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Golf Insurance:    Click here to see Aon Golf Schedule of Benefits

Castlecomer Golf Child Protection Policy

View the conversion tables here for the White, Green, Red, and BlueTees for Castlecomer Golf Club. Use your new handicap index to convert to Course Handicap.

Financial accounts Year End 2021

Bar and kitchen hours for week beginning Monday Jan 2nd
Bar:
Monday 11am-4pm
Tuesday 6-9pm
Wednesday 9am-4pm
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
Kitchen:
Monday 11.30am-3.30pm
Wednesday 11.30am-2.45pm
Saturday 11.30am-4.30pm
Sunday 11.30am-4.30pm

29th Dec 2022. Members, please note, that due to necessary upgrade works, the lounge will not be available for meetings or functions from next week until early/mid-February.

23rd Dec 2022. The winner of the bar Christmas hamper draw is Frank Dormer.
Congratulations to Frank
21st Dec 2022. Bar and kitchen hours for Wednesday and Thursday:
Bar
Wednesday 9am – close
Thursday 1pm – close
Kitchen 
Wednesday 12-7.30pm
Thursday 1-8.30pm
Friday and Saturday’s hours will be confirmed on Thursday

Trophy Presentation to Adam Dempsey, Men’s Singles Matchplay Champion 2022 

Trophy Presentation to Ronan Ryan and Michael Daly Men”s Matchplay Fourball Champions 2022 

Trophy Presentation to Ciaran Kelly and Betty Owens,  Mixed Foursomes Champions 2022. 

Reminder:  The Annual General Meeting of the Joint Club of Castlecomer Golf Club takes place this *Thursday ,15th December at 8pm* in the clubhouse.

11th Dec 2022. The bar will be open from 7-9pm tomorrow, Monday, for the lotto and due to the cold weather forecast this week, between now and Sunday the 18th, the following are the times it will definitely be open:
Thursday from 7-close for the AGM
And for simulator bookings Friday-Sunday
Any other opening hours will be dependent on whether the course is open and members will be notified of same on a day to day basis should the course open.
Bar and kitchen hours for week beginning Monday 5th Dec
The bar will be open on Monday the 5th for the lotto.
Bar and kitchen hours for the week up to Sunday the 11th will be announced on a day-to-day basis given the cold weather forecast for the coming week.

Congratulations to last weeks lotto winner Paddy Brennan and the seller Vinny Dwyer

27th Oct 2022. Forde’s Eurospar Winter Series week one begins on Tuesday 1st Nov and ends on Sunday 6th Nov. Players can only play once during each weekly competition. 

24th Oct 2022. CAPTAINS’ DINNER: Lady Captain, Ms Helen Murphy and Men’s Captain, Mr Paddy Mc Guinness will hold their Joint Captains’ Dinner on Friday, 2nd December in the clubhouse. More details later.  
COURSE NEWS: Despite the recent spell of heavy rain, the course remains in excellent condition. The hollow coring on the greens carried out on a Monday and Tuesday two weeks ago was a tremendous success. The greens and the course in general are a credit to Victor Smyth on the management team responsible for the course, also course manager, Michael Doheny and the course staff who take a great pride in their work. The opportunity  is timely now to compliment everyone who plays on the course and who repair their plug marks on the greens, thus ensuring the greens are kept in mint condition. Repairing divots out the course continue to be attended to really well and sanding the tee box divots are well attended to also.
MEN’S GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Congratulations to Victor Smyth for winning the prestigious golfer-of -the-year title for 2022. A closer look at the Order of Merit Golfer of the Year form is currently on display in the men’s locker room opposite the computer. Well done to all this year’s contenders for making it so competitive and most interesting as the months went by. A word of thanks to competition secretary, Eamonn Breen and also to Noel Rothwell who gave reliable back-up to Eamonn when required. 
 
MEN’S CLUB MATCHPLAY SINGLES:  Congratulations to Adam Dempsey who had a great win in the men’s club singles matchplay final on Sunday week. The wet conditions on the day were no obstacle to  two very in form players. The worthy finalists served up a feast of golf. Ciarán can hold his chin up highl on reaching the singles final. In the very popular mixed matchplay played earlier in the autumn Ciarán and  Betty Owens were crowned the 2022 club mixed foursomes champions by beating Marty O’ Shea and Patricia Brennan. Finally a special word of thanks to Shay Kennedy for coordinating the men’s club singles, fourball and foursomes matchplay competitions once again this year.
 
MEN’S CLUB FOURSOMES FINAL: Michael Buggy and Nicky Walsh who qualified for the final from the top half of the draw meet Michael Daly and Pat Comerford in the final. Michael and Pat overcame Shay Kennedy and Fergal O’ Neill in the recent semi final.
 
MEN’S CLUB DIARY: 18 Hole 2 Person Team Event on Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st October Bank Holiday Weekend.
 
MEN’S 13 HOLE WINTER LEAGUE: Please take note the first round of the 13 Hole Winter League commences on Tuesday 1st November  up to  Sunday 6th November. Presuming favourable weather round 2 will commence on Monday 7th November till Sunday 13th November and so forth.    The league will run till the 2nd Sunday in February with the final scheduled for the third Sunday in February. Each player’s best 6 scores to count. The top 40 players plus ties will qualify for the final.   The entry fee for members is €5 and €10 for visitors. Each player can only enter once in the week.
 

SENIORS DIARY: today, Wednesday 26th October, features the final 16 hole golfer-of-the-year singles stableford competitions for the men ( round 6 with the best 5 to count) and round 4 for the ladies (with the best 3 to count). This fixture was originally fixed for last Wednesday, but proved a casualty of very wet weather. The seniors’ Christmas Dinner has been fixed for Friday, 4th November with meet up  at 7.30pm for 8pm meal.Tickets €15 for members and €30 for non members. Tickets are on a first come first served basis and will be limited to 90 places. Tickets can be booked at the golf today or from Mick Mc Grath (0872423175) or from Tommy O’ Neill (0877674727).

1st Oct 2022. It was an early start for our Mixed Foursomes team as they headed for Athlone G.C on Thursday September 29. A contingent of players and supporters arrived at the midland club and were greeted with  dazzling, autumn sunshine . It was truly an amazing, emotional morning for all in attendance. Our team included Nuala Mahon/ Mark Shortall , Margaret O’ Keeffe / Kieran Byrne, Honoria Fogarty/Michael Daly, L.C. Helen Murphy/ Adam Dempsey, Joan Brennan/ Victor Smyth.  The pairings were given final words of encouragement by manager Mr. Nicky Walsh, while Committe Member Ms. Paticia Doheny (in loco Ms. Theresa Manning) took care of the all-important paper work. In the background was Vice Captain Mr. Michael Furlong who had organsied a ball spotting group that   relayed results hole by hole to Mr. Fergal O’ Neill who in turn posted to our main club WhatsApp platform. Consequentially all members were kept up to date with the progress of play in the Quarter Final session. 
The players were announced and each of our men delivered quality ball down the first fairway, ideally positioned for the ladies shot to the green. Each pairing found their rhythm and fantastic golf shots were played. The greens were slick and difficult to read but amazing putts were holed from distance.
 As with most big events, the matches went down to the wire and yet again Castlecomer was faced with the challenge of the 19th hole. With only a putt of a ball separating the sides , it was Milltown G.C. that took the spoils and advanced to the semi final.
Players, managers and supporters from Drumgoole were heartbroken. The team had given 100% from the first round and manager Nicky praised each one for the commitment shown throughout the campaign.  We would like to thank managers Theresa  and Nicky, team and panel of players for bringing such excitement to the club and we look forward to more of the same next season. 
The journey home seemed longer than usual.
Fixtures   ⛳
Thursday  29th Sept Men’s Open Singles.   
Saturday 1st Oct
*Top 30 Singles Final*
Sponsor:   *Dunreidy Engineering Ltd*
Saturday 1st/ Sunday 2nd Oct   18 hole Open Singles   
Sponsor:   *Desmond Condell Engineering**
Book your tee time early.
Louis Todd’s Junior Captains Prize 2022 
18 hole Category
1st Eoin healy 36 pts
2nd Adam Phelan 35 pts
Gross Louis Todd 31 pts
3rd Joey Rowe 33 pts (b9)
4th Will Tynan 33 pts
5th Andy Ryan 32 pts
9 hole Category 
1st Luke Waldron 16 pts (b6)
2nd Ciaran Maher 16

Club President, Michael Doheny with  the Men’s President’s Prize winner, Christy Comerford at Castlecomer Golf Club.

Michael Doheny presents his President’s Prize  to ladies’ winner, Teresa Manning at Castlecomer golf Club.

Happy prize winners  Maria Downey (Gross), winner Teresa Manning , Club President, Michael Doheny, Joan Brennan (2nd), Lady Captain, Helen Murphy (4th) and Breda Phelan (3rd) at the presentation ceremony at Castlecomer golf club.

Delighted prize winners of the President’s Prize along with Men’s Captain, Paddy Mc Guinness, winner Christy Comerford and President, Michael Doheny at the presentation ceremony  at Castlecomer golf club.