Author: Lakewood Pitch & Putt Club

Now that the second of the Major Competitions is done and dusted and normal fourballs are back on the cards the panic disappears and the standard goes back up. Wednesday Pat O’Keeffe and Gentleman John took the nett with a score of 39 while Pat Conway and Rick O’Mahony were the gross winners. Saturday Val…

The Presidents Prize is one on the most prestigious competitions that the Club runs and this year it was fitting that Dave Linehan, Club President was surprised with a cake to recognise his recent Birthday Celebration having attained the magic milestone of 80 years young. David presented a magnificent piece of Waterford Crystal and Paddy…

Alan Kelly, Centre, Strokeplay Champion 2019 with Ladies Captain, Betty White and Gents Captain, Pat Twomey. Alan was a worthy winner of this major competition scoring 10 under and beating Bart Millard on the Back 18 to take the Club Title for 2019.

Wednesday night saw Josie Twomey motivating Billy Fitton to ensure that he escorted her into the winners enclosure with a very respectable 38 nett beating PJ & Sheila O’Leary on the back 6 while Pat Moore and Rick O’Mahony took the gross with 4 under. The course again is in pristine condition thanks to Pat…

Noel Mac is playing super Pitch & Putt of late and it’s all down to the spectacles. Noel has finally got the putting right, well maybe the odd miss here and there but overall his putting is making the difference as was evident on Wed when he anchored JP Murphy and Pat Conway taking both…

Frank Riordan got a good send off on his holidays on Wednesday with John Ahern and Alan Kelly combining to ensure Frank had some extra spending money by taking the nett in the evening threeball. Wednesday also saw Club President, Dave Linehan celebrating his 80th Birthday and rumour has it that he was partying into…

Wednesday Girl Power in the form of Josie Twomey and Mary O’Donovan was the order of the day with both ladies combining to put the men on the back burner and taking the nett with a surplus to spare. JP Murphy was blessed to draw Gretchen Ahern who rose to the occasion and took the…

Wednesday the low turnout worked well for Gentleman John and J P Murphy who saw off the competition to take the nett. Saturday Gretchen Ahern was the anchor for Billy Fitton and P J Curtin. Billy was playing superb stuff and took the nett with Gretchen leaving the gross to John Dineen and George Bolton.…

The old saying March comes in Roaring and goes out like a Lamb is definitely true as the past weekend was absolutely beautiful one could be confused with getting the seasons wrong. Wednesday seems to be a permanent threeball competition with another one last week which saw Paddy Dennehy taking nett along with Sheila O’Leary…

Another week and thank god Martin King and his counterparts in the weather sections got it wrong. Winds and rain were forecast but sun and dry weather were the order of the day. Wednesdays three ball saw Frank Riordan blessed with the company of Mary O’Donovan and Gretchen Ahern who raised him to senior level…