Eamon collects first club Medal
EAMON McVeigh will be wishing it had all come together just a day earlier than the Sunday he produced his best round of the year to win the County Armagh Golf Club July Medal.
His winning 64 nett score was produced just 24 hours after Captain's Day!
But Eamon was still delighted to have picked up his first ever Medal at the club, presented by Vice Captain Pat McAleavey in front of a packed clubhouse on Sunday evening.
The par three holes 3 and 9, plus the equally less difficult sixth hole, were those on which 15-handicapper Eamon dropped shots on his outward trek. But he managed to maintain the consistency and dropped only a further six shots over the back nine holes for a nett 64 finish.
By a single shot, it was enough to take the honours ahead of Danny McGee. The 13-handicapper, after a six-over par front nine, was just 2-over par on the back nine for his nett 65 finish.
And it was his better back nine which ultimately decided the Category 2 prizes, Pat McKenna with a nett 65 winning, and the previous day's winner of the Captain's Prize, Barry Scully, was runner up with a nett 66.
Andrew Millar was the deserving winner of the Category 1 prize with a nett 66. The seven handicapper one under par after nine, dropped just four shots on the return trek - three of them at the final three holes! Adam Hunniford was runner up with a nett 67.
Eamon Toner won Category 3 with an excellent nett 70, with runner up Mervyn Watts kicking off what was to prove a winning week ahead, runner up with a nett 71.
A gross 73 won Stewart Stevenson the Gross Prize on countback.
JULY MEDAL RESULTS – Sunday, 7th July, 2013
Overall
1st Eamon McVeigh nett 64
2nd Danny McGee nett 65 (back 9)
Category 1 (0 – 12)
1st Andrew Miller nett 66
2nd Adam Hunniford nett 67 (back 9))
Category 2 (13 – 18)
1st Pat McKenna nett 65
2nd Barry Scully nett 66 (back 9)
Category 3 (19 – 28)
1st Eamon Toner nett 70
2nd Mervyn Watts nett 71
Gross
1st Stewart Stevenson gross 73 (back 6)
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES ON SUNDAY, 14th at 8.00 pm (No further communication regarding this presentation).
Competition Convenor
7th July 2013