Dear Members
President Keith would like to thank everyone who contributed to his chosen charity on his President's Day last Saturday. The sum total of €639 was raised for Cancer Care West. A presentation of the cheque will be made to Nick Edmunds on his next visit to Dunfanaghy.

President's Day at Dunfanaghy Golf Club

On Saturday 24th June President Keith Lapsley held his President's Day in Dunfanaghy. This year the competition took the format of an 18 hole Stableford Competition with a nine hole playoff to decide the winner. After 18 holes the top 10 scores (and ties) along with the 2 best gross scores went back out again to battle it out over another 9 holes (the first, third and 12 to 18)

The weather conditions were dry but the strong winds were making playing conditions very difficult. Even putting was was a challenge as the ball was blowing off line easily. Hence the scoring was much lower than expected.
However the turnout for President Keith was excellent and a large field headed off for the first part of the day.
It has to be mentioned Frank Kelly took the nearest the pin prize on the tricky 9th into a howling gale and David Johnston had the longest drive on the 18th hole. His drive was only inches from the green.
The leader after the first 18 holes in the clubhouse was Cornelius McMullan with 38 points. Three followed on 37 points - Marc Howard, Sean Grant and Danny Sweeney. Sean Duffy Jnr also had 37 points, but as  a student member he didn't qualify for the shootout. There were a few on 36 points - Nigel Doherty, Liam McBride, Eamonn Hunter and Willie Irvine with a couple of 35 points. The average score for the rest of the field was around 28 points which gives an indication of the effects of the wind on the day.

Favourites heading out in the playoff would have been Cornelius McMullan clubhouse leader and Danny Sweeney last year's winner. However, playoffs sometimes yield strange results with an added emphasis on who can handle the pressure best and stay focused on the day with a little bit of luck thrown in.
The best score in the 9 hole playoff was Nigel Doherty with 22 points, next Frank Kelly 19 pts, Anthony Gallagher and Cornelius McMullan had 18 pts and Liam McBride had 17 pts.
These were the significant scores in the playoff, when added to the original 18 holes score the prize winners were decided by small margins.

Nigel Doherty prevailed to capture the President's Prize with a score of 58 pts, followed by Cornelius McMullan on      56 pts, Anthony Gallagher on 55 pts, Frank Kelly on 54 pts and Liam McBride on 53 pts.
After the prize giving, the entertainment started and this saw our President Keith in fine voice as he started off the karaoke for the night with some deciding  around 1.30am that it was time for bed!

Many thanks President Keith for a good day.

This Friday 30th June is the Bernard Hanlon 3 club challenge and on Saturday 1st July it's a Gents Open Stableford.
 Sunday 2nd sees a Stroke competition for the Centenary Cup.

Remember Open Week starts on Wednesday 19th July and runs to the 31st July
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Club Single Stableford
Sunday 25th June 2017

1st   John McCosker (18)                     39 pts
2nd Colin Higgs (13)                            38 pts
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Mr Keith Lapsley President's Day
Saturday 24th June 2017 

1st   Nigel Doherty (12)                       36/22     58 pts
2nd Cornie McMullan (15)                 38/18     56 pts
Gross: David Johnston (6)                 25/13      38 pts gross
3rd  Anthony Gallagher (15)              37/18      55 pts
4th  Frank Kelly (22)                          35/19      54 pts
5th  Liam McBride (22)                      36/17      53 pts
Past President: James Sweeney (8)                34 pts
Committee Prize: Paul Burton (10)                34 pts
Category: Marc Howard (24)                           37 pts
Visitor Prize: Sean Grant (13)                          37 pts
1st 18: Danny Sweeney (16)                              37 pts
1st 9: Martin Agnew (24)                                  21 pts
2nd 9: Collan Keegan (13)                                18 pts
Non Qualifer: Sean Duffy Jnr (5)                    36 pts
Nearest the Pin: Frank Kelly (22)
Longest Drive: David Johnston (6)
Juvenile: Luke Kelly (11)                                  35 pts
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President's Scramble Stroke
Friday 23rd June 2017

1st   Sean Duffy/Eamon Hunter/Geraldine Magee/ Deborah Moore    41.9
2nd Paul Corcoran/David Lapsley/Willie Wilkin/Breda Caniff              42.9


President's Mixed Foursomes
Thursday 22nd June 2017

1st Frank Crumlish (22)/Nora Crumlish (23)    63.5


Open Stableford
Wednesday 21st June 2017

1st   Carlos O'Reilly (17)              42 pts
2nd  Joe Terry (11)                       41 pts
Gross: Niall McCormack (6)      33 pts
3rd  Charles Roarty Jnr (11)       40 pts
Category: Hugh Ferry (24)        34 pts
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The Dunfanaghy Golf Club Pro-Am 2017 was played over the weekend of the 10th and 11th June. 51 professional golfers and teams competed over 2 days for the prizes. Strong winds were a feature of the weekend with some liquid sunshine thrown in on Sunday for good measure. Under these conditions with the course baring its teeth scoring was difficult for pros and amateurs  alike.  David Higgins from Waterville came out on top for the pros and Ted Higgins lead Peter Sullivan's team to 1st place.
Dunfanaghy Golf Club would like to thank everyone who has worked incredibly hard to make the Pro-Am a roaring success. See you all next year!

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Winners:                93 – 88  181
Pro:            Ted Higgins        
            Peter Sullivan
            Mark Sullivan
            Ruth Sullivan        

Runners-Up:            95 – 85  180
Pro:            Ciaran Molloy    Ardee
            Peader Curran
            Connie McMullen
            Liam McBride

Third:                    87 – 90  177
Pro:            Gary Wardlow    Spa
            Conor McGettigan
            Clive Davidson
            Odran McGettigan

Fourth:                    84 – 80  174
Pro:            Brian McElhinney    North West
            Sean Duffy
            Sean Duffy Jnr
            Hugh Coll

Fifth:                    85 – 86  171 
Pro:             Sean Doherty
            Art Jenkins
            Dara McLaughlin
            Natian Heggarty
        

Sixth:                    89 -82  171
Pro:            Shane McCabe    Killeen
            John Chambers
            Cheryl Chambers
            Pauline Smith
 

Seventh:                90 – 80  170
Pro:             Mark Whelan    Castlewarden
            Eddie McHugh
            David McLaughlin
            Maurice McGettigan

To view a full breakdown of the Pro-Am results, Click here

Open Stableford
Wednesday 7th June

1st   Padraig O'Dochartaigh (14) Gweedore       42 pts
2nd Charles Roarty Jnr (12)                                  40 pts
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Open 3BBB
Monday 5th June 2017

1st Barney McCaffrey (16) Baltray       54 pts
      Bronagh McCaffrey (19) Baltray
      Nikki McCaffrey (33) Baltray

Dunfanaghy Irish Mixed Foursomes Team, captained by Cheryl and John Chambers  defeated Buncrana Golf Club at Letterkenny to progress to the final 16.  Congratulations and well done to the team - Mary Lafferty and Daniel McColgan, Margaret Witherow and James Sweeney, Siobhan and Dominic Bogues, Laura Mc Elhinney and Joe Terry and John and Cheryl Chambers.  Thanks to Deborah Moore and President, Keith Lapsley who played in the qualifying round and helped Dunfanaghy to secure a place in the matchplay stages.
As the Club enter the final 16, information suggests that the next round has to be played by 3 July against the winners of the match between Helens Bay & Kirkistown Castle at a neutral venue. These arrangements are to be confirmed.

Thanks to everyone, who give up their time to represent the Club. 

The draw for the 2017 Dunfanaghy Pro-Am is now available to view on the Pro-Am News page. Click here to see the draw.

Monthly Medal - Stroke
Sunday 4th June 2017

1st    Hugh Coll (11)                    65
2nd  John McNulty (12)              66 BOT
Gross: Jim McLaughlin (9)       75
3rd  Michael Kelly (12)               66
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Open Single Stableford
Saturday 3rd June 2017

1st   Richard Armstrong (4)  Belvoir   40 pts
2nd Nigel Doherty (12)                          38 pts
Gross; Brian Wallace (7)                       29 pts
3rd  Pat Bonner (15) Portsalon            38 pts
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Open Stableford
Wednesday 31st May 2017

1st   Conor Hanna (11)                         40 pts BOT
2nd Stanley Johnston (19)                   40 pts
Gross; AA Campbell (7) Masserene  26 pts
3rd  Jim Carey (28)                               37 pts
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