Pitch & Putt Ireland2025 National Intercounty Stats by John Manning
2025 National Intercounty Stats by John Manning
Cork Gents move on to 26 Inter-County wins, consolidating their position atop the all-time Roll of Honour.
Ray Murphy now has 19 National Inter-County wins, John Walsh 18 and John Cahill 14. Eoin Walsh earned his third gold medal, Owen Shannon his second and Daithi Sexton a first (on the field of play – he has been a winning reserve in the past).
Tipperary were runners-up for the second time in three seasons and for the sixth time in all.
The Premier County’s six second places leave Tipp fifth on the all-time list of runners-up behind Dublin (14 times silver medallists), Cork (11), Meath (10) and Kildare (6).
Anthony Culhane now holds three silver medals – the first one secured 34 years ago – at Lucan in 1991. The Tipperary Hills clubman was an Inter-County winner with Tipperary at Tralee in 1995.
Michael Fennell, Stephen Shoer, Stephen O’Reilly and James Ryan claimed their second runners-up places while Joseph Danagher picked-up a first.
Two strokes was the winning margin for the first since 2009 at Cloghogue when Cork’s 402 beat Meath’s 404 (under the old team five player 36 holes Strokeplay format).
Third-placed Dublin finished in the Top Three of the Gent’s Inter-County championship for the twelfth staging in succession.
John Ross Crangle has been on eleven of those dozen sides, Chris Gallagher on ten, George McGreal eight, Stephen Murray seven and Gary Healy six.
2023 winners Dublin took third place for the twelfth time since third place was officially awarded in 1991.
The Eamonn Birchall Trophy (for the Inter-County teams ranked 10-18 after Saturday play) was won by Limerick. Limerick previously won the old second division (when that format was in vogue from 1999 to 2003) at Rocklodge in 2001.
Ten times runners-up in the main championship, Meath took runners-up spot in the Eamonn Birchall Trophy for the first time. Of the 2025 team, Eamon Gibney played on the last Royal County side to b second overall (at Portmarnock in 2011).
Wexford’s third position recalled the Model County’s three third places in the main championship (2011, 2016 and 2018).
Dublin won their 22nd National Ladies Inter-County championship, which consolidates the Dublin ladies’ leading position on the championship’s Roll of Honour.
Geraldine has played on fifteen winning Kildare teams, Glenda Hoey claimed her second winners medal, while it was a first win for both Louise Grace and Tracey Smith.
Forty years have elapsed since Geraldine Ward’s initial win in the Inter-County championship. That puts the Dublin lady into a clear lead on the relevant ladies list.
Kildare finished second in the Ladies Inter-County championship for the 14th time. That puts the Short Grass County in joint second place with Cork on the all-time list, one behind Dublin.
Marian Courtney played on thirteen of those Kildare teams, Tara Dillon has been on twelve and Chrissie Sheedy ten. Marian Gannon Kelly collected a first silver medal.
Cork claimed bronze medals in the Ladies Inter-County championship for the eleventh time since third place was officially awarded in 1992. That’s the most of any county (ahead of Dublin’s nine)
Eleanor Walsh won her fourth National Ladies Inter-County championship bronze medal – 31 years since her first, at Cloghogue in 1992. Mary Murray has also been third with Cork on four occasions while Ailish Sexton and Sarah O’Neill hold two bronze medals apiece.
Meath won the newly-created second tier National Ladies Inter-County championship just as the Royal County ladies did in the previous iteration of the lower division format – at Rocklodge in 2001. Kathleen Geraghty provided the link between both teams.
Louth finished second in that category – the Wee County ladies’ best performance in the National Inter-County since runners-up overall at Seapoint in 1994 and winners of the old second tier format, again at Seapoint in 2002.
The winning margin was eight strokes in the National Ladies Inter-County championship for the first time since 1978 (at Tullamore), when Dublin’s 438 (under the old format) trumped runners-up Westmeath’s 446.
Tara Dillon (Kildare) scored the lowest Gross (49) in the ladies championship. Top gents 36-hole aggregate was returned by Tipperary’s Stephen Shoer with 96.
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