Galway Golf Weekly in Association With

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1 Friday June 9 th June, 2016 Dear Member, Galway Golf Weekly in Association With Welcome to Galway Golf Weekly. Gents Presentation of Prizes Friday June 9 th There will be a presentation of prizes TONIGHT June pm for the following: - Burkeway Homes Perpetual Trophy - David Mortimer s Club Professionals Prize Gents are asked to note to men s club policy re non-attendance at prize presentations and the requirement to have nominated someone to collect your prize or prize will be forfeited. Thank you to both sponsors. Please show your appreciation with you attendance. Club Lotto In Association With The Winning Numbers from the Lotto Draw on Friday June 2 nd were 5, 17, 19 & 28. There was no winner of the Jackpot of 4,800. There was no Match 3 Winner. Congratulations to John Hynes who won the Lucky Dip. This Week s Jackpot is 4,825 with the addition of an extra luck dip prize of golf for 4 in Adare Manor GC. Social Golf Event This Evening Another Social Golf event takes place this evening. 2 Ladies + 2 Gents on each Line. Entry Fee is 2p/p -Pay on Arrival. Booking for the next event on Friday the 16 th goes 10.00pm next Monday. Space is limited so get in early to avoid disappointment. If any member is interested in sponsoring any of these evenings going forward at a cost of circa please contact myself, Padraig Moran or Mairead O Shaughnessy. Trial of Divot Bag System The trial of the Divot Bay system continues. Divot bags will be made available to players in the tunnel area on the way to the 1 st tee, during peak times. Please feel free to take one with you when available and to repair your divots with the sand and seed mix as you play. The divot bags should be returned (empty) to the bag cleaning area where a new bench seat is located. The seat of the bench lifts up and the bags should be returned to the storage area under the seat. The system will be reviewed after a 1 month trial in order to gauge its success / uptake. Exams Best of luck to our Junior Members who are currently undertaking the state exams. Annual Costello Winners Competition The Sub Committee organising the above have deferred the planned date of play new date to be announced.

2 Course Maintenance of Fairways & Bunkers The Course Committee under the Chair of Jimmy Duggan are introducing a team effort for the maintenance of fairways by focusing on divot repair and bunker raking. Jimmy has appointed a number of team captains who in turn will each have a number of members who will help with this work and who will be allocated a particular hole to be in charge of. The Team Captains are as follows: - Hole 1 Capt. Paddy Whelan - Hole 3 Capt. Pat Holland - Hole 4 Capt. Jimmy Duggan - Hole 5 Capt. Kieran O Mahoney - Hole 6 Capt. John Royliston - Hole 7 Capt. Garry O Loughlin - Hole 8 Capt. Phillip Duffy - Hole 10 Capt. John Whiriskey - Hole 12 Capt. Kieran Daly - Hole 14 Capt. Sean Hosty - Hole 15 Capt. David Cuddy - Hole 16 Capt. Ger O Farrell - Hole 17 Capt. Tom Nolan - Hole 18 The Boys from the Pro Shop Thank you to all members who have volunteered to be part of these teams and the membership are requested to assist in the upkeep of the course by doing their bit with pitchmark repair, correct rubbish disposal etc. Any ladies who might like to volunteer should contact the relevant team Captain. One Governing Body (OGB) for Golf in Ireland June 2017 Update All eight One Governing Body Working Groups (WG s) have reported back to the OGB Discussions Group (DG) and presented their reports and have proposed key recommendations for OGB for Golf in Ireland. These WG s are Volunteerism, Championships, Game Development, Future Club Formation, High Performance, Rules, Club Services and Handicapping/Course Rating. The DG are reviewing these proposals and will take forward the recommendations they feel are more suitable and those which will work well alongside each other, to ensure a cohesive and well thought out proposal for OGB. The recent report commissioned by the Confederation of Golf in Ireland (CGI), which focused on the level of participation in golf in Ireland, highlighted the decline in the number of younger people taking up the game. The DG had already identified the need to tackle this area under the OGB umbrella and sought assistance in developing new initiatives to engage more people in golf in the future. The Game Development WG detailed extensive and very useful recommendations in this area, while the Club Services WG looked at how to increase the provision of offerings to clubs in the future.

3 The most recent WG s which have reported back have outlined some essential recommendations, in the areas listed below, amongst many others: Club Services - Prioritising and identifying key services to clubs - Regionally based club services - Ease of access OGB website High Performance - Joint national and regional HP structures - Performance panels - Team Ireland Emerging Professionals - Pathway from Junior Golf to HP Championships - Geographical spread - Suite of national and regional competitions and scheduling - Reviewing current structure of inter-provincial championships Game Development - Increasing participation at all levels - Family orientated - Junior development & young adult golf - Facilities availability The DG will be holding Consultation meetings with Club members throughout July/August and these will be focused on gaining insight from members into some of the recommendations under consideration for the DG. There is a dedicated One Governing Body website which provides the public with the opportunity to consult on all relevant materials relating to OGB for Golf in Ireland: General queries from Clubs and members should be directed to: onegoverningbody@gmail.com Pat Finn, CEO, Golfing Union of Ireland & Sinead Heraty, CEO, Irish Ladies Golf Union Scratch Match Play Update From Kieran O Mahony Group A Played W / L Pts Group C Played W / L Pts Ronan Mullarney 3 WWH 2.5 Cathal Nolan 3 WWW 3 Liam Power 3 WWL 2 Sean Burke 3 WLW 2 John Moreton 3 LWL 1 Colm Feeney 3 WLL 1 Dave Scully 3 LLH 0.5 Roy O'Neill 3 LLL 0

4 Group B Group D Mike Hennelly 3 WWH 2.5 Stephen Brady 3 WWL 2 Joe Lyons 3 WLW 2 Brian Timlin 3 WLW 2 Dan O'Connor 3 WLL 1 Ml O'Farrell 3 WLL 1 Aodan Comerford 3 LL 0.5 Tom Nolan 3 LLW 1 Quarter Finals Match 1 Ronan Mullarney bt Brian Timlin 5/4 Match 2 Sean Burke bt Mike Hennelly 2/1 Match 3 Joe Lyons bt Cathal Nolan 3/2 Match 4 Stephen Brady bt Liam Power 3/2 Semi Finals Match 1 Ronan Mullarney bt Sean Burke 6/5 Match 2 Joe Lyons bt Stephen Brady 3/2 The Cream came to the top in the Club Scratch Match Play with the two top seeds making it to the Final. In what will be an eagerly awaited Final the veteran and seasoned International Joe Lyons will take on Galway s No 1 ranked player, Ronan Mullarney. This is sure to be a pulsating contest between two great rivals and Senior Interprovincial team mates. Mullarney has won all his matches with holes to spare and overcame a gallant but outclassed Sean Burke in the first semi-final. This was a great Tournament for young Burke whose best win was a 2/1 victory over the experienced Mike Hennelly in the Quarter Final. In the second semi-final Lyons got the better of Sligo man Stephen Brady on the 16 th in a match of high quality. Lyons had 5 birdies to Brady s 2. Lyons seized the initiative on holes 12 through to 14. Making an unlikely birdie from way out on the right on 12 and another birdie followed on 13 with a 25 footer. His par on 14 was good enough to go from 1 down after 11 to 2 up after 14. A brilliant second shot on 15 to 4 feet sealed the issue for Lyons and his par on 16 closed out the match. He will need to play this well to compete with Mullarney in what will be a great Final. The Date and Time of the Final is yet to be decided but will be communicated to membership via the Club Newsletter. A match not to be missed!!!!! Welcome to our Newest Members A warm welcome to our newest members of the club who both joined recently availing of the 45 year and under offer. Picture courtesy of John McDonnell.

5 Holes in 1 Well done to Club Members Ray Smith & Aodan Comerford who both had Holes in 1 recently in Galway GC and in Bearna GC respectively. June Open Festival of Golf Please see attached & thank you to our Sponsors. Please note that following a recent decision of the Ladies Club, Men s Club & Club Council that the Tuesday competition is now open to both ladies & gents as is the Open Fourball Competition on Sunday June 11th. Traffic Restrictions on Sunday Next Traffic management plan for this Sundays match in Pearse Stadium. Restrictions in place from Midday. Please allow extra time for travel to the Club. Rules Please see attached from our regular rules expert Aine Binchy. Win A Chance to Play in The Irish Open Pro- Am Please see link in the main body of the . New Members Survey Results Will be available next week after I have discussed with Club Council. Damage to Golf Course due to Leather Jackets The Course Manager would like to make members aware that we are experiencing a renewed area of bird picking for leatherjackets this is most prevalent on Hole No. 12 with some additional damage to the 14 th. As a result sections of both fairways have again had to be marked as G.U.R.

6 Kind regards, Dave Kelly General Manager