Update 1st August

 RESULTS  - Mark O'Donohoe was the winner of the Mens 18 hole Stableford played on the weekend of Sunday the 24th of July. Mark had 38 points, second place went to Sean Purcell's 35 and Colin O'Sullivan had 34 for 3rd.

The midweek competition held on Thursday the 28th was won by Shane O'Dowd with 29 points, Liam Whyte was second and Owen Garvin third, both with 28 points. The 2s club was shared by Paul Brown and Owen Garvin.

 

CAPTAIN'S PRIZE - Next Sunday the 7th of August is the date for the biggest competition of the golfing year in our club, the Captain's Prize. The Mens' Captain this year is Gabriel Lavin. There will be a Captain's Scramble on Friday evening, open to all members with names to be in for the draw at 6, with shotgun start at 6.30. All members are welcome to play in this competition. For the Captain's Prize to the men on Sunday, the format will be the usual 18 hole Strokeplay with the players with the best scores returning for a 9 hole playoff in the evening with the presentation shortly after the end of the playoff. Players must have their membership " in good standing" and have a valid handicap. There is no requirement this year to have played in a specified number of competitions prior to the Captain's Prize.

 

VOLUNTEERS EVENING - There will be a volunteers evening this Wednesday at 6.30 to do some tidying up around the course prior to the Captain's Prize. It would be great to have a good turn out for our Captain. Please bring equipment if you have some, e.g strimmer, brush etc

Update 25th July

 INTERCLUBS - Boyle had a notable victory over Enniscrone GC in the first round of the Jack O'Sullivan Tournament. The win was a particularly sweet one for first time team captain Shane O'Dowd as Boyle had some significant disadvantages, including the club being drawn to play 3 of the 5 matches on Enniscrone's course, but also the refusal of Enniscrone to allow the match to be played at a weekend. Boyle GC has a significantly lower playing population than Enniscrone so we knew that playing on a weekday would disproportionately affect our ability to fulfil the fixture. We were still seeking our 10th player on the day of the match when Mark Whelan stepped in. In the games in Boyle, Vincent Egan and Lorcan Egan won their game, and word came back that we had lost 1 of the 3 Enniscrone games but in the 2nd of the Enniscrone ties Shane O'Dowd and Karl Keenan pulled off the most vital result of the day beating their opposite numbers from Enniscrone on the 14th hole of their own course. Back in Boyle, Martin Wynne and Mark Whelan were 3 holes down early on in their match but overturned this deficit to win the deciding game of the match. Away wins against Enniscrone are a real rarity so this was a very satisfying one for Boyle. Best of luck to Shane and the team in the next round.

 

RESULTS  - Mark Feehan carried some of his recent Thursday night form through to the competition played on Saturday and Sunday the 16/17th of July, winning the 18 Hole Stroke competition with a 61 nett. Adam Daly was 2nd with 64, Lorcan Egan had the best gross and Kevin O'Connor came 3rd with 66 nett.

 

PRACTICE NETS - The practice nets are closed until further notice. Thanks for your cooperation.

 

REDUCED GREEN FEES FOR CHILDREN - We have a very competitive membership rate for under 18s at 60 euro for a full year. Our usual green fee for a round for a non member is 15 euro, but we are offering  a special reduced green fee for under 18s on Mondays of just 5 euro. This rate will apply on Mondays for June, July and August. We hope this will allow some children and teenagers try out the game and see if they enjoy it without having to commit to a Junior Membership first. Just sign the Green Fee book in the front hall of the clubhouse and place the green fee in an envelope in the letterbox beside the inner door. Under 18s must be supervised by an adult.

Update 20th June

INTERCLUBS - Well done to our Mens Pierce Purcell tournament team who had a very solid win over Ballinamore Golf Club on Saturday the 18th. Boyle were up against it, having 3 matches away in Ballinamore and just 2 at home. The pairings of Lee McKillen with Conor Hamill  and Liam Whyte with Jason Beirne had 2 good wins at home in Boyle and the match went in Boyles favour when word came back that Lochlainn Conboy and Michael McHale had won their game in Ballinamore. The 2 other away pairings for Boyle were Terry Canning with Gerry Carty and Tadhg Lowe with Pat Brogan. Well done to joint captains Liam Whyte and Brendan Gaffney and good luck in the next round.

Hard luck to our ladies team who had a narrow defeat to Carrick On Shannon in the Minor Cup the same day. Mary O'Hara won her game and Aisling Gaughran and Susan O'Mahoney managed to bring their matches to sudden death play-offs, being level after 18, but luck wasn't with us. Best of luck to Carrick on Shannon in the next round.

RESULTS - Well done to Dessie Murphy and Mark Feehan for changing the look of this weeks winners list, with  Dessie winning the Mens' Thursday competition played on the 16th with 28 points, and  Mark a close second with 27, just edging  Pat Conroy on countback.

The 2s club was shared between Paul Brown and Paul Connolly.

PRACTICE NETS - The practice nets are closed until further notice. Thanks for your cooperation.

GREEN FEES/NEW MEMBERS - New members are always welcome in the club. We have some very competitive starter rates including Distance Member 185 euro, 1st year Beginner 170 euro, Under 18 60 euro, Under 30 275 euro. A full list is available on boylegolfclub.com. Our Green Fee is 15 euro.

Update 13th June

PRESIDENTS PRIZE - There was a great turn out of men for Ross Andrew's Presidents Prize on Sunday the 12th of June. Conditions were good but not ideal given the recent wet weather and that was reflected in the scoring after the first 18 holes with scores of nett 70 qualifying for the play-off when usually a 68 or better is required. 

The winner was a veteran golfer, Frank Flanagan, just beating Michael Simon who had a very strong 3rd 9 to climb up the leaderboard and almost catch Frank. Gross - Gary Carty, 3rd Terry Canning, 18 nett Paddy McLoughlin, Past President Pat Conroy, Senior Michael McHale, Category 0-13 Lochlainn Conboy, 14-20 Conor Hamill, 21+ Jim Callery, 1st 9 Adam Daly, 2nd 9 Seán Purcell, 3rd 9 Mark Whelan, Longest Drive Gary Carty, Nearest the Pin Paddy McLoughlin, Student Cillian Doyle.

President's Scramble winners - The first placed team was that of Ross Andrew, Liam Whyte, Michael McHale, Kathleen Mahon.

RESULTS The competition for the men for the Saturday and Sunday over the June Bank Holiday weekend was a Fourball Betterball Bank Holiday Fourball Betterball - 1st Lochlainn Conboy and Michael McHale 46 points, 2nd Paul Brown and Niall O'Donohoe 45, 3rd Pat Brogan and Paddy McLoughlin 43.

The winner of the Mens Thursday 12 hole played on the 9th was Jonathan Egan with 29 points, 2nd Gerry Carty 26, 3rd Michael McHale 25. Lochlainn Conboy and Paddy McLoughlin shared the 2s club.

INTERCLUBS - Hard luck to our Mixed Foursome team who were defeated by Co Sligo Golf Club. Both clubs won all their home matches and lost all their away ones, but Co Sligo had 3 on their own course in Rosses Point and made the most of their home advantage. Best of luck to Co Sligo Golf Club in the next round.

Attention now turns to the ladies who take on Carrick On Shannon Golf Club next weekend in the Minor Cup.

OPEN WEEK RETURNS - The club is delighted to announce that our ever popular Open Week is returning for the first time since 2019 after a Covid enforced absence. 

It will run from Monday the 4th to Friday the 8th of July with competitions for Ladies and Gents each day. The week kicks off on Monday the with Ladies and Gents 9 hole Stroke competitions. Tuesday the 5th is Ladies Day with a Ladies 18 hole Stableford and a Gents 9 hole Stableford. Wednesday is our annual Scotch Mixed Foursomes but there are also 9 hole Stableford competitions for Ladies and Gents. The competition on the Thursday will be an 18 hole Stroke for the men and a 9 hole Stableford for the men. The big event will be on the Friday when the club puts on a 9 hole social Scramble with the weeks presentation of prizes and a barbecue afterwards and music from our very own Adam Daly. Names to be in for a draw at 5pm, with shotgun start at 5.30.

REDUCED GREEN FEES FOR CHILDREN - We have a very competitive membership rate for under 18s at 60 euro for a full year. Our usual green fee for a round for a non member is 15 euro, but we are offering  a special reduced green fee for under 18s on Mondays of just 5 euro. This rate will apply on Mondays for June, July and August. We hope this will allow some children and teenagers try out the game and see if they enjoy it without having to commit to a Junior Membership first. Just sign the Green Fee book in the front hall of the clubhouse and place the green fee in an envelope in the letterbox beside the inner door. Under 18s must be supervised by an adult.

 

Update 6th June

 OPEN WEEK RETURNS - The club is delighted to announce that our ever popular Open Week is returning for the first time since 2019 after a Covid enforced absence.

It will run from Monday the 4th to Friday the 8th of July with competitions for Ladies and Gents each day. The week kicks off on Monday the 4th with Ladies and Gents 9 hole Stroke competitions. Tuesday the 5th is Ladies Day with a Ladies 18 hole Stableford and a Gents 9 hole Stableford. Wednesday is our annual Scotch Mixed Foursomes but there are also 9 hole Stableford competitions for Ladies and Gents. The competition on the Thursday will be an 18 hole Stroke for the men and a 9 hole Stableford for the ladies. The big event will be on the Friday when the club puts on a 9 hole social Scramble with the weeks presentation of prizes and a barbecue afterwards and music from our very own Adam Daly. Names to be in for a draw at 5pm, with shotgun start at 5.30.

RESULTS -

Congratulations to Mark Whelan who won the Bart Moran Cup with a nett 60, a full 8 shots clear of 2nd placed Michael McHale's 68. Pat Conroy was 3rd with 69.

The competition for the men for the Saturday and Sunday over the June Bank Holiday weekend was a Fourball Betterball and was still being played for at the time of going to press, results to follow.

PRESIDENTS PRIZE - Ross Andrew's President's Prize to the men will be played next Sunday the 12th of June in the usual format of an 18 hole Stroke followed by a 9 hole playoff for the leading qualifiers.

There will also be a President's Scramble on the Friday evening, draw at 6pm with shotgun start at 6.30.

There will be a volunteers evening this Wednesday evening at 7pm to have the course looking tidy for Presidents Day, it would be great to have a good turnout, please bring equipment if you have same, e.g strimmer/brush/shovel etc.

MEMBERSHIP FEES OUTSTANDING - There are a number of membership fees outstanding from people playing on a weekly basis. Anyone whose membership is not in good standing is not entitled to win a prize including in next Sundays President's Prize.

REDUCED GREEN FEES FOR CHILDREN - We have a very competitive membership rate for under 18s at 60 euro for a full year. Our usual green fee for a round for a non member is 15 euro, but we are offering a special reduced green fee for under 18s on Mondays of just 5 euro. This rate will apply on Mondays for June, July and August. We hope this will allow some children and teenagers try out the game and see if they enjoy it without having to commit to a Junior Membership first. Just sign the Green Fee book in the front hall of the clubhouse and place the green fee in an envelope in the letterbox beside the inner door. Under 18s must be supervised by an adult.

 SCRAMBLE - The Scramble held on Friday the 27th was notable for having more ladies than men participating for the first time in several years. The winning team consisted of Brendan Gaffney, Bernie Kemple , Maura O'Farrell,  Moira Egan.

The second placed team were Michael Simon, Dympna McNamara, Mark Feehan and Mandy Toolan. Well done to Bernie on her continued run of good form and congratulations to Dympna for her first trip to the podium.

The next scramble will be the Mens' President's Scramble in 2 weeks time on the 10th of June. This years Mens' President is Ross Andrew.

THURSDAY COMPETITIONS - 26/5/22.

In first place was Pat Conroy with 23 points. Michael McHale in second and Martin Sweeney in third also had 23 points and just lost out on count back. There was no winner of the 2s pot which rolls over to next week.

Sponsors are still needed for some Thursdays. Members are asked to put their name down to sponsor, particularly those who play regularly in the Thursday competitions.

RESULTS - The competition on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of May for the men was an 18 hole Stableford. 1st Charlie O'Donnell 38 points, 2nd Martin Sweeney 36, 3rd Pat Conroy 35.

The men were competing for the Bart Moran Cup in 18 hole Strokeplay format on   the 28th/29th and this competition was ongoing at the time of going to press, results to follow.

FIXTURES - As mentioned above, this year's Mens' President is Ross Andrew. His President's Prize to the men will be played on Sunday the 12th of June in the usual format of an 18 hole Stroke followed by a 9 hole playoff for the leading qualifiers.

The competition for the men for the Saturday and Sunday of the June Bank Holiday weekend will be a Fourball Betterball.

MONTHLY DRAW -  May winners -1st Therese O'Daly, 2nd Margaret Egan, 3rd Owen Garvin. Please consider supporting our monthly draw.

1st place gets 120 euro, 2nd and 3rd 60 apiece. Entry envelopes are available at the clubhouse noticeboard or you can set up a direct debit for 10 euro per month to the clubs bank account at the following IBAN : IE59  BOFI 905328 22439700.

GREEN FEES/NEW MEMBERS - New members are always welcome in the club. We have some very competitive starter rates including Distance Member 185 euro, 1st year Beginner 170 euro, Under 18 60 euro, Under 30 275 euro. A full list is available on boylegolfclub.com. Our Green Fee is 15 euro.

REDUCED GREEN FEES FOR CHILDREN - We have a very competitive membership rate for under 18s at 60 euro for a full year. Our usual green fee for a round for a non member is 15 euro, but we are offering  a special reduced green fee for under 18s on Mondays of just 5 euro. This rate will apply on Mondays for June, July and August. We hope this will allow some children and teenagers try out the game and see if they enjoy it without having to commit to a Junior Membership first. Just sign the Green Fee book in the front hall of the clubhouse and place the green fee in an envelope in the letterbox beside the inner door. Under 18s must be supervised by an adult.

MEMBERSHIP - Membership fees are now due and can either be paid by online banking to Boyle Golf Clubs account at IBAN   IE59  BOFI 905328 22439700, using your name as the reference, or cheques can be made payable to Boyle Golf Club and sent to  the office of Lorcan Egan, Elphin Street, Boyle. 

Update 23rd May

 LADIES INTERCLUBS - It was great to see  a ladies interclub team back in action this week in the Junior Foursomes tournament. They put in a respectable performance but were beaten by a very competitive team from Roscommon Golf Club. The team were - Liz Dwyer and Moira Egan, Mary O'Hara and Susan O'Mahoney, and Regina McLoughlin and Aisling Gaughran.

MENS INTERCLUB SENIORS - Well done to Michael Simon's Seniors' team who had an impressive win against Co Sligo Golf Club (Rosses Point) last Friday evening. This is a category that the club has struggled to win any matches in at all for a long number of years so to take a comprehensive win against a club with the reputation of Rosses Point was a real boost. In Boyle Vincent Egan and Ross Andrew won on the 16th, as did Pat Conroy and Kevin O'Connor (particular congratulations to Kevin who was making his interclub debut), with Michael McHale and Gerry Carty making it a clean sweep of the home matches winning their one on the 18th. The 2 away pairings in Rosses Point of Brendan Gaffney with Pat Brogan and Paddy McLoughlin with Charlie O'Donnell were both called in off the course leading their matches as the result had already been sealed by the 3 wins in Boyle. Best of luck to Michael and co in the next round.

MENS INTERCLUB ALL IRELAND FOURBALL - Hard luck to our Mens' All Ireland Fourball team who were beaten by Ballina Golf Club on Saturday.  Boyle were always going to the underdogs in this fixture playing a much larger club and with the split being 3 matches in Ballina and 2 in Boyle. Boyle battled valiantly though and in the 2 matches in Ballina fought hard to be  level after 18 holes in both and brought one match to a sudden death play off on the 20th and the other similarly to the 19th, but it wasn't our day. Well done to all who played in the 2 rounds and special thanks to Brendan Gaffney for managing the team.

 

RESULTS -

 

PGA TANKARD - The men competed in the  PGA Tankard competition on the weekend of the 14th/15th May. 1st Pat Brogan 42 points, 2nd Kevin O'Connor 40, 3rd Lochlainn Conboy 39.

MENS THURSDAY COMPETITIONS -  Our Thursday competitions are up and running, a list of sponsors is now on the notice board and members are requested to put their names down to sponsor. Results 12/5/22-  : 1st  Michael Simon 26 points, 2nd Gerry Carty 26, 3rd Conor Hamill 25. Kevin O'Connor won the 2s club.

19/5/22 1st Lorcan Egan 26 points, 2nd Dessie Murphy 24, 3rd Michael Simon 25. James O'Dowd won the 2s club.

SOCIAL SCRAMBLE - The winning team in the Friday night Scramble held on 13/5/22 were Lorcan Egan, Pat Conroy and Bernie Kemple. Well done again to Bernie who will be trying for 3 in a row at the next Scramble on the 27th. Names to be in for draw at 6, shotgun start tee off at 6.30.

CONDOLENCES - The club bade farewell this week to Mary Ryan and Martin Higgins.

Mary and her husband Paddy were heavily involved in the activities and life of the club for many years, both having served as Captains and Paddy as club President, with Mary's year as Lady Captain occurring in 1980. Mary was known as a very talented golfer and played on numerous interclub teams. Mary also made valuable contributions to several other community organisations especially Boyle Musical Society but also with fundraising for the local hospice.

Martin Higgins was involved in the club throughout his long life, first playing as a young man and still playing regularly until his early 80s. Martin was Captain in 1978 and Mens' President in 1992, but contributed in several other voluntary capacities in the club before and after those years. Martin and his late wife Marie are particularly fondly remembered for running the catering in the club during the 1990s. The club was privileged to host a Scramble and social event just a few weeks ago to mark Martin's 90th birthday.

The club offers sincere condolences to the families and friends of both Mary and Martin.