Captain's Day & Golfer of the Year standings

Jeff hosts a superb Captain's Day at Killeen Castle

On Saturday 17^th August, Newry Olympic Hockey Club's Golf Society made the trip to the stunning Jack Nicklaus designed Killeen Castle course in Co Meath for Jeff McNeill’s Captain's Day.

Over the years Killeen Castle has held many prestigious events including the Solheim Cup and the Ladies Irish Open, but nothing as prestigious as the Newry Olympic Hockey Club's Captain's Day!

With a brilliant turn out of twenty-six golfers and fine weather for the occasion, everyone was in for a treat.

Stepping up to the occasion to claim the Captain's Day prize, was the big hitting Richard McGivern. Richard had a very steady front nine, hitting 19 points which put him in a great position. With a four over back nine with a birdie on a dangerous 17^th Hole, this led to a 24 point back nine, putting Richard five points clear of everyone else. This was a superb score on a demanding and challenging course.

In 2^nd Place was Andrew Marks. Andy had a superb front nine with 21 points, but couldn’t repeat this form in the back nine. With a birdie on the 10^th Hole, Andy was in a commanding position, but no score on the 15^th Hole proved costly, only returning 17 points on the way home.

In 3^rd Place came Ryan McIlroy, again another brilliant front nine performance with 20 points, but with only 16 points on the way home this wasn’t enough to catch the leaders.

The Closest to the Pin, which was generously sponsored by Colin Brown, was won by guest Mick McMullan on the 16^th Hole.

Longest Drive was won by the Captain's Day winner Richard McGivern.

The Golf Society Committee would really like to thank Killeen Castle for letting us play at their wonderful facilities. The golf course, the food, the staff were all brilliant and this contributed to one of the best days the society has had to date, playing golf on one of the county’s finest courses.

Thanks to everyone who attended once again, another great turnout which keeps giving great encouragement to the Committee.

On behalf of the Society and Committee we would like to specially thank Billy Nummy, who drove the Society down and back home on the day, which was very much appreciated by everyone.

Golfer of the Year Standings 2024

After three rounds, Trevor Anderson has a two point lead in the Golfer of the Year standings, but with the top three separated by just three points, there's still a long way to go!

The full order is...

Pos	Name	Kilkeel 12/5	Ballymac 23/6	Killeen Cstl 17/8	Total
1	Trevor Anderson	34	40	31	105
2	Ian McNeill	34	37	32	103
3	Ryan McIlroy	29	37	36	102
4	Nigel Rees	36	30	28	94
5	Richard Nummy	28	33	29	90
6	Colin Brown	30	31	23	84
7	Alan Auterson	16	31	31	78
8	Andrew Baird	17	30	28	75
9	Mark McGrath	18	32	23	73
10	Brian MacLeod	32	36	0	68
11	Robbie Taylor	40	0	27	67
12	Jeff McNeill	0	39	25	64
13	Andrew Marks	0	25	38	63
14	Phil McNeill	27	35	0	62
15	Stephen Lennon	0	29	32	61
16	Peter Graham	30	30	0	60
17	Colin Brown (Bruno)	28	27	0	55
18	Willy Nummy	0	27	25	52
19	Paul McCullough	26	24	0	50
20	Colin Henning	0	21	26	47
21	Brian Lockhart	0	25	19	44
22	Richard McGivern	0	0	43	43
23	Gary McIlroy	0	37	26	37
24=	M Barlow, J Greer	0	34	0	34
26=	Mk McCullough, A Dowd, C Morrow	32	0	0	32
29=	M McCullough, K Cowan	31	0	0	31
31=	R Hanlon, D Barlow, G Morrow	0	28	0	28
34	Sam Henry	17	0	0	17
35	Ashley Collum	0	0	14	14

Next Outing

The next outing will be on Saturday 15th September at the Hilton in Templepatrick. There's a lot to play for with the Golfer of the Year coming down to the final day with just three points separating the leading group.

Anyone interested in joining the golf society, please contact any of the Golf Society Committee Members for further information or just email us using this link.