Author: Lakewood Pitch & Putt Club

Mixed bag, weather wise this weekend especially for those of us who travelled to Cunnigar Pitch & Putt Course in Dungarvan on Saturday for the annual outing. The Sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm and Pat Twomey was seen working on his tan. The course was in superb condition, the greens were freshly cut and…

Saturday saw a good turnout and stroke-play was on the cards after two weeks of bogey. The High Handicappers were again to the forefront with Josie Twomey and Frank Riordan taking the overall  nett with a score of  3 under and 37.5 nett while Valerie O’Leary and John Dineen took the gross with 5 under…

Wednesday saw a nice turnout for the midweek fourball which saw some very tough conditions with the hot and dry weather making the greens very fast and with the placing of some of the holes it was a very challenging event. However while some struggle others flourish which was the case as Val O’Leary, Alan…

The weekend fourballs saw the high handicappers doing very well with the hard condition of the course and with stroke play and stableford the order of play it was in their favour. Saturday saw Mary O’Donovan and Valerie O’Leary taking the nett with 43.5 while Pat Conway and Rick O’Mahony were gross winners with 3…

Wednesday’s Fourball saw a very tough conditions with fast greens, hard surfacing, pins in very challenging places where the possibility of a birdie turned into a bogie. However it was the same for everyone and while some are going bad and failing to meet the challenge others breeze through. This was the case with Pat…

Saturday Afternoon a fine turnout which saw the return of Josie Twomey after her brief sabbatical entering the winners enclosure with the inform Frank Riordan with 40 nett while John Dineen spurred PJ Curtin into action and they took the gross with 4 under beating Mick O’Leary and Kevin Crowley on the back nine while…

Wednesday Night with the return of the cooler evenings there was a nice turnout for the midweek fourball. Stableford was the order of the day and with some very interestings combinations it was an equal opportunity to enter the winners enclosure.The Murphy’s consisting of the course expert JP and the Club Elder Tim were pipped…

Saturday even with the heavy rain that fell at times there were still some lost souls including yours truly who ventured out and while some of us got a good soaking others made it back and were given their just rewards with Michael Ryan and JP Murphy taking the overall nett with 41 while Mick…

Last Wednesday saw the return of the Inniscarra Club annual visit to Lakewood which has been on hold for the past few years due to the pandemic and hopefully will be the first of many in the years to come. A large turnout with the bulk of the tee boxes taken up and a shotgun…

The only good thing about the rain over the weekend was the fact that the greens and the fairways needed the watering after the dry spell. Saturday Frank Riordan took the nett with Mary O’Donovan with a score of 40 while Rick O’Mahony and Pat Conway were gross winners with four under. Sunday morning Frank…