Seasons Greetings

Wishing you and yours complements of the season and best of luck with your golf for next year
and future.
Leo Mahon
Captain 2016.

Winter League 2015/16

 WL Results

We are 6 weeks into the Winter League. We had to abandon the week 5 round due to the course closure, every team was deemed to have drawn their week 5 match.

The Panthers lead by Jimmy Graham are the only unbeaten team and are 3 points clear of the Eagles who lost just once. In 3^rd place are the Bears (who beat the Eagles in week 4).

We now have a break for 2 weeks and we will re-commence with Round 7 on the 9^th and 10^th of January. With just 12 points between the top of the table and the bottom of the table and 12 more matches to play, all teams are still very much in the competition.

Happy Christmas!

Martin

 Draw
Winter League Conditions

Storm Desmond

Due to flooding and high winds the course will be closed today, Saturday December 5th
Set to reopen Sunday 6th

Course open for Play Sun 15th

Course has dried out very well thru the afternoon,Open for play Sun 15th. spaces available from 7.30 to 8.20am and 9.10am to 9.50 am for those arriving on spec

Player of the Year 2015

Congratulations to Eoin Boggans who won the Gross section Player of the Year on Sunday and also to Eamonn Carroll who has one the Nett section, with 1 event still to play neither golfer can be caught.

ICRS Urgent Appeal

Your support is greatly appreciated for the Irish Calais Refugee Solidarity appeal over the next few days.
Mick O'leary will collect any donations this Sunday the 13th at the Golf Club.
Appeal letter
List of items required

President's Day 2015

Mick McKeown shoots 42pts and wins President's '15, in very calm conditions (a rare event, especially for a Major at DMGC ). Mick O'Leary's long term weather forecast deferral  paid off !
66 players competed on the day >>> Results 

Ole... Ole///Ole ////Winner: Mick McKeown

Gimme Gimme... Eoin Boggans (Best Gross)

Barry Kelly ( Runner Up )

Eamonn Carroll (1st  Class 1)

Match Play / Player of the Year '15

Ben Kearney presented with the MatchPlay trophy by mick O'Leary.

Congratulations to Ben Kearney Match Play Singles winner 2015 seeing off Ray Dunne in the final , Damian Morrissey & Eamonn Sexton win the Scotch Foursomes on the 19th hole against Brian Campbell & Richard Whealans. Player of the year Gross section has a tie at the top, with Eoin Boggans & Mick Duggan on 36pts leading what is now a 7 player race !  The Nett leader is Eamonn Carroll on 23pts.

4Somes Match Play '15 winners, and the secret is... Mineral Water

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Double Rainbow at "the mountain"

There's Gold in them Der hills !

Snapped by BC August 26th 2015

Captain's Day 2015

Brendan Clear double Checking his winning card.

McGinley Trophy 2015

Well done to Eoin Boggans & Colm Daly who won their 1st round match at Balcarrick Golf Club

Super Stableford additional prize winners

ADDITIONAL PRIZES

Age Group 1.    Noel Murphy  36pts ; Age Group 2.  Leo Mahon  36pts; Age Group 3.  Brian Hendrick  34 pts.

Shot Of The Day;Wilf Blackwood

There were some super shots on Super Saturday particularly from John Lester, James Nolan and Sean Leech. It was a difficult choice for our independent adjudicator but he settled on Wilf Blackwood, who caressed a pitching wedge into the hole for a birdie from 70 metres to a tricky pin position on the 12th.

Literary Award Mick O’Brien

This award goes to Mick’s description of his bunker shot which is for over 18’s only !!

Secret Partners Ray Dunne and Jim Blaney

All remaining cards were paired for this prize and the winners had a combined score of 67

Pickie Outs : Pat Butler,Hugh Behan,John Reid

JB Carr Trophy 18/05/2015 3-2 Loss

At Dun Laoghaire GC, Caretaker manager Brian Bannerman was very close to guiding our JB Carr team into the Semi Finals, the Joe Drein / Ger Flood and Denis Donohoe / Mick O'Sullivan combinations failed to yield a win, whilst Kevin Behan & Peter Behan and Barry Tuite & Frank McNamara won. With the match delicately poised at 2~2 Ray Dunne & Hugh Behan were pipped at the post on the 18th hole.

Pierce Purcell Shield

At Roganstown GC, Combined total of 396 was off the mark to make round 2, Ciaran Colclough & Ray Dunne shot 96; Damian Morrissey & Barry Tuite 96; Mick O'Leary & John Morgan; Ben Kearney & Robbie Meany  Team Manager: Martin Dobey

Captain & Club Officials Competition St. Anne's 14/5/15

We finished in 2nd place with a Rumble score of 85, Corrstown won with 86 and the hosts St. Anne's finished in 3rd place.  Captain Martin Dobey lead his troops through the windswept Dunes yielding a bounty of 48 Titleist Prov 1's, the troops were Gerry Brady, Brian Cruise & Noel Murphy.

JB Carr Trophy v Rathfarnham 5/05/2015 3~2 Win

Dublin Mountain win 3 & 2 and are through to the Semi Finals of the Dublin section, to face either Killiney or Dun Laoghaire. Joe Drein & Ger Flood won 6&5, Barry Tuite & Frank McNamara won on the 18th;Hugh Behan & Kevin Behan and Denis Donohoe & Mick O'Sullivan had very close losses; with the match at 2 all, Leo Mahon & Ray Dunne won the nail biting decider, 3&2 on the 16th hole.

MatchPlay Draws 2015

Singles Match Play             

Scotch Foursomes Match Play

JB Carr Trophy v Elm Park 20-4-2015

Hmmmm , we narrowly lost out in 3 interclub matches on Sat 18th & Sun 19th. All  future interclub matches shall be played on a Monday....... Well done to the JB Carr team that defeated a very strong Elm Park home at Dublin Mountain 3 &1/2 ~  1 &1/2

Leinster 4 Ball V Citywest

 3 1/2 ~ 1 1/2 loss to Citywest. At home: Peter Behan &Tony Foran won 3&2; Leo Mahon & Neville Morgan lost on 16;Martin Dobey & Paul Best defeated on the 18th.
No joy for the Away Team:Mick O'Sullivan & Alan Stewart ;Kevin Barry & Richard Whealans.

Barton Cup V Woodenbridge 19-4-2015

4~1 loss to Woodenbridge. A weekend of near misses in interclub matches continued, hard luck stories..."what ifs", again a very close match, At home Kevin Behan & Colm Daly won well 6&5, Eoin Boggans & Brian Cruise lost on the 17th hole to birdie, Damian Byrne & Noel Murphy lost out to an excellent chip in birdie by their Woodenbridge opponents on 18.
Away: Gerry Brady & Mick O'Leary were all SQ thru 9 but eventually defeated 4&3, Robbie Meany & Darragh McCusker were edged out 5&4.

Metropolitan Cup V Bray Golf Club 18/4/2015

The 6 - 3 final result for Bray does not reflect how close the match was on the course.
At Home:Eamonn Sexton was at one stage 3up but was edged out on the 18th hole, Colm Daly battled to the 17th hole, with Mick Duggan  getting to 18,but with the match outcome already decided with the 4 losses away Colm & Mick earned a half each.Damian Byrne won 3&2, Brian Cruise won 6&5
Away at Bray: Philip Querney took it to Hole 17. Jim Graham;Ray Dunne;;Mick O'Leary
Best of luck to a strong Bray team in the next round.

Bunker Progress 4th & 17th

4th Hole Left will be reduced in size, 4th Hole Right is now finished, with drainage renewed.
17th left has been slightly reduced, re-shaped and re-sanded.

4th Right Finished

4th Right B

above photo is 4th Hole Right (A)

above 2 photos are 17th hole Left

Leinster 4 Ball Trophy 1st round,

A 3&2 win for DMGC ~V~ Edmondstown ...Our first team out, Paul Best & Martin Dobey won 3&2 on a saturated Dublin Mountain course today. Leo Mahon & Neville Morgan won on the 17th, with Tony Foran & Peter Behan also winning 3&2, away from home Richard Whealans & Kevin Barry took their match to the 14th, with Denis Donohoe & Brian Carthy narrowly edged out on the 18th. Team Captain: Gerry Cantwell    DRAW

Bunker Renovation Project 2015

Currently we have 25 bunkers on the course, over the next few days we will have completed the upgrade to the bunker on right of hole No:4
The debris removed + the contaminated old sand will be used to fill part of the left of the 4th hole.
We intend to fill in/reduce in size some of the remaining 25 and also enlarge ones as required. All progress and changes will be logged on this blog......

10th Left

Hole10_left_A

Hole10_Left_B

10th_HoleRight_A

10th_HoleRight_B

12th Hole Trees

17 of the trees at the top right of 12th Hole no longer have stakes, So play as it lies or drop under penalty.
Over 80 of the trees on the course are unstaked, so always check before proceeding under the free drop Rule.

Mens Shed Jar Prize, Sat 28th/Sun 1st

Jar total was €342.98

The €50 "Guess whats in the Jar" Competition was won by Brian Cruise €343, Neville Morgan was a very close 2nd and won €20
The Jar was counted by Nicky Mullen & Jim Mulkerrin
Every little helps, it all adds up, But what does it add up to ???
In the last few weeks almost all our members have contributed to the Men's Shed Jar, up to Feb 8th the jar contained €251 !

All of what was raised has gone into replacing the Hazard and OOB markers.           A huge thanks to all who contributed.

Course Status

As of 3pm on Friday 30th of Jan, the course is clear for play.
Early starters will decide on playability of full greens for the weekend.Check sign in book for details.

Cold Snap arrives

Will the cold snap put a halt to the Bears runaway lead !

~ Inter Club Fixtures 2015 ~

  

Barton cup:v Woodenbridge before  19/4/15 :  DRAW  Capt:Noel Murphy

Metropolitan Cup:5 players at Home 4 away V Bray Before 26/4/15  DRAW  Capt:Jim Mulkerrin

Leinster Fourball Trophy- V-  Edmondstown GC before 6/4/15 DRAW Capt:Ger Cantwell

Pierce Purcell at Roganstown  14.30am 17-5-2015  DRAW  Capt: Leo Mahon

Winter League

Winter League Fixtures 2015

Happy New Year

All handicaps have now been reset in preparation for the 2015 winter/Spring period.
Domestic cuts will be made in line with normal gui handicapping (all comps will be set as qualifiers for the purpose of working out the winter league results)) and will operate up to the Captain's Drive in ( at which point they will be reset), which takes place on 15/3/2015.