Laytown and Bettystown look to reignite Scratch Cup glory days
The 14th at Laytown and Bettystown
Finding a date in the packed amateur calendar is a major headache for all these days but Laytown and Bettystown is determined to rebuild its Senior Scratch Cup and recapture the glory days when the likes of Des and Val Smyth, Declan Branigan, Barry Reddan and Mark Gannon formed a golden generation of east coast golfing stars.
On Sunday May 5, top amateurs from all over Ireland will descend on the beautiful Co Meath links for a 36-hole battle. And while it clashes with the Lucan Senior Scratch Cup, the Munster Strokeplay and the Lytham Trophy, it offer the cream of the northeast a chance to play the course before the Barton Shield Provincial qualifiers on May 25-26.
Galway’s Eddie McCormack, the 2001 champion, will be back to try and win the title for a second time against the likes of Forrest Little’s Eoin Arthurs and a host of up and coming stars.
Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club Senior Scratch Cup
- 36 Holes Shotgun Start 9am & 2pm
- Sunday 5th May, 2013
- Handicap limit: 3
- Entry is restricted to a maximum of 75 players
- Gross Prizes 1st – 10th
- 1st Overall Nett
- €200 prize for new course record on the day
- Entry Fee €35 (soup & sandwiches included)
- Closing date Wednesday 1st May at 4.30pm
- To book phone the Office on (041) 9827170 Ext. 1
- GUI cards must be produced on the day
The sixth at Laytown and BettystownPast winners 1971 - 2012
2012 Richard Bridges Stackstown
2011 Stephen Barry Laytown & Bettystown
2010 Jeff Hopkins Skerries
2009 Russell Durnin Laytown & Bettystown
2008 Jim Carvill Warrenpoint
2007 Joe Moore Laytown & Bettystown
2006 Alan Condren Greystones
2005 Rory Leonard Banbridge
2004 Adrian Brogan Forrest Little
2003 Eoin O’Sullivan Island
2002 Adrian Morrow Portmarnock
2001 Eddie McCormack Slieve Russell
2000 Michael McGinley Grange
1999 Barry V Reddan Co Louth
1998 JP Fitzgerald Co Louth
1997 N/A
1996 Declan Moran Island
1995 Paul Bray Hermitage
1994 John P Gannon Co Louth
1993 Mark Gannon Balbriggan
1992 Mark Gannon Balbriggan
1991 Denis White Moate
1990 Frank Gannon Co Louth
1989 Tony Smith Island
1988 John Hutchinson Royal Dublin
1987 Finbarr Ronan Co Louth
1986 Finbarr Ronan Co Louth
1985 Padraig Hogan Elm Park
1984 Barry V Reddan Co Louth
1983 Peter Rogers Dundalk
1982 Declan Branigan Laytown & Bettystown
1981 Val Smyth Laytown & Bettystown
1980 Declan Branigan Laytown & Bettystown
1979 Kevin F Garvey Co Louth
1978 Barry V Reddan Co Louth
1977 JJ Clynch Laytown & Bettystown
1976 John M Gannon Co Louth
1975 Richie McDonnell Laytown & Bettystown
1974 Paddy Caul Malahide
1973 Mark Gannon Co Louth
1972 Des Smyth Laytown & Bettystown
1971 Mark Gannon Co Louth
For more information about Laytown and Bettystown, click here to read Out of Bent and Sand, a book produced to mark the club’s centenary in 2009.