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County Sligo Golf Club: Pierce Purcell team reach Connacht final

Results: Friday July 9th: Social Mixed Foursomes sponsored by Enda McCarrick Motors. 1st: Conor & Catherine Frazer - 24 pts 2nd: Neil & Karen Gaynor - 23 pts 3rd: Ciaran Daly & Gay Hynes - 21 pts 4th: Michael & Mary McGowan - 20 pts, 36 Prize: Fergal Burke & Margaret Conlon – 18 pts Saturday July 10th: Fourball Betterball Stableford.

Strandhill Golf Club: Good turnout for Lady Captain’s Day

Despite inclement weather conditions a large number of ladies turned out to play for Lady Captain Breeges beautiful prizes, great scores were returned and the winner with a fine score was Maxie Slowey with 66nett.

Sligo Pitch n’Putt: Don Harte Memorial Cup

The first games of the group stages of the Don Harte Memorial Cup were played last Sunday morning. The first pairing saw Rory Mc Hugh pitted against Dave Moriarty. Dave took control of the match straight away by scoring 3 birdies in the first 3 holes. Dave went on to win the match 5 up.

Castle Dargan Golf Club: High scoring during Open Week

Open week at Castle Dargan came to a close on Sunday last with the staging of the Wassies Chipper Single stableford competition. There was a good turn out of members and visitors over the week and all enjoyed the quality of both the course and the resort. Although the weather was both windy and wet at times it did not take away from the scoring with some remarkable cards returned daily.

Tubbercurry golf club: Open week in full swing

Results for Sunday 11th July 18 hole Stroke, Sponsored by Rochford Gallagher, 1st Pauric Scanlon, 2nd Gerard Henry, 3rd Bernard Kelly The Club thank Rochford Gallagher for their Sponsorship

Ballymote Golf Club: Best wishes to Breege

Lady Captain’s Day (Mrs Breege Scanlon) on Sunday 18th July. Good wishes to Breege and all the Ladies, and lets hope for a nice Day.

Golf classic raises €7,000 for Rovers

The Sligo Rovers annual golf classic atCo. Sligo Golf Club on Thursday last seta record for the number of teams takingpart. Beautiful weather helped to attracta total of fifty-three teams to themagnificent course in a stablefordformat competition which proved verypopular with golfers, many of whomtravelled from all over the country

County Sligo Golf Club: Stephen survives to take Captain’s prize

Results: Saturday July 3rd: MrPat Forkan's Captain's Prize.Captains (Mr. Pat Forkan) Prize-Winner: Stephen Crowley (9) - 67B9 1st Nett: Michael Hannigan(18) - 67 2nd Nett: MichaelBarrett (17) - 68 pts_Gross: TomFord (2) – 76, 3rd Nett: AidanDoyle (12) - 69 B9, 4th Nett: JoeCasey (10) – 69 B9, 5th Nett:Declan J Howley (14) – 69_6thNett: Trevor Johnston (14) – 70B6

Strandhill Golf Club: McCabe takes honours on Captains’s Day

In one of the closest Captain’s Days in years,Mick McCabe emerged victorious in testingconditions at Strandhill GC last Saturdaythanks to a tremendous final nine of 31 nett.Only four shots separated the 21 qualifierswho headed out in the evening for the shootout,and in the end only three shotsseparated the top-10 finishers.

Sligo Pitch n’Putt: Finals holes of competition

The final 36 holes of the Rossespoint Golf Shop sponsored 72 Hole StrokeplayCompetition were played on Sunday last in very difficult windy conditionsand this was reflected in the scores returned. The leader after the first 36holes on a score of 9 under par, 99 was Steven Armstrong.

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