New Years Eve Competition + Weds 28th

For all those looking to try out the new golf equipment Santy left.There is a Comp on Wednesday 28th. We have also added a Stableford competition Saturday the 31st. It will be a one division Comp ( not C1,C2,C3 ). So the best placed nett scores on the day will win normal GUI vouchers.All Handicaps reset on the 1st of Jan.    Nollaig Shona Daoibh.

AGM 2016

A very positive evening all around, just under 50 members attended and all attendees are committed to re-joining in 2017. The '17 committee are as follows:
Captain: Micheal O'Leary
President: Gerry Brady
Vice Capt: Brian Cruise
Hon Sec: Gerry Cantwell
Treasurer: Martin Dobey
Comp Sec: Noel Murphy
Handicap Sec: Brian Cruise
Disp committee: Leo mahon
Handicap Committee & Vouchers: Ray Dunne
Marketing: Dave O'Driscoll
Bunker Comm: Jim Mulkerrin

Golfer of the Year winner

Congratulations to Noel Murphy player of the year plural !  A very Rare feat as Noel wins both the Gross & Nett sections for 2016, with the October Medal left to play no other golfer can catch up. Final Tables.
Previous years winners here

Captain's Message + Raffle winners

I would like to thank all who competed in the rescheduled Capt's Day. Apologies for the change in day, but the weather dictated. I had a great day and was very pleased with the turnout at prize giving in the Spawell.
The raffle winners that night were, 1st:Jimmy Graham, 2nd: Wally Reidy, 3rd: Jimmy Mulkerrin, 4th: Pat Harrington. ( all prizes at Reception )       Leo Mahon. Captain 2016

Captain's Day Winner

Noel Murphy wins by 7 shots with a 36 hole total of 132.
Runner up: Mick O'Sullivan 139
All results Here

Capt's Day Saturday 27th

 Due to flooding and severely waterlogged greens, the course will be Closed Sunday21st, as a result Captain's Day will be on Saturday 27th with presentations at 8.30pm in the Spawell.
>>Capt's timesheet<<  If you cannot play at appointed time or wish to join up for the 18 hole event on the day, please contact Brian
Ignore the Howdidido list, as it is not live at the moment. ( will be updated during the week )


Captains Day Qualifiers  take place this Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th it is a 36hole competition, with your 2nd 18 taking place on Saturday 27th of August.
Your 1st card will count as your first 18 holes, so if you decide to play on both days the Saturday card will count ( even if you walk in early ). You can still play and compete for normal prizes on the Sunday. Click here for the Flyer which has more info about Captain's Day

Tornado at DMGC

A twister wreaked havoc on hole 11.

Newt ?

Club Sponsors 2016

The Committee would like to express their gratitude to the Sponsors that have taken up the 3 year tee sign sponsorship at Dublin Mountain. Please support and promote our Sponsors in whatever way you can.

· www.aanddmotorfactors.ie

· Andy Foot Construction

· www.innovativeprint.net

· GDK Networking Systems

· KPMG

Topical !

The course no longer looks like the below ...

Staked Trees

ALL Trees to the right of 12th Hole no longer have stakes, So play as it lies or drop under 1 stroke penalty.
Over 200 of the trees on the course are unstaked,                always check  before proceeding under the free drop Rule.

President's Prize 2016 Photos

In stop start rain conditions Noel Quinn wins the President's Prize with an excellent 41pts

14th Bunker

Big thanks to all the helpers who worked on the 14th Bunker refurb this week, The Greens Staff, Pat Harrington,Jim Graham,George Moloney,Jim Mulkerrin & Noel Murphy. Also ray Dunne has put in countless hours trimming/strimming around the trees on the course.

Before

After

Ready Golf

We are introducing the new "Ready Golf" initiative.
If adopted by All Players it will help speed of play at the Club
For full info please Click Here 

SUPER SUNDAY 22ndMAY 2016

On a day when the weather turned out to be better than the forecast RAY DUNNE with 41 points won the inaugural Super Sunday with DAMIAN BYRNE just behind on 40. They were followed in by TOM McGUIRK, DAVE O'DRISCOLL and DAVID JONES all on 38 points.

Divisional winners were EOIN BOGGANS, DON DEANS and THOMAS LAWLESS

Front 9 PADDY GALLAGHER

Back 9  MICK O'SULLIVAN

ADDITIONAL PRIZES - dozen golf balls

40'S WINNER - RICHARD WHEALANS

50'S WINNER - SEAN LEECH

60'S WINNER - VIVIAN McCUSKER

PICKIES  - dozen golf balls

JOHN MORGAN

PATRICK DENT

THOMAS KIELY

JOINT WINNERS OF THE NEATEST SCORE CARD - 

A WILSON GOLF GLOVE WITH ENHANCED DURABILITY

RON STANGER

MICK McGUINNESS

THE PRIZE FOR BEST DRESSED WAS SCRAPPED BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS WEARING RAIN GEAR

Metropoliton Trophy Result

6& 1/2 to 2& 1/2 Loss, Home Team: Damian Byrne Won on the 14th , Gerry Brady lost 5&4, Ray Dunne lost 4&3, Colm Daly lost 2&1 Away at Powerscourt: great performances by Tommy Dunne,Mick Kelly & Andy Foot all Halved their matches (as they were called in), Brian Cruise lost 6&5, Darragh McCusker lost 9&8.One more win at home may have seen us through as all 3 of the away 1/2's went on to win.
Manager: Jim Mulkerrin.

Capt's gui event

captain's & Secretaries outing at DelganyGC, we were pipped for 3rd place on a count back. Team: Leo Mahon,Brian Cruise,Ray Dunne,Noel Murphy.

Super 70's Final Results ( Group stages )

Final Results
The Super Seniors team headed out to Rathfarnham today knowing that 2&1/2 points would see them through to the Knockout stages. Kevin Barry & Peter Behan won whilst Eamonn Carroll & Brendan Clear got a 1/2, Frank McNamara & Jim Blaney also secured a 1/2. The pairings of Ger Flood & Mick O'Brien and Denis Donohoe / Mick O'Sullivan were defeated which allowed a relieved Naas GC to proceed to the knockouts by the narrowest of margins.

All Ireland 4Ball

We were defeated 3 v 2 against Old Conna GC

Course Report April 19th

At Last ! we have Qualifying conditions at the club. Wednesday 20th will see all full greens in play, Bunkers in (except for those marked GUR). Placing on the fairway only & Play as it lies in Rough.

Matchplay 2016

MatchPlay Draws

Play all matches off the Blue measured course.

SSSA : Interclub V Powerscourt GC

Super Seventies Strike Again !

Leo's team win another 3 league points after a 3&2 home win versus Powerscourt
Jim Blaney & Frank McNamara won, Kevin Barry & Richard Whealans won,Brendan Clear & Eddie Raethorne halved,Mick O'Brien & Mick O'Sullivan also halved their match, Seamus Fox partnered Mick McGuinness.

Seamus Fox (yer man from the TV) chips in to 3ft on Hole5, Mick McGuinness looks on.

Masters Draw Results

Booby Prize Presentation

Masters Draw click here
1st     D WILLETT       TREVOR BOYLE €80

2ND    L WESTWOOD    PAUL BEST €50
            J SPIETH                 Gerry Perry €50

3RD    P CASEY : JIMMY GRAHAM   €20   (BEST LAST ROUND)
            J B HOLMES :WALLY REIDY  A DOZEN GOLF BALLS

            D JOHNSTON:  JOHN MORGAN A DOZEN  GOLF BALLS

HOLE IN ONE: DAVIS LOVE    NOEL QUINN A LUXURY MIZUNO GOLF GLOVE
                   SHANE LOWRY    BRIAN BANNERMAN A LUXURY MIZUNO GOLF GLOVE

LAST PLACE  THONGCHAI JAIDEE   NEVILLE MORGAN A BOTTLE OF GIN

Super Seniors V Lisheen Springs GC

A big win for DMGC at home versus Lisheen,      4 1/2 v 1/2
Kevin Barry/Brian Carty Won 2/1, Gerry flood /Mick O'Brien Won 6/5, Eamonn Carroll /Brendan Clear W7/6, Frank Mc Namara/JIM Blaney W2/1, Denis donoghue /mick O'sullivan halved. We are lying joint top after 2 rounds

JB Carr Trophy at Castle GC

Another close Match this weekend, as the JB Carr team lose out on the 19th hole at Castle GC.
Team from left: Ray Dunne,Ger Flood, Noel Murphy,Jim Graham,John Hopkins,Leo Mahon,Brendan O'Connor,Ger Brady,Paul Duignan,Frank McNamara,Barry Tuite.

Barton Cup

At Blessington Lakes; Colm Daly /Jim Graham & Damian Morrissey lost to strong opposition, Home at DMGC Damian Byrne/Noel Murphy won 4&3, Eoin Boggans / Brian Cruise won 3&1. this left the deciding game to Tommy Dunne / Andy Foot who were 1 up playing the last, an excellent birdie by B/Lakes forced the match back up the 1st, with the rain still pouring down Blessington parred No 1 to advance to round 3

Captain's Drive Results

The testing weather conditions did not spoil a great atmosphere and turnout at Dublin Mountain today.
After some deliberation we settled on playing a 4 Player scramble over the 14 Hole par54 course, this left most groups finishing on the 3 hour mark and hopefully not too wet !
The winning team was:
Damian Byrne/Peter Behan/Neville Morgan/Fred Smith scoring a nett 45.4, Ger Brady/Sean Leech/Mick McKeown & Eddie Raethorne finished in 2nd place on 46.9

 Captain's Drive in Flyer

Winter League Results Final

You could not write the script for the Winter league this year, with just a 1 point margin deciding the overall winners on the Final weekend.
After 17 weeks, a mixed bag of weather conditions and only 1 weekend of non play.
The Eagles (58pts) - Brian Cruise/Robbie Meany/Eamonn Carroll/Brian Carthy & Neville Morgan narrowly defeated The Panthers (56pts)  - Jim Graham/John Hopkins/Ger Flood/Richard Whealans &Terry Kirwan by 108 to 107 points in the double header decider.
Gerry Brady had the best score of 47.6, Bernard O'Callaghan was the most consistent and finally as Leo stated during the lively prize presentations the "not so average" Dave Jones won the best average with a score of 39.8
Final Standings
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18/3/2016 Panthers still holding on to the pole position. Colts have finally stopped propping up the table – Seahawks now have that privilege.

With one double week to go it is a shoot-out between the Eagles and the Panthers for first place.

Tigers and Bears are battling it out for the minor placings.

For the Individual prizes Brian Cruise (Best Average); Bernard O’Callaghan (Most Consistent)and Gerry Brady (Best Score) are the ones to beat.

Week 15 / 16 Results

Week 14 Results
Week 13 Results
Week 12 Results
Week 11 Results
Week 10 Results

Draw        WL Conditions

Golf Pro €10 Lessons at DMGC

Mark Bloom (qualified EGTF) is now offering lessons for Dublin Mountain members & friends.
A Group lesson will take place at Peamount driving Range, Newcastle, Co.Dublin on Weds 30th of March at 6.30pm, cost €10 per member.
When the weather improves you can also book on course lessons at the club.
To book phone 0877940912

Course Status March 5th/6th

Barring any further Weather deterioration, the course will be open for play on Saturday/Sunday 5th, Play Orange tees to White Flags using the normal 14th hole Route.

 After the extreme wet winter, Spring has not yet brought a more favourable weather pattern. The 2nd Hole has got only it's 2nd trim since December ! But it is looking good after the Rest and should be back in play in Mid March.

We will continue on the 14 Hole course (with a mix of Full and temp holes) until the annual "Dry Spell" in early to mid March ( Hopefully) !

Online timesheets Trial

This weekend we will trial  forward booking on the Club software.
At computer Sign-in, in the Changing room, you will see another option to forward book your tee time
e.g. Sat Stable 13th Feb , highlight this using the arrow keys, then enter 8 digit gui number, use arrow keys to pick tee time and click the Green button to accept.
All tee times can be viewed and modified on www.howdidido.com , log on as normal, click the Large Red Dublin Mountain Golf Club ( under My Clubs tab ) >>> on the left click Start Sheets
no need to upgrade to Gold as all codes will be posted on handicap wall, simply tear off your code and use it when prompted on Howdidido site

Winter League Jan Update

Winter League Weeks 8 and 9 Results.

We have just completed the first half of the fixture list and every team has played each other once.  

Panthers (Jimmy Graham and Co) continue to lead the table. But their amazing run of 7 wins out of 7 came to an end last week when their nearest rivals Eagles (Brian Cruise & Co) beat them in the top of the table clash!

 Patriots (James Nolan & Co) and Saints (Kevin Behan & Co) have started a late charge, winning their last two matches.

 This week the Saints take on league leaders Panthers and the Patriots take on Eagles.  Will the Panthers stumble? Can the Saints and Patriots continue their recent form? The Bears (Eoin Boggins & Co) take on the Broncos (Noel Murphy & Co), and win for the Bears could move them into second place.

With nine matches to be settled over the next 8 weeks it is still a wide open competition.

Draw        WL Conditions

Sat 23rd/ Sun 24th

14 Hole Course. The Course is set for Blue Tees, 1-7 to Red Flags & 8-14 to Yellow flags, NOTE: early starters are reminded: If Frosty Please put in White Flags and play from Orange Tees, to avoid any damage to Main greens.

Course Update Fri 15 Jan

 Course will be open for play this weekend Sat 16th / Sun 17th on Temp greens
The competition will be a 14hole Stableford skipping the wettest parts of the course around the 13th,17th & 18th holes. Full details of course Route and indexing posted on Completion Wall in starters room. and here
Course Report:
January looks set to be a difficult month for Golf at DMGC, with December rainfall amounts the highest for over 100 years. The cattle hoof damage on the 17th hole has not recovered yet and combined with the heavy saturation it may be out of play for week or two. Another example is on the 13th, I wanted to move the flag onto the Temporary green before Christmas, but the Temp 13th green and surrounds were wetter than the main green.
Hopefully conditions will improve for next weeks competitions.
Brian Cruise 

Check back here for updates

14 Hole Course

 Play 1- 7 as normal, this is your Front 7holes ( you are 1/2 way thru your round )
You will see a sign at 7th Green, directing you to play the par3 14th, this is the 1st hole of your back 7 holes.
then go to the normal 8th tee (which is now your 9th hole on the 14hole course) and play the normal route until you reach the 12th hole (which is now your 13th on the 14hole course)
For the final hole play the normal 16th.
Mark your card as set out on the 14 hole card, do not swap scores on holes around.

The Computer ( and indexes ) has been set up to reflect the above
Enter scores onto computer leaving 15,16,17 & 18 as blank/0  and click enter.

2016 insurance increase

We have been informed that our current AIG Golfers insurance will rise to €27 this year.
Brian McNamara has contacted AON insurance and it is proposed that we switch to their package @ €25, which will cover us from April 2016 to April 2017.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused as this increase was not reflected in the renewal forms sent out before Christmas. The new breakdown is :

Full €452 + VAT@45€  = €497
Committee & Gui fees@€35 +AON insurance@€25 = €60
Total: €557

The committee is requesting members who have not already renewed their annual subscription, to add the €5 increase to the clubs portion of the subscription which now rises from €55 to €60. For those who have already paid their subscription for the year the committee requests  that you place the €5 in a sealed envelope marked INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE with your name and GUI number and give it to any committee member or leave it with Fiona or Deborah at the office.
Click here for AON schedule of benefits.

Interclub Draws 2016

Interclub Draws 2016

Handicap changes 2016

CHANGES TO CONGU UNIFIED HANDICAPPING SYSTEM
Changes will take effect on 1 January 2016, with an implementation date for clubs of 1 March 2016.

The new CONGU manual is in the process of being published and is the culmination of a four-year review cycle with the aim of assisting club members to have handicaps which truly reflect their playing ability.

Among the most significant changes in the 2016 edition of the manual are the following:

•           Dates – The handicap year will now follow the calendar year,1 January to 31 December, and a player’s handicap will be based on scores returned within that period

•           Four Ball Better Ball Handicap Allowance: In both stroke play and match play the back marker now concedes strokes to the other 3 players based on 90% of the difference between the full handicaps rather than 75% (3/4) as at present

•           Reinstatement of Handicap Status: The reinstatement of a competition status handicap requires a player to submit 3 qualifying scores (which could be 18 hole competitions,9 hole competitions or Supplementary Scores both home and/or away)

•           Continuous Handicap Review: To assist with this process there will now be a computer generated report which highlights those players with 7 consecutive 0.1 increases. Handicap Committees are now recommended to review the performance of such players and to give due consideration to applying a handicap increase where applicable or required.

•           Exact Handicaps: In Ireland lowest exact handicap is now restricted to 1.0 stroke increase in a calendar year.

Various other changes have been made and a pre-publication version of the revised manual can be viewed  at www.congu.com

Jim McArthur, CONGU Board Chairman, said: “The CONGU Unified Handicapping System does not stand still and, as a result, we again have a number of further refinements to the system reflecting both experience and new evidence.

We continually review the system to encourage participation in both competitive golf and social golf whilst at the same time trying to ensure that the system is fair for players of all abilities.”