Gents Senior Open
Monday 22nd November 2022

1st   Tommy Greatly (18) L/K     43 pts
2nd Denis McClean (15) B&S    41 pts BOT
Gross: Peadar Curran (10)        28 pts
3rd John Bradley (22)                 41 pts BOT

Front Nine: Pat McGarrigle (26) L/K  21 pts BOT
Back Nine:  Joe Terry (13) L/K              21 pts BOT

Gents Club Stableford
Sunday 21st November 2021

1st   Paul Burton (10)               40 pts
2nd Davie Logue (21)               36 pts BOT
Gross: Brendan McGrath (1) 31 pts
3rd Shaun Cannon (7)             36 pts

Front Nine: Tony McGilloway (9)  18 pts
Back Nine:  Patrick Farry (11)        20 pts BOT 




Gents Open Stableford
Saturday 20th November 2021

1st   Shane Kelly (33) L/K         43 pts
2nd Patrick Farry (12)              41 pts
Gross: Brendan McGrath (1)  30 pts BOT 
3rd Seamus McCauley (10)     40 pts

Front Nine: Bill McCallion (7)  22 pts
Back Nine:  Chris Byrne (38)   20 pts BOT    



​Gents Open Stableford
Wednesday 17th November 2021

1st   John McGlynn (17) L/K    39pts
2nd Jackie Duffy (16) L/K       38 pts
Gross: Ger McGinley (9)         27 pts 
3rd John Ryan (19)                   37 pts

Fergus Mullen - Hole in One at 9th Hole!

Gents Club Stableford
Sunday 14th November 2021

1st   Bill McCallion (8)          41 pts BOT
2nd Sean Duffy (10)              41 pts
Gross: Pauric Dunleavy (4) 30 pts
3rd John Chambers (10)      40 pts

Front Nine: Caolan McBride (19)   22 pts
Back Nine:  Cornie McMullan (12) 21 pts BOT 



Gents Open Stroke
Saturday 13th November 2021

1st   Tony McGilloway (9)       62
2nd Danny Sweeney (9)         66 BOT
Gross: Brendan McGrath (1) 67
3rd Mark McGee (11)               67

Front Nine: James McMullan (10)  31 BOT
Back Nine:  John Chambers (10)    31


Gents Open Stableford
Wednesday 10th November 2021

1st   Anthony McGrath (21) L/K    43 pts
2nd Eamon Davis (10) P'Salon     40 pts
Gross: Ger McGinley (9)                29 pts
3rd Sean Friel (34)                          39 pts

Front Nine: Fergus Mullen (14)                21 pts
Back Nine:  Sean McGeady (20) C'Neely 18 pts BOT

Congratulations Luke!
 
A huge congratulations to Luke Kelly, who has formally signed a 4 year golf scholarship with NCAA Div 1 College, Oakland University.
 
Luke will join the ‘Golden Grizzles’ at the start of the academic year in September 2022, studying Business Management. Based in Michigan, the Grizzles play in the Horizon League and were the 2021 league champions, progressing to the NCAA Regional Finals. This is an amazing opportunity for Luke to join one of the most progressive golf programmes in NCAA Div 1 and gives him the opportunity to develop his skills, compete nationally against the best student athletes in the USA, and earn a top academic degree.
 
Oakland has some of the finest golfing facilities in Michigan, with 2 championship courses and world class practice facilities right on campus, along with a state of the art $3.5m indoor practice facility due to be added in 2022.
 

This will be the first time in many years that our club has produced a US Collegiate athlete, and is a great testimony to the junior programme put in place 10 years ago by Brian Dolan, James Sweeney and PGA Professional Seamus McMonagle.   Luke started playing at Dunfanaghy aged 10 and through the past 8 years has developed into one of the finest junior golfers in Ireland, having won 3 Donegal Youth Championships with Dunfanaghy, 2 All Ireland pennant's, an Ulster U16 Championship, Irish Boys U17 Championship and overall Irish Boys runner up in 2020, and represented Ulster at U16 and U18 level.
 
Currently playing of a +3 handicap we hope that Luke can go on a emulate the achievements of one of his hero’s, and another junior who learnt his trade on our links, Paul McGinley. We wish Luke all the best in the US and look forward to following his progress at the top level of college golf.

The Stewart Bam Cup V Par (Golfer of the Year)
Kindly Sponsored by Letterkenny Driving Range
Sunday 7th November 2021

1st   Willie Wilkin (21)               3 up
2nd Paul McGuckin (18)          2 up BOT
Gross: Brendan McGrath (1)  3 down
3rd Hugh Ferry (29)                 2 up

Front Nine: John Chambers (9)  3 up 
Back Nine:  Mark Caithness (12) 1 up BOT


​Saturday's competition was lost to the weather.



Gents Open Stableford
Wednesday 4th November 2021

1st   Brian Dolan (12)         35 pts
2nd Shaun Cannon (7)      31 pts BOT    

      

The November issue of Golf Monthly features this article by Rob Smith. The article is an interview with Paul McGinley discussing his new Sky TV series that you may have seen. Dunfanaghy's 9th hole gets a mention as a hole Paul admires on a course that is not so well known on the world stage. We even managed to squeeze in a photo of the 9th!
We would like to thank Rob Smith for permission to reproduce the article here.

Gents Club Stableford
Sunday 31st October 2021

1st   Fergal Callan (11)          41 pts
2nd Brian Dolan (13)            40 pts
Gross: Pauric Dunleavy (4) 33 pts 
3rd Cornie McMullan (13)   39 pts BOT

Front Nine: Kyle McGarvey (9)  21 pts
Back Nine:  Colm Donaghy (14) 21 pts BOT   



​Gents Open Stableford
Saturday 30th October 2021    

1st   Damien O'Donnell (26)          43 pts
2nd Dean McColgan (10)               41 pts
Gross: Graham Cummings (8)     31 pts
3rd Chris Daly (14)                          40 pts
  
Front Nine: Patrick Ferry (12)      22 pts
Back Nine:  Ciaran Ward (18)       20 pts BOT      
        



Gents Open Stableford
Wednesday 27th October 2021
1st   Paul O'Brien (16)                43 pts
2nd Brendan Kelly (9)               40 pts BOT
Gross: Seamus Patton (6)         34 pts 
3rd Cathal Toland (13) P'Salon 40 pts 

Front Nine: Willie Wilkin (23)            23 pts
Back Nine:  Charles Roarty Jnr (10)  21 pts BOT


        

Evan Hogg has won the Leinster Under-14 Boys Open.
The Dunfanaghy golfer defeated Fota Island's John Doyle on countback after the duo finished on -2 at Royal Tara.
Both players were the only ones to go under par at the Meath venue, with Evan's back-nine of 33 proving the difference.
Well done Evan!

​An Awards Ceremony was held on the Sunday afternoon of the the Bank Holiday weekend to mark the culmination of the Paul McGinley competition, which has been running over the past 2 seasons, despite the restrictions brought about by the pandemic. James Sweeney, who presided over the event, spoke eloquently, thanking Paul McGinley for his generous sponsorship and paying tribute, not only to the tireless work of Brian Dolan and Daniel McColgan but also to Seamus McMonagle, who has offered support and encouragement to our juniors through his coaching programme and his wise words.  James also referenced the wider membership for their kindness, understanding and support, without which the junior section would not be able to thrive.


The successes of Luke Kelly, James T Sweeney, Darcy and Evan Hogg have been well documented over the last  couple of months, and it is hoped that, through them and other promising players rising through the ranks, the club will continue to boast Interprovincial and National champions and panel members in Ulster and Ireland age group categories.


Captain Bill and Lady Captain Paula McCallion were called upon to present trophies for the Cup, Plate, Intermediate and Cadet competitions.   The winners were Cormac Gill, Lorcan Hogg, Niall Moore, Caolon McFadden, Hugh Burke and Max Roarty, with James T Sweeney the overall winner for the 2020 season.  James T Sweeney was aiming for an impressive 3 in a row, but with little respect for titles or reputations, the final was contested by Lucas Wood and Rory Kelly.  In a tussle reminiscent of “the duel in the sun”, Rory went 1 up with 2 to play, before Lucas struck back with back-to-back birdies to clinch the coveted Paul McGinley Cup for 2021.