Ballyheigue Castle Mens Club
Sundays competition was an Open Mixed classic
1st Frank Darcy Patrick Roche James Roche Dan Healy 99pts
2nd Earl mcMahon Jerry Horan Noel Gilbride Packie Bunyan 97pts


Next Sundays Competition is the Master Classic for the Top 30 in the Golfer of the Year. This competition is sponsored by Moriarty's Centra Ballyheigue. For those that didnt qualify for the Master Classic there is an 18 hole Single Stableford with tee times from 10.30 to 1pm. On Sunday their will be a free meal after the golf for everyone playing in both competitions. There will be a choice of chicken curry or beef stroganoff.

The Nines of Kerry final between Ballyheigue and Ardfert took place in Castlegregory on last Saturday with Adrfert winning the final match on the 20th hole to win 3-2. John Barrett and Ann Leahy lost 2&1. Maurice McElligott and Marie McMahon won 5&4. Joesph O'Connor and Ena O'Brien lost on the 22nd hole. Declan McCann and John Lohan won 4&2. Lorraine Canty and Kathleen Gilbride lost on the 20th.

Ballyheigue Castle Mens Club
On Sunday we held an 18 Hole Single stableford competition sponsored by The Blasket Tralee.

1st Jerry Horan (10) 39 pts
2nd Patrick O'Carroll (19) 39 pts
3rd Mike Hayes (18) 36 pts
CSS 36pts

Next Sundays Competition is an Open Mixed Classic. Teams of 4. €100 per team. Timehseet available in the clubhouse.

On Friday the finals of the Singles and Fourball Matchplay took place. In the Singles Matchplay Vincent Linnane won 2 & 1 against Declan McCann. This competition is sponsored by Dermot Dowling. In the Fourball Matchplay Maurice McElligott and Pat Dillane won 4 & 3 against Padraig Dineen and Noel Gilbride. This competition is sponsored by Tim Joe Griffin, The OlD Attic Bar, Ballybunion.

Congratulations to David Linnane who after yesterday has won the 2015 Golfer of the Year which is sponsored by Richard O'Reilly.

After yesterday the Top 30 in the Golfer of the year qualify for the Master Classic which takes place on Oct 4th. The following have qualified -
David Linnane, Maurice McElligott, Earl Mc Mahon, Pat Dillane, Patrick Bunyan, Colum Carroll, Eamon Stack, Jerry Horan, Noel Gilbride, Jack Dempsey, John Donegan, Brian Mc Grath, John Lohan, John Leen, Patsy O'Connor, Ger Lynch, Martin Young, John Paul Leahy, James O'Sullivan, Barry O'Grady, Martin Garvey, Declan Mc Cann, Mike Slattery, Terry O'Connor, Jimmy Sullivan, JJ Mc Elligott, Padraig Dineen, Brendan Mc Mahon, Vincent Linnane, John Dineen.

The Nines of Kerry final between Ballyheigue and Ardfert will take place in Castlegregory on next Saturday Sept 26th at 1pm. The format of the competition is 3 Mixed Scotch Foursomes, 1 Mens Fourball and 1 Ladies Fourball.

Ballyheigue Castle Mens Club
On Sunday we held an 18 Hole V Par competition sponsored by Sean Hussey Tralee, and Rosses Supermarket Ballyduff.

1st John Dineen Level
2nd John Lohan Level
3rd Maurice Mcelligott Level
4th Liam O'Mahony Level

Next Sundays Competition is an 18 Hole single Stableford sponsored by The Basket Tralee. This is the final chance to make the top 30 in GOTY for the Master Classic on Oct 4th. Timesheet available online until 9pm Friday. Draw for partners will take place Friday night and will be available on masterscoreboard.

Current GOTY standing not available at time of going to print.

The Nines of Kerry final between Ballyheigue and Ardfert will take place in Castlegregory on Saturday Sept 26th at 1pm. The format of the competition is 3 Mixed Scotch Foursomes, 1 Mens Fourball and 1 Ladies Fourball.

Ballyheigue Castle Mens Club
On Sunday Tim Joe Griffin held his Captains prize. The winner was David Linnane who did "the double" as he also won the Presidents Prize a few weeks earlier.

1st David Linnane (15) 41 pts
2nd Padraig Dineen (13) 40 pts
3rd Jimmy Sullivan (14) 38 pts
4th John Leen (18) 36 pts
5th Noel Gilbride (7) 35 pts
Past Captain: Paul O'Connor (14) 30pts
Front Nine: Michael Slattery 19pts
Back Nine: James Roche 20pts
Longest Drive: Jerry Horan
Nearest the Pin: Ronan Gillooly
Guest: S Coughlan
CSS 35pts

Next Sundays Competition is an 18 Hole V Par sponsored by Sean Hussey Tralee and Rosses Supermarket Ballyduff. Timesheet available online until 9pm Friday. Draw for partners will take place Friday night and will be available on masterscoreboard.

The top 10 in the GOTY (including singles matchplay points) after Sunday is
1 Linnane, David 166
2 Mc Mahon, Earl 118
3 Dillane, Pat 113
4 Bunyan, Patrick 112
5 McElligott, Maurice 106
6 Carroll, Colum 87
7 Donegan, John 81
8 Dempsey, Jack 80
9 Stack, Eamon 79
10 Leen, John 78
The top 30 at the end of September will qualify for the Master Classic on October 4th. 30th place is currently 51pts.