Pride of place on the pitch and putt scene this week goes to the Kerry Under 16 Gold team who won another Munster Inter-County, the sixth in straight succession at the event which took place in Mallow last Saturday.
Both team captain Ajay Barrett and Brian McCarthy won their third provincial inter-county medal and, as a result, Brian found himself in a play-off with is Deerpark club-mate Ben Kelliher for the boys’ 14-15 Strokeplay title which he was defending.
Kerry held a nine shot lead after the singles with Ajay, Brian, Ben and the other team member Jayden Chute combining for a seven under par singles total.
In the Scotch Foursomes Kerry extended their winning margin to 12 shots with scores of eight under par (Ajay and Jayden) along with five under par for Brian and Ben brining their final total to 20 under par in the finish ahead of Tipperary’s Gold team.
The Kerry Green team of Daniel Leahy, Tommy Daly, Fionn McMonagle and Aodhan O’Halloran shot a combined total of 25 over par, eight off the bronze medal won by Cork Red.
The White team comprised Thomas Keane, Tommy Murrray, Mason Sheehy Elston and Diarmuid Lyons.
The individual titles saw both Brian and Ben go back out for a nine- hole play-off which Brian won against Ben to retain the honour and mean he has achieved a county and provincial double in 2024.
Fionn McMonagle of Deerpark won the Under 13 title, meanwhile, with a total of two over par as his club-mate Aodhan O’Halloran finished third in this section as well.
Closer to home, the Paul O’Sullivan Memorial Scratch Cup took place in Castleisland as a score of 22 under par for his 36 holes from Fergal Roche of Tralee really caught the eye on his way to victory. Keith O’Brien would win the final 18 prize in this section with six under par as overall honours went to Kieran Earls of Bruff with a 54-hole score of 25 under par.
That was just one ahead of Shane Brennan in second 24 under par as Damien Fleming won the last 18 prize with nine under par.
The Junior A and Junior B honours went to Tralee brothers Noel and Gerry Lee and the two ladies’ prizes saw Valerie O’Leary win the gross with two over par as a score of 95 nett was enough for Tralee’s Catriona O’Connor to win the other prize.
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