Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

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Course Update March 2019

The Winter programme of course improvements is near completion. The works this year have been considerable. Due to an unseasonably warm autumn we were cutting grass right up to January so the winter projects were delayed. Most noticeable in recent months has been the ongoing tree and gorse removal policies and bunker work. Irrigation and fairway management works have also been considerable (see pictures attached of some of the challenges from blocked drains and tree roots).

Trees
The policy of removing and pruning trees is designed to prevent excessive tree growth and to brighten up key parts of the course. This also assists with grass growth and playability. Front 9 trees have been pruned and crowns raised to increase light and grass quality under them with further plans for the 6th and 9th holes. The back 9 work is ongoing.

Bunkers
Extensive bunker work was undertaken to repair areas damaged through wear and tear. We have also added definition to various bunkers and the large bunker on 16 will be split into two.

We removed sand from bunker tops and replaced with soil to reduce drought stress on the 1st 2nd 6th 8th and 11th. We repaired and re-sodded entry/exit points on all bunkers

We will remove a bunker on the 5th and 7th as these are underused and are costly to maintain.

Fairways and Irrigation
We installed new irrigation on 4th & 5th approaches and the 17th surround. All fairways have been shockwaved and verti-drained twice (aeration).

We rebuilt 2 sets of drains between the 12th and 15th which were damaged due to tree roots.

For the 17th we will begin to widen the fairway once the growing season starts.

Paths and buggies
We built a new path through the trees to the right of the 1st to take course traffic away from interfering with golfers on the 1st tee and the 6th green. We also hope to repair some of the other paths on the course.

As always (eg 13 and 16) please use paths for trolleys and buggies where feasible.

Social media

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Sunday 3rd June

Sunday 3rd June

Champagne Scramble

1st           Jim Browne (8), Mary Hutch (12)            106pts

Jacinta Deane (15) & Nicky Brooks (32)

2nd         Celine Joyce (28), Ann-Marie Darcy (26)     101pts (53b9)

Michael Joyce (10) & John Darcy (8)

3rd      David Kirk (7), Richard Bevan (14)              101pts

Heber O’Farrell (16) & Eoin O’Farrell (20)

Sunday 7th January Singles Stableford

Sunday 7th January
Singles Stableford

1st Ray McDonnell (8) 41Pts
2nd Danny O Connor (6) 38Pts
3rd Barry D O Leary (1) 37Pts 13L6
Gross Eddie Lonergan (1) 35Pts

Two’s Result €8
1st Hugh O Rourke, Denis Cromie
5th
11th Brian Hickey, Gavan McGirr
13th Stan McHugh
14th Philip Pratt, Pat Mahon, Eddie Lonergan, Ray McDonnell
16th Philip Pratt, Jimmy Hackman

Ladies Competition Results – Tuesday 24th October – 18 Holes Stableford

NO PLAYED:       35

 

Winner:              Sarah Quilter (30)                  41pts

Runner Up:        Ger Hickey  (33)                      40pts

Third:                   Roisin O’Caoimh (30)            38pts

Fourth:                Amanda Lawless (18)           35pts    

 

Twos:                  €17.50  each

                             Michelle Knapp and Avril O’Farrell

 

Alan Condren wins Irish mid-Amateur

Congratulations to Alan Condren on a fantastic performance in winning the Irish mid-Amateur Open last weekend at Clandeboye. Alan opened with 2 phenomenal rounds of 66(-5) and 68 to lead by 6 shots heading into the last round. He finished with a round of 74 to win by 7 shots. Well done Alan on a huge win.

For more details see the links below:

https://www.golfnet.ie/news/gui/2720/condren-claims-seven-stroke-victory-at-clandeboye

and

https://www.golfnet.ie/news/gui/2719/condren-leads-by-six-at-irish-mid-am

Another win for Fred Daly team

A mixed weekend for GGC teams. On Friday. our Fred Daly team put in another strong display with a 3-2 win over Woodbrook. There were solid wins by Msssrs Dalton, Hynes and Chris Lawless (on the last).

On the ladies side, there were narrow defeats for our Challenge Cup  (2-3 Vs Grange) and Intermediate (2-3 Vs Delgany) teams.

 

Successful weekend for GGC teams

Greystones have started 2017 like they ended 2016 with a series of impressive wins over the past few days. The ladies junior foursomes overcame Grange Castle in Carrickmines . This was helped by strong wins from Via Maune and Laura Langrell (6&4) and Helga Hayden-Smyth (on her comeback) and Roisin Norris (4&3). On the men’s side, the Leinster Fourball 2016 champions somehow managed to turn around what looked like a certain (heavy) defeat into victory against Rathfarnham. Trailing for most of the day, an heroic win in extra holes by Messrs Gaughran and Bracken ensured the narrowest of winning margins (3-2). Our JB Carr team also won last week and the Darcy team are through into the last 4. Huge congratulations to all our teams, managers, players and of course Paul on a fantastic start to 2017.