Post Tagged with: "Golf"

THREE Mercy Mounthawk girls have qualified for the All-Ireland Schools Golf Final for the second year in a row. Lucy Grattan, who is fourth year, third year student Arie O’Shea and Ema Vinarcikova,  who is in second year, will head to Milltown Golf Club, Dublin on Monday, April 29 for […]

KERRY golfers are being asked to donate their golf round this Sunday, October 1 in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, by entering a unique online multi-course competition. Entry requires a donation of €10 with 90 percent going to Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and there are […]

IMAGINE if the Ryder Cup was played in Kerry? How would you decide which of our amazing courses would host the competition? We’ll imagine no more as Kerry Airport has come up with a solution by asking former professional golfer Graham Spring from Tralee to combine 18 holes from around […]

TWO Tralee teenagers were victorious at the weekend in a county pitch and putt competition and for one of them it was her second major competition win in a matter of weeks. Ella Moynihan from Farmers Bridge, representing Tralee Golf Club, won the U16 Munster Girls Development Trophy in Charleville […]

PREPARATIONS are well underway for the Irish Golf Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) National Conference, Golf Tournament and Awards Ceremony, due to be held on October 20th and 21st in Tralee. The Rose Hotel, Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa and Ballybunion Golf will host this event over the two days. The […]

THE Golf Doc Academy has announced the official launch of the inaugural Kerry Schools Cup golf competition for 12 – 16 year olds. Teams of six kids are being invited to represent their secondary school in the Kerry Schools Cup and unlike other sports for 12 -16 year olds, teams […]

A TRALEE man has just opened a new facility for golf enthusiasts on the outskirts of town. James O’Dowd is bringing his insights, tips and experience to his new venture ‘The Golf Doc’ which opened its doors for the first time on Thursday. Situated just outside Tralee in Ballinorig West, […]

A TRALEE woman holed an incredible 50 foot putt to give Ireland a 3-2 win over Belgium and victory in the European Senior Ladies’ Team Championship on Saturday. Mary Sheehy from Oakpark was part of captain Pauline Walsh’s six-strong Irish team at Sierra Golf Club in Poland at the weekend […]

A TRALEE woman is off to play for Ireland in the European Seniors Team Championships in Poland next month. Mary Sheehy was selected for the Irish Ladies Seniors Team for the competition which takes place at the end of August. Mary, daughter of former Kerry player and John Mitchels legend […]

A TRALEE man currently caddying in the Singapore Open gave a special gift to current US Masters Champion today. Freelance golf writer, Kenneth Quillinan, from Derrylea, Oakpark, is carrying the clubs for Corkman, Niall Turner, at the Asian Tour event, but couldn’t resist presenting Jordan Speith with an Irish soccer […]

  ARDFERT Golf Club is to close at the end of the year. The 170 members of Ardfert Golf Club, were informed in writing on Tuesday that the course would close its doors at the end of December. The golf club made the announcement to the public yesterday afternoon on its Facebook […]

THINK you know your golf? Well the Kerins O’Rahilly’s ‘Masters Challenge’ is back again this year with a first prize of €500 for the winner. Now in its third year, the competition has proved a very successful way of generating funds for the club. Past winners who collected the cash are Mossie Kelly […]

MANY Tralee people who enjoy golfing in Ballybunion will see some big changes to the greens by this time next year. Almost 300 members attending a Special General Meeting at Ballybunion Golf Club on Thursday night voted on a proposal by the club’s Management Committee to strip all eighteen greens on the famous […]

A TRALEE man attending a golf competition broke the news to a Thai golfer that he had won a house after the Thai made a hole in one over the weekend -the first of two the Kerry man witnessed that weekend! Kenneth Quillinan, from Derrylea, was following Damien McGrane, the only […]

            A NEW business opened in Tralee on Monday last, where golfers can hit the fairways of the Tralee and Ballybunion courses from inside a building in Killerisk (that’s some drive)! The golf performance centre, which is located opposite Manor Village Filling Station, is already garnering rave reviews […]

YOUNG golfer Rory Hill doesn’t just share a first name with his idol from Northern Ireland. He too can say he has been selected on the Ireland U18 golf team, just as Rory McIlroy was when he was an up and coming golfer. “I was delighted when I got the news, […]

THERE was a nice surprise for Tralee Golf Club President Gerard O’Sullivan Tuesday when the worlds number one golfer Rory McIlroy sent him a video message via Facebook. “It was a lovely gesture,” said Gerard.  “I haven’t seen it myself yet, but I’ve been getting loads of text messages, mainly […]