What's Been Happening

Toys 4 Big Boys Exhibition - November 2006
In November 2006 Macreddin Golf Club attended the Toys 4 Big Boys Exhibition in the RDS with an exclusive invitation only stand. The exhibition proved to be a huge success. Even member Shane Byrne and many of his rugby colleagues dropped by to take a look.


Macreddin's 'Organic Goose Shoot' - December 2006
Despite the heavens opening on the days prior to the first Macreddin 'Organic Goose Shoot', 25 members enjoyed a cold yet sunny Stableford competition in Woodenbridge Golf Club on the 8th December 2006.

Murphy pips Eoin to the post for the Longest Drive.	Another win for John

Paul Meets the Members
In spite of his busy work schedule, designer, Paul McGinley took time out after a press conference to meet with the members for drinks and nibbles in Actons.

Paul on Tour 2007
Paul had a very solid start to the 2007 season with 2 promising erformances in the Gulf. His first outing yielded an 8 under par finish in Qatar giving him a tie for 15th place. This was followed by another finish on 8 under in Dubai and a tie for 25th place. After a quick stop at home with his family it was off to the other side of the globe and his 2007 debut on the US PGA Tour at the AT&T Pro-am. Partnering Dermot Desmond for the second year running in the pro-am Paul finished the tournament under par on -1 for a tie of 49th place. Continuing on the US Tour Paul played in the 2007 Nissan Open in California where he finished the tournament with another under par result. Having played his first 4 tournaments of the year in a total of 19 under par, Paul takes a three week break before he starts his season in earnest with playing 5 in a row starting with the Spanish open in Madrid next week.

Paul's Visit 22^nd and 23^rd March 2007

Following a busy day in Dublin with some of his sponsors Paul arrived in Macreddin Village at 5pm on Thursday 23rd March accompanied by the Ryder Cup! The first sign of light came at 6.30am on Friday morning and Paul was out on the golf course surveying the progress before a 7.30am breakfast meeting with the full design team. Ten hours of course work followed where Paul hit balls from different tees ensuring the landing areas were as he planned. Throughout the day Paul met with members and members guests on the course explaining his philosophy on golf course design and how these ideas were implemented in Macreddin. After a long day on the course, the Macreddin Golf Club team met with Paul to plan the strategy for the rest of the year and finalise areas such as the practice ground facilities, clubhouse design and the opening of the first nine holes for a 'Privilege Preview' in August 2007. For all at Macreddin Golf Club this visit again confirmed the great input that Paul is putting into his first golf course design.

Woodenbridge Golf Club, Wicklow - 30^th March 2007
With the weather on our side this time, 20 members enjoyed a relaxing, yet competitive, game of golf (despite the hollow coring!!). The good weather followed us back to Macreddin where Dave and Roger gave updated tours of the ever progressing course, Members were then treated to all the organic delights that Actons and the Orchard Café had to offer.
	Vicky, Susan, Terry, Damien, Victor and Bernard enjoy the delights of Actons Pub

On the 26th May 2007 a group of Macreddin Golf Club members and friends travelled to Portugal to play fellow PGA European Tour Course, Quinta do Lago. Celebrating the invitation to join PGA European Tour Courses, Macreddin Golf Club Members enjoyed many perks including playing the Portuguese Open Course Quinta do Lago for only €25. The format for day one was a singles stableford competition with the winner being Liam Murphy with a very impressive score of 35 points. In 2nd place was Joe O’Connor with 31 pts, and the nine prizes were won by Dermot McMullen -15pts (1st nine) and Karen Yates – 18pts (2nd nine). Sunday’s golf on the north course consisted of a singles stableford competition, in which Larry Macken prevailed with a score of 31pts. 2nd was Brendan Murdock with 29pts, with the nine prizes going to Malachi Quinn (1st nine) and Michael Raleigh (2nd nine).