County Sligo Golf Club Breaking Points 06/01/2020

A New Year's Message from Captain JohnA Happy New Year to all Members and Readers.

New Year's Day 2020 was the beginning of a new decade and a new year and a fantastic turn out for the Captains Drive In. Many thanks for all your good wishes and a special thanks to the Male Voice Choir for the entertainment and to President Tom for his support on the day. It was a pleasure to also present Junior Boy's Captain, Niall Mc Dermott, with his Captain's jumper and I wish him the best of luck in his year.

During 2020 over 100 men's competitions will be played - weekly events ; cup competitions : matchplays and the Winter League. This year's final of the Wehrly Bros. Winter League is scheduled for Sunday 29th March. A date for the diary!. The fixture dates for 2020 will be posted shortly on the Club website.

The West of Ireland Championship is returning to the traditional Easter date -10th to 14th April 2020 and the Club's annual Open Week will be held on 1st to 9th August.

As mentioned by me on New Year's Day, I am heartened to hear the many compliments about the high standard and presentation of our Course. Our course manager Mark Millar's regular blogs are a useful way of keeping up to date with progress on the Course and I encourage members to follow his links updates.

I am looking forward to meeting you all throughout the year and welcoming new members and visitors to the club.

Enjoy your Golf in 2020.

John Mc Hugh

Captain

Words from Lady Captain Edel• Being Lady Captain of this great Club is an honour and a privilege as we enter our 126

year. I am indeed well aware of the high standard that the office holds. I will endeavourto take the baton and continue to represent Co Sligo Golf Club and the ladies Club in the highest regard. I only hope that I can live up to expectations and continue to do the task well.

• I have the assistance of a great ladies committee and different sub committees to ensure the smooth running of the ladies’ club. The continued support is much appreciated.

• My vision for the year 2020 is to ensure an environment which supports all lady members to maximise the benefits of club membership. Facilities, social aspect and the game no matter what level they play to.

• The splendour of our course speaks for itself. Last year after hosting the Irish Amateur Open and the Ladies Home Internationals the accolades received from the various organising committees, players and visitors were extremely complimentary to our Head Green Keeper Mark and his team, catering/bar staff and our General Manager David and his admin team. Members can all be proud.

• I wish all our Ladies teams Junior and senior every success in 2020 and encourage members to support them.

• I look forward to working with Management council and various other committees during the year and extend my thanks for their dedication and time to the club.

• Finally, I thank you the members for your support and good wishes for my year.

• I look forward to a good year both on the golf course and socially!

• Wishing you and your families a very happy New Year.

• Lady Captain Edel

Now that the Winter festivities are over and both our courses are receiving final touches it is

time for us all to plan for a great year of golf. We are blessed to have in our club one of the best links available anywhere and we should

appreciate our heritage.

Have a great 2020 , may your swing be consistently good and may all your putts drop.

I look forward to being of service to you.

Tom Kenny

President

As we look forward to 2020 and Winter gives way to Spring, our thoughts, naturally, turn to golf - to

longer drives, crisper irons and straighter putts. Some of us look forward to reducing our

handicaps or even getting into the winnersenclosure for the first or even the twenty

first time.

I wish success to everyone but on the way be sure to take time to smell the flowers, to admire our wonderful panoramic scenery, and especially, to

make lots of new friends.

I wish you all a very Happy New Year.

Una Howley,Lady President

Captains Drive In 2020

Captain John McHugh and Lady Captain Edel McDermott tee off on the 1st hole to a huge crowd

Captain’s drive in

2020

Captain John with his wife Sinead McHugh President Tom Kenny and Captain John McHugh

What a start to the first day of 2020!

Links Update

Happy new year to all the members from the Greenkeepers.

The first four holes on the course will be closed from Monday 6th January.

Golfing will start at the 5th hole.

For more information see Mark's blog.

Best wishes for 2020

Regards,

Mark and the Greenkeeping Team.

Wehrly Bros. Winter League

Reminder

The next round of the Wehrly Bros Winter

League returns later this month.

Sunday, 26th January 2020

The current league table is available on

the County Sligo Golf Club Website

Countback in 16, 15, 13 Hole Competitions

In the event of a tie in a 16 Hole competition results are decided on:

Back 8 in the following order: Back 8, Back 6, Back 3, Back 1.Then:

Front 8 in the following order: Front 8, last 6, last 3, last 1

In the event of a tie in a 15 Hole competition results are decided on:

Back 8 in the following order: Back 8, Back 6, Back 3, Back 1.

Then:

Front 7 in the following order: Front 7, last 6, last 3, last 1,

In the event of a tie in a 13 Hole competition results are decided on:Back 7 in the following order: Back 7, Back 6, Back 3, Back 1.

Then:

Front 6 in the following order: Front 6, last 3, last 1,

Men’s Competition Results

Position Person Score Comments

1st Donal Heraughty (18) 24 Pts B7

No Of Entries: 13; CSS: N/A

Twos (€9.00): No winner, carried over

Saturday 14th December 2019 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford Sweep

Position Person Score Comments

1st Declan O’Brien (6) 29 Pts

2nd Gary Byrne (9) 27 Pts B7

No Of Entries: 26; CSS: N/A

Twos (€14.50 each): Seán Moylan, Declan O’Brien

Sunday 15st December 2019 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Men’s Competition Results

Position Person Score Comments

1st Shane Underwood (1) 30 Pts B7

2nd David Godsell (19) 30 Pts B3

No Of Entries: 49; CSS: N/A

Twos (€11.33 each): John McHugh, Fergal O’Flaherty, Shane Underwood

Saturday 21th December 2019 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Position Person Score Comments

1st Ian Kearns (27) 35 Pts

2nd James Barnicle (8) 31 Pts

No Of Entries: 38; CSS: N/A

Twos (€21.00): Kieran McDonagh

Sunday 22nd December 2019 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Men’s Competition Results

Position Person Score Comments

1st Michael Barr (28) 30 Pts

2nd Gary Byrne (9) 29 Pts

No Of Entries: 42; CSS: N/A

Twos (€23.00): Gary Byrne

Saturday 28th December 2019 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Position Person Score Comments

1st Dave Dent (12) 26 Pts B7

2nd John Crawford (17) 26 Pts

No Of Entries: 38; CSS: N/A

Twos (€28.00): No Winner. Carry over

Sunday 29nd December 2019 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Men’s Competition Results

Position Person Score Comments

1st Michael Barr (28) 35 Pts

2nd Padraig McElwain (9) 33 Pts

3rd Dave S Fleming (13) 30 Pts B7

No Of Entries: 58; CSS: N/A

Twos (€33.50 each): Padraig McElwain, John Robinson

Saturday 4th January 2020 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Position Person Score Comments

1st Joe Noonan (22) 32 Pts

2nd Tony Hallissy (9) 30 Pts

3rd Lewis Rhatigan (21) 29 Pts B7

No Of Entries: 55; CSS: N/A

Twos (€11.66 each): David Cunningham, Padraig McElwain, Niall Stafford

Sunday 5th January 2020 - 13 Holes Singles Stableford

Competition results are available weekly on the club website @ https://www.countysligogolfclub.ie/category/results/

Neafsey Cup 2019 Results

Position Person Score Notes

Winner Aidan Anderson (10) 26 Pts B2

2nd John McDermott (4) 26 Pts

3rd Declan O’Brien (6) 25 Pts

4th Luke McDermott (16) 24 Pts

5th Gary McDermott (+2) 22 Pts B6

6th Conor Neiland (5) 22 Pts B6

7th Paddy Morgan (7) 22 Pts B6

8th Sean Flanagan (+2) 22 Pts B3

9th Gary Devins (12) 22 Pts B6

10th Ruari O’Connor (+1) 22 Pts

Congratulations to Aidan Anderson on winning the

Neafsey Cup!

Photographed: Captain John McHugh; Winner Aidan Anderson; Paddy Morgan, nephew of Jim Neafsey; Ronan Keane,

Chairman of Organising Committee

Neafsey Cup 2019 Results

Position Person Score Notes

Members

1st Tony Hallissy (9) 29 Pts

2nd Andy Donaghy (11) 26 Pts

3rd Shane Filan (15) 25 Pts B6

Ladies Edel McDermott (14) 25 Pts

Junior Donnchadh O’Brien 27 Pts

Junior Team Pól Arnold, JP Flanagan, Simon Keane, Brian McCabe, Colm O’Brien

Guest A. Band 27 Pts

Longest Drive Daniel Ford

Nearest Pin 4th Hole Gary Devins

The Neafsey cup raised funds of €475 for the Elsinore Club

Golfer of the Year 2019

The Golf of the year 2019, Sponsored by

Sligo Institute of Technology, was won by

Thomas Finnegan

Thomas played exceptional golf all year

round and also represented County Sligo

Golf Club in the Barton Shield and the

Senior Cup

Photographed: TJ Ford; Golfer of the Year Thomas Finnegan; Captain John McHugh and Gary Reynolds, Sligo IT

GOAL Mile

Thank you to everyone who attended and

took part in the Goal Mile on the 26th

December 2019 which raised a total of €1145

Over 200 people took part in the Goal Mile

which raised much needed funds for Goal's

programmes in places such as Syria and

South Sudan.

Christmas Celebrations

Santa meets Lady Captain Edel

Fairways club Christmas Party.

Committee, Special Olympic Athletes & Captain John

Great day had by all eighty women who attended the first Nollaig na mBan

celebrations in the club.

Nollaig na mBan

Two former North of Ireland

Champions with “The Clara Jug”

Sean Flanagan and Shane Lowry with The Claret Jug

Dates for the Calendar

29th March 2020 Wehrly Bros. Winter League Final

8th -14th April 2020 West of Ireland Amateur Open

27th June 2020 Lady Captains Prize

11th July 2020 Captains Prize

25th July 2020 Presidents Prize

1st – 9th August 2020 Open Week

15th August 2020 Lady Presidents Prize

9th – 10th October 2020 Visit to Rosendaelsche Golf Club

Office Opening Hours

The Office will open Saturdays in

January and February

9:30AM – 1:00PM

To accommodate members wishing

to pay their Annual Subscription

Golf Rules Quiz1. In match play, a player's ball is in a penalty area in some shallow water, but he

decides to play it as it lies. He deliberately touches the water in the penalty area

on his backswing. What is the ruling?

A. The player gets two penalty strokes.

B. There is no penalty.

C. The player gets one penalty stroke.

2. In stroke play, a player makes a stroke on the putting green when pressing his

forearm tight to his body creating an anchor point against his body. What is the

ruling?

A. There is no penalty.

B. The player gets two penalty strokes and the ball must be replaced and the stroke

replayed.

C. The stroke counts and the player gets two penalty strokes and the ball is played as it

lies.

1-B There is no penalty. - There are no special Rules limiting how a ball may be played from a penalty area, meaning there is no restriction on a player touching

water in a penalty area with his backswing (Rule 17.1b).

2-C The stroke counts and the player gets two penalty strokes and the ball is played as it lies - The player has breached Rule 10.1b, the stroke counts, he gets

two penalty strokes and the ball must be played as it lies. See also Interpretation 10.1b/1.