Kerry’s Eye was making the news rather than reporting it when a team led by the paper’s senior reporter and golfing hotshot Aidan O’Connor made all the headlines at the bumper Ross Golf Club charity days at the weekend. Club Captain Donie Broderick ensured two very successful days of action – in aid of two… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Golf
Former mayor Tom is the toast of Europe
A former Mayor of Killarney has made an effortless switch from local politics to international golf and he has just registered a sensational play-off victory in the stableford category of the RSM European Play-off Series at Stratford-on-Avon Golf Club in England. Tom Doherty came from behind in a very close-fought match against defending champion Miroslav… Continue Reading
Charities to the fore on captain’s big charity days
The Ross Golf Club Captain’s Charity Days plans are progressing well and man-of-the-moment Donie Broderick is confident that the project will be successful for both the Kerry Cancer Support Group and St Francis Special School in Beaufort. Most of the tee-times for Saturday, September 24 are sold out at this point but tee-times are available… Continue Reading
Shootout in memory of a Killarney golf legend
A late great Killarney sportsman who excelled in a number of codes, including golf, has been remembered in his hometown with a golf tournament staged in his memory. Benny O’Connor was just 56 years of age when he died, suddenly, in Thailand, in 2009, after falling ill during a visit to a holiday home he… Continue Reading
It ended in a washout but great support secured
All-conquering four-in-a-row Kerry soccer league and cup double champions Killarney Celtic FC attracted a bumper crowd to Beaufort Golf Club this Saturday for its annual golf classic fundraiser which is always one of the best supported events in the town. Players turned out in great numbers from early morning but although the change in the… Continue Reading
