Pitch and Putt Ireland
Pitch & Putt
Ireland
System
Tap here to close
Menu
Handicap System
News
National News
Regional News
Resources
Development
Coaching
Code of Ethics
Doping Policy
Graded Courses
Players
Fixture Book
Rules
Gents Rankings
Ladies Rankings
Ranking Info
About
Constitution
History
Links
Map of Affiliated Clubs
Clubs
Find a Club
County Boards
4th October 2023 Pitch & Putt Ireland

Interprovincial Challenge Match - Meet the teams

Meet the players, captains and vice captains that will represent Leinster & Munster on the 4th November

Interprovincial Challenge Match - Meet the teams

LEINSTER

 

Sean Goggin (MacBride) 

- 2022 National Strokeplay champion
- Twice Leinster individual champion (one Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Represented Ireland in the 2008 Willie Parker International Challenge v. Netherlands at R.G.S.C.
- Twice a National Inter-County runner-up with Louth
- Four times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth

 

Gary Healy (Loughlinstown)

- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Four times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Runner-up in both National Strokeplay and Leinster Matchplay in 2022

 

Ian Dillon (St. Bridget's)
- Reigning Leinster Matchplay champion
- Represented Ireland in the 2014 International Challenge v. Catalonia
- National Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2000
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2011
- National Mixed Team Event winner with St. Bridget’s in 2008

 

Eamon Gibney (Castletown)
- Irish Open winner in 2014
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2016
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Meath in 2012

 

Darren Fagan (Seapoint)

- Reigning Leinster Strokeplay champion
- 1997 Leinster Intermediate Strokeplay champion
- Twice a Leinster Inter-County runner-up with Louth

 

Chris Gallagher ( Lucan)

- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Five times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Six times Dublin individual champion (four Strokeplay and two Matchplay)

 

Mark Millar (Killineer)

- Three-time National individual champion (two Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Twice Leinster Matchplay champion
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2001
- National Inter-County winner with Louth in 2002
- Twice a Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth

 

Stephen Murray (Old County)

- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Five times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Irish Open runner-up in 2010

 

Dean Grannell (St. Patrick's)

- 2017 Leinster Matchplay champion
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Wexford in 2019
- National Inter-Club winner with St. Patrick’s in 2015
- National Juvenile Inter-County winner with Wexford in 2006

 

George McGreal (Old County)

- Leinster Strokeplay champion in 2010
- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Seven times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin

 

Sean Harkins (Ryston)

- Three times National Matchplay champion
- Leinster Strokeplay champion in 1992
- European Team championship winner with Ireland in 2001
- Three times a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin in 1996

 

Jim Judge (Jnr.) (MacBride)

- Twice a Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth
- Leinster Matchplay runner-up in 2015
- Munster Matchplay runner-up in 1995 when a member of Waterford Crystal
 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Non-playing captain Anthony Malone (Lucan)

- Five-time National individual champion (two Strokeplay and three Over 55 Strokeplay)
- Represented Ireland in the inaugural Catalonia v. Ireland International Challenge at Solius in 1997
- Four times a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Eight times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Dublin County Board Chairman

 

Vice-Captain Darren Keogh (Ryston)

- National Inter-County runner-up with Kildare in 2001
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2011
- Kildare Strokeplay champion in 2013
- A pivotal part of a number of Pitch and Putt Ireland Sub-Committees

 

Vice-Captain Patsy Fagan (Seapoint)

Patsy has been a wonderful mentor to many Pitch and Putt players including his son Darren Fagan, Mark Millar (both of whom play for Leinster) and his daughter Audrey (Donnelly). A regular contestant in the National Mixed Foursomes with his wife Ann, Patsy is a prolific winner alongside Ann and Darren in events such as the Louth Down Monaghan Doubles championship and the Seapoint Masters.

 

 

MUNSTER

Damien Fleming (Deerpark)

- Four-time National individual champion (three Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Munster Strokeplay champion in 2019
- Three-time Irish Open champion
- Two Munster Inter-County wins with Kerry

 

Stephen O'Reilly (Hillview)

- Reigning National Matchplay champion
- Munster Inter-County win with Tipperary in 2019
- National Inter-County runner-up with Tipperary in 2023

 

Stephen Shoer (Riverdale)

- Reigning National Strokeplay champion
- National Intermediate Strokeplay champion in 2008
- Munster Matchplay champion in 2017
- Two Munster Inter-County wins with Tipperary
- National Inter-Club runner-up with Lakeside in 2018
- National Inter-County runner-up with Tipperary in 2023
- National Strokeplay runner-up in 2017

 

Kieran Earls (Bruff)

- 2020 National Matchplay champion
- Twice Munster individual champion (one Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Two Munster Inter-County wins with Limerick
- Winner of the 2016 International Pairs tournament in Catalonia (with Munster Vice-Captain Tom Hanley)

 

John Cahill (Fermoy)

- National Strokeplay champion in 2001
- European Strokeplay champion in 2019
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- 12 National Inter-County wins with Cork (plus two juvenile)
- Four National Inter-Club wins with Fermoy
- National Mixed Team event winner with Fermoy in 2009 
- Eight Munster Inter-County wins with Cork 
- Two Munster Strokeplay titles

 

David Sexton (Fermoy)

- Reigning Munster Strokeplay champion
- Four National Inter-Club wins with Fermoy
- Third in the recent National Strokeplay championship

 

Ray Murphy (St. Anne's)

- Ten-time National individual champion (six Matchplay and four Strokeplay)
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2008 and 2012
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2001 and 2007
- 17 National Inter-County wins with Cork
- National Mixed Team Event winner with Templebreedy in 1994
- National Club Tournament winner with Templebreedy in 1997
- Twice National Inter-Club winner with St. Anne’s
- 17 Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- Four-time Munster individual champion (three Strokeplay and one Matchplay)

 

Barry Morrissey (Bishopstown)

- 2022 National Matchplay champion
- National Inter-Club winner with Fermoy in 2019
- One Munster Inter-County win with Cork (in 1985!)
- Munster Strokeplay champion in 1987
- 16 Cork County League wins (with four different teams – Carrigaline, Pfizer, Templebreedy and Raffeen Creek)

 

James Cleary (Larkspur Park)

- European Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- Three Munster Inter-County wins with Tipperary
- Munster Matchplay champion in 2004
- National Strokeplay runner-up in 2006

 

John Walsh (Collins)

- Five-time All-Ireland individual champion (three Matchplay and two Strokeplay)
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2012 and in 2016
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2003 and 2005
- 16 National Inter-County wins with Cork
- 12 Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- National Club Tournament winner with Collins in 1988
- Fourteen Munster individual titles (seven Matchplay and seven Strokeplay)
- World Strokeplay champion in 2013

 

Jason Cregan (Tralee)
- Reigning Munster Matchplay champion
- National Juvenile Inter-County runner-up with Kerry in 2011
- Munster Juvenile Inter-County runner-up with Kerry in 2011

 

Paudie O'Sullivan (Majestic)

- Represented Ireland in the 2006 Willie Parker International Challenge v. Netherlands
- Four National Inter-County wins with Cork
- Four Munster Inter-County wins with Cork

 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Non-playing captain John Looney (Collins)

- National Intermediate Strokeplay champion in 1987
- National Inter-County runner-up with Cork in 1994
- National Club Tournament winner with Collins in 1988
- Three Cork County League wins (with two different teams – Collins and Douglas) 
- Cork County Board Secretary

 

Vice-Captain Thomas Hanley (Bruff)

- Munster Matchplay champion in 2016
- European Team championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- National Inter-Club runner-up with Bruff in 2015
- Munster Inter-County winner with Limerick in 2018
- Winner of the 2016 International Open Pairs in Catalonia (with Kieran Earls) 

 

Vice-Captain John O’Leary (Douglas)

- 1983 National Matchplay champion
- Represented Ireland in the 1980s international series against England.
- Three National Inter-County wins with Cork
- Four Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- Three-time Munster Strokeplay champion

 

Share this article

Back to All News