Articles in the Golf Category

MAITIU MONAGHAN ROSSMORE GOLF CLUB have kick started the 2024 golf season with their annual drive-in. At the event last Sunday, new Captain Des O’Connor, and new Ladies Captain Ann McKenna took to the first tee for the launch of the new season. The ladies’ Spring League has already begun, with the men’s League set to start next Friday. From now until the end of September Rossmore Golf Club will be a hive of activity with various competitions, with 18-hole competitions set to begin on St. Patrick’s weekend. Men’s Captain Des ...

JACK MADDEN An all-ladies team conquered rossmore golf course to scoop the top prize in Scotstown’s biannual Golf Classic event. the team scored an impressive 105 points under a new scoring system, with the event as a whole a huge success in terms of raising funds for Scotstown GAA and in particular the Kilmore Development Project. With what Scotstown GAA chairman Shane Stirrat described as a “great turnout” of almost 50 teams, the event started at 8am on Saturday morning, with presentation duties, outside due to Covid-19, concluding over twelve hours ...

COLM SHALVEY As part of the slow, phased restart of sporting activities, golf courses were given the green light to reopen on Monday. For the first time since closing their gates at the end of last year, this marked the occasion when all golf clubs across the island could reopen their fairways, with many courses having been closed for a total of 30 weeks since March 2020. Golf resumed in the six counties earlier this month but as the Irish Government’s latest easing of restrictions took effect, all 382 golf clubs ...

The sadness but warmth of recollection current in the minds and hearts of the members of Rossmore Golf Club following the passing of their friend and club stalwart George Leonard is encapsulated in the following tribute from VINCENT GILHAWLEY… A stalwart of Rossmore -George Leonard remembered George Leonard was a man I was extremely honoured to call a staunch loyal friend ever since I first met him through golf at Rossmore Golf Club in the early 1980s. George was the quintessential loyal club member, the one who believed in totally ...

COLM SHALVEY Monaghan GAA Golf Classic tees off July 24th-25th The Monaghan GAA Perpetual Golf Classic, sponsored by McAree Engineering, tees off this year at Rossmore Golf Club on July 24 and 25. This event is running for the seventh year in a row, with Monaghan County Board Chairman Michael Owen McMahon (CIRCLED) saying: “while a lot of things this year have been delayed, our committee and McAree Engineering have been working away in the background to ensure this year’s Golf Classic would go ahead”. “This is going to be ...

COLM SHALVEY Golf courses in Monaghan and across the country have reopened this week, under protocols and restrictions issued by the Government and the sport’s national governing bodies. Rossmore Golf Club captain Tom Cully has welcomed the return to play, while reminding members of the need to continue to be cautious in observing the guidelines. Speaking to The Northern Standard this week, Cully said: “We’re delighted to be back playing golf and delighted to welcome the members back onto the course. I would like to thank the management, the staff and ...

Colm Shalvey reports Athletics clubs around the country have returned to “limited activity” in accordance with government guidelines, but local groups have understandably continued to err on the side of caution amid the ongoing restrictions. Athletics Ireland announced late last week that they were delighted that clubs would be permitted to return to limited activity from Monday past (May 18), as part of Phase 1 of the Government roadmap, which allows people to engage in outdoor sporting and fitness activities, either individually or in very small groups (maximum four people), where ...

Golf MICHAEL FISHER Concra Wood Golf Club beside Lough Muckno will play host to the European Challenge Tour in October. Concra Wood Golf Club has landed the most prestigious event so far in its ten year history. The best international professional young golfers will be coming to Castleblayney in October. The par-72 course on the shore of Lough Muckno will provide a tough test for them when they take part in the Irish Challenge leg of the European Challenge Tour from October 4th to 7th. There will be a prize ...

Aman exceedingly well known to golfers in county Monaghan has his fingerprints all over the upcoming re-launch of what is reputed to be the largest retail golf shop in the north-east of Ireland. Donegal-native Bobby Fallon spent many a happy year in the proshops of both Rossmore Golf Club and Nuremore Hotel and Country Club where he made many friends and admirers between the years, 1999 to 2015. These days, Bobby is engaged in the golf retail business and in the coming weeks he will preside over the re-launch of ...