ballybofey & Stranorlar GC at the weekend.
The match was very kindly hosted by Frank Casey on the magnificent Sandy Hills course at Rosapenna and was in the format of three 4 ball better ball matches.
Picture: Dunfanaghy GC captain James Sweeney and his U16 County Champions.
Captain James Sweeney’s team was led by the very accomplished pair of Darcy Hogg playing off scratch and James T Sweeney (4) who played some magnificent golf.
After 16 holes, the boys were -3 gross but lost to a very consistent pairing of Patrick Carr and Barry McMenamin playing off 10 and 11.
Patrick and Barry made the most of their shots on a beautiful day at the Rosapenna links.
The second pair out where Evan Hogg and David Daly.
In another very tight match, the Dunfanghy boys managed to secure victory on the par 5 17th hole where 6 handicapper Evan hit two magnificent shots onto the green and managed to two putt for a birdie.
David, playing off 10 also produced one of the shots of the day on the 11th hole where he managed to get up and down from a difficult downhill lie in one of Rosapenna’s deepest bunkers.
In the third match, we had another strong pairing of Rory Kelly (11) and Lucas Wood (16) who got off to a very strong start and never took their foot off the pedal, eventually winning on the 13th hole.
Rory produced a number of thundering drives which helped shorten the course and Lucas ably assisted with this usual steady performance.
Many thanks to Tony Carr, team captain from Ballybofey & Stranorlar for a very sporting match, to the Rosapenna Captain Barry McMenamin Senior and Frank Casey who very kindly hosted the event.
Gents Open Senior Stableford – Monday 21st September 2020
1st Danny Sweeney (13) 41 pts
2nd Trevor Duncan (18) P/Salon 40 pts
Gross: Paul Grant (7) Lisburn 32 pts
3rd Pluncead O’Fearraigh (21) L/K 39 pts BOT
Front Nine: James Connolly (16) B/liffin 21 pts BOT
Back Nine: Colm Donaghy (13) 20 pts BOT
CSS: 37 pts
Gents Club Stroke Sunday 20th September 2020
1st Nigel Doherty (13) 64
2nd Oisin Cannon (23) 65
Gross: Bill McCallion (6) 73
3rd Caolan McBride (20) 66 BOT
Front Nine: Colin Higgs (9) 30.5 BOT
Back Nine: John McNulty (10) 32 BOT
CSS: 67
Gents Open Waltz Saturday 19th September 2020
1st – 84 pts BOT Don Sheridan (10), Pat Bonner (15), E. Gallagher (17), M. Dunne (20)
2nd – 84 pts BOT Keith Lapsley (5), Colin Higgs (9), Sean Duffy (10), Tony Murray (25)
CSS: N/A
Gents Open Stableford – Wednesday 16th September 2020
1st Eoghan Kelly (20) 44 pts
2nd Thomas Reidy (22) 41 pts BOT
Gross: Brendan Kelly (8) 31 pts
3rd Malcolm Allan (25) 41 pts BOT
Front Nine: Kevin Ward (22) 22 pts BOT
Back Nine: Thomas Kelly (10) 21 pts BOT
CSS: 38 pts
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