Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup
Amateur golfBrian KeoghCaolan Rafferty, AJ McCabe, Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, Laytown and Bettystown

Rafferty edges out McCabe in playoff for Laytown and Bettystown Scratch Cup

Dundalk’s Caolan Rafferty captured the Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup for the third time since 2013 when he beat Portmarnock Links’ AJ McCabe with a birdie at the fourth playoff hole.

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Rafferty edges out McCabe in playoff for Laytown and Bettystown Scratch Cup
Amateur golfBrian KeoghLaytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, Laytown and Bettystown, Caolan Rafferty, Colm Campbell, Mark Gannon, Declan Branigan, Barry Reddan

Entries for Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup close this Sunday

The West of Ireland Championship is just over four weeks away and golfers looking to hone their games for the opening amateur “major” will have a chance to prepare by teeing it up on links terrain in the 36-hole Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup on Sunday, March 27.

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Entries for Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup close this Sunday
Amateur golfBrian KeoghLaytown and Bettystown, Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, Caolan Rafferty, Peter O'Keeffe, Colm Campbell, Gerard Dunne, Keith Egan, Sean Flanagan, Joe Lyons, Gary Cullen, Hugh Foley, Jack McDonnell, West of Ireland Championship

Rafferty headlines top-class field for Laytown and Bettystown Scratch Cup

Amateur golfBrian KeoghLaytown and Bettystown, Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, Caolan Rafferty, Peter O'Keeffe, Colm Campbell, Gerard Dunne, Keith Egan, Sean Flanagan, Joe Lyons, Gary Cullen, Hugh Foley, Jack McDonnell, West of Ireland Championship
Rafferty headlines top-class field for Laytown and Bettystown Scratch Cup
Amateur golfBrian KeoghLaytown and Bettystown, Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, Caolan Rafferty, Ronan Mullarney, Jack Pierse, Gary McDermott, Jack McDonnell, Colin Woodroofe, Fraser Carr, Tiarnan McLarnon, Jack Madden, Ryan McKinstry

Rafferty wins again at Laytown and Bettystown

Amateur golfBrian KeoghLaytown and Bettystown, Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, Caolan Rafferty, Ronan Mullarney, Jack Pierse, Gary McDermott, Jack McDonnell, Colin Woodroofe, Fraser Carr, Tiarnan McLarnon, Jack Madden, Ryan McKinstry
Rafferty wins again at Laytown and Bettystown
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Scratch Cups retain spirit of halcyon days

Rowan LesterHermitage’s Rowan Lester presents the Lucan Scratch Cup to Peter Ennis (Captain, Hermitage Golf Club) after his victory at Lucan Golf Golf Club on Sunday. Also in the picture is Brian O’Connor (Vice Captain). Picture by Pat CashmanThere was a time when Ireland’s major amateur championships were fun-packed occasions when the top players in the country would get together, beat each other’s brains in and have a so many pints afterwards that a fistful of Solpadeine was required to make the tee the next day.
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