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It's difficult to imagine a performance more deserving of glory than that produced by John Maguire on Saturday 10 June.
Maguire illuminated the Lonsdale Cup, sponsored by Armagh City Hotel, with a stunning four-under-par gross 66 to earn a two-shot victory over the rest of a packed 195-man field.
Having netted category and gross prizes in recent weeks, John had already signalled that he was recapturing something like his best form.
Now, after turning in such a majestic display in one of the most prestigious fixtures in the County Armagh Golf Club calendar, he has identified himself as very much a golfer for the big occasion.
The then four-handicapper's sublime showing began with a tepid five at the 1st. However, a hat-trick of birdies at the 3rd, 6th and 7th and just one more dropped shot, at the 8th, saw him reach the turn in only 33 strokes.
Then followed an utterly flawless three-under-par back nine, in which another quick-fire Maguire birdie treble nestled nicely among six serene pars.
Uppermost among the myriad impressive aspects of John's Lonsdale masterclass are the fact that it arrived on a day of such stiff winds and his assured 4, 4, 4 denouement when many others would surely have lacked such composure.
The magnificent Lonsdale Cup is presented to winner John Maguire by Brian McCormack, representing sponsors Armagh City Hotel, and Club Captain Richard Stewart.
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1st Joe Rooney nett 64
2nd Gary McDonald nett 65
Category 1
1st Adam Cromwell nett 66 (back 9)
2nd Jerome Leer nett 66
Category 2
1st Christopher Lester nett 66
2nd Chris McCabe nett 67
Category 3
1st Stephen Miller nett 68 (back 9)
2nd Shane O'Halloran net 68
Presentation of prizes will take place on Sunday 25th June @ 6.30pm.
All prize winners are requested to attend.
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1st Paddy Loughran 41 points (back 9)
2nd Gerard Cullen 41 points
Category 1
1st Mark Loughran 40 points (back 9)
Stephen Catterall 40 points
Category 2
1st James Thompson 40 points (back 9)
2nd Bernard Grimley 40 points
Category 3
Dermot Haughey 39 points
Philip Richards 38 points
Best Gross Philip Kelly Gross 68
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Tim Teahan's All-Ireland Four-Ball Trophy side have continued their entertaining run in the competition with a 5·5-4·5 defeat of Edenmore that seals their passage to the 4th round.
With impressive victories over Ballyliffin and Mannan Castle already under their inter-club matchplay belt, the County Armagh men travelled to Magheralin on Sunday 4 June in the hope of making Edenmore their latest scalp.
In that rain-soaked away leg, the team secured two valuable points through a last-hole win for Oliver Connell and Martin Grimley and the half points provided by the pairings of Davy Spratt and Norman Mallon and Gavin McElmeel and Anthony Fagan.
As Edenmore now enjoyed a 3-2 and 11-hole halfway lead, County Armagh required 3·5 points from the return leg on Sunday 11 June and, with the tie so delicately poised, Captain Teahan shuffled his pack for that home clash.
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Open Stableford
1st Ian Millar 40pts
2nd Conlon Rice 39pts (back nine)
3rd Pat McAleavey 39pts
Senior Open Stableford
1st Kyle Johnston 42pts
2nd Simon Arthurs 40pts
3rd Niall Brady 38pts
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After his remarkable 12-par salvo paved the way to Sunday Stableford triumph at County Armagh Golf Club, it's clear that Greens Convenor Davy Baird has our beautiful course set up just to his liking.
In the competition sponsored by King Bros Quarry on 4 June, Davy completed his outward nine in just 37 strokes to reach the turn with a more than useful 22 points.
A double bogey on the par 3 11th was unwelcome, but Baird betrayed no signs that this was the start of a rot and immediately embarked on an outstanding run of six pars and a bogey for his final seven holes.
A tireless worker for the club over many years, few will begrudge Davy this win . His fine gross 77 on a day of high winds and nasty showers equated to 42 points that, as well as handing the former Club Captain tournament glory, snipped his handicap to 12.
Davy Baird is presented with his winner's prize by Robert King of Kings Bros Quarry. Also pictured are Club Captain Richard Stewart, overall runner-up Lee Kirrane with his son Luke, and category prize winners Jim Carberry, Ian Millar, John Maguire and Dermot O'Neill.
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1st Paul G Doyle nett 66
2nd Gary McDonald nett 68 (back 9)
Category 1
1st Sean Dougan nett 68
2nd Brian Loney nett 69
Category 2
1st Laurence Corr nett 69
2nd Brendan Lynch nett 71
Category 3
1st Turlough Brady net 72 (back 9)
2nd Jason Yau nett 72 (back 9)
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There was a certain appropriateness in the Bankers' Cup being carried off by another financial professional, Paul Pender.
In the stroke competition played at County Armagh Golf Club on 3 June, the Monaghan Mushrooms accountant turned in a quite masterly display that rendered his 181 opponents bankrupt of ideas and enabled lodgement of the sparkling trophy in Pender's 2017 golfing account.
A tally of six over par for the course's five par 3s didn't provide an obvious foundation on which to build a career best gross 75 but, happily for Paul, his short-hole troubles were entirely incongruous with the rest of this tremendous Saturday showing.
County Armagh Golf Club Captain Richard Stewart presents the Bankers' Cup to winner Paul Pender in the company of category prize winners Cormac O'Hare, Lee Campbell and Ciaran McCreesh.
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- Results Lonsdale Cup sponsored by Armagh City Hotel
- Wed. Open & Senior Open Results 7th June
- MARTIN'S MAJESTY BOOSTS FAMILY FORTUNES
- CAPTAIN RICHARD LEADS FROM THE FRONT
- Results Stableford Competition sponsored by King Bros Quarry Sunday 4th June 2017
- Results Banker's Cup
- NEILL NOTCHES SUNDAY HONOURS
- Wed. Open & Senior Open Results
- GARY GRABS MAY MEDAL GLORY
- Results Club Stableford Sunday 28th May 2017