by IrishGolfer.ie | Jun 18, 2021 | Golf Ireland News, Latest News
Sara Byrne was the biggest winner after round one of the AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship on Friday, after a 7&6 win against Lauren Kelly. The Douglas golfer was one of Thursday’s leading qualifiers, and was delighted to win on the 12th hole. “I was a...
by IrishGolfer.ie | Jun 16, 2021 | Golf Ireland News, Latest News
The cream of Ireland’s women amateur golfers will converge on Ballybunion this week for the AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship. After last year’s cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Championship returns on the famed Old Course at the Kerry...
by Ivan Morris | Apr 13, 2020 | Columns, Latest News
When GUI President-in-waiting, Commander George Crosbie of Cork, ‘bulldozed’ his colleagues into bringing the 1937 Irish Close to a previously ‘unknown’ Ballybunion, nobody could have anticipated the subsequent, resounding success of the 1937 championship or that it...
by IrishGolfer.ie | Aug 3, 2019 | Golf Ireland News, Latest News
Another opening round at a national championship and another major strike from Galway’s Ronan Mullarney. The 23 year old international carded a superb 65 to lead the AIG Irish Close by three strokes at Ballybunion. Three months ago, Mullarney broke the course...