Pitch & Putt IrelandMunster Inter-County Championship Facts & Figures
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Munster Inter-County Facts and Figures
Roll of Honour
GENTS
Cork 20 wins
Limerick 4 wins
Tipperary & Kerry 2 wins apiece
Clare 1 win
LADIES
Cork 23 wins
Tipperary 2 wins
Kerry & Clare 1 win apiece
U-16
Cork 20 wins
Kerry & Tipperary 4 wins apiece
Waterford 2 wins
Runners-up Slots
GENTS
Limerick 9
Tipperary 8
Cork 7
Clare & Waterford, 2 apiece
Kerry 1
LADIES (No Runner-Up in 2018 due to change in format)
Tipperary 12
Limerick 4
Cork, Kerry & Waterford, 3 apiece
Clare 1
U-16
Cork & Kerry 8 apiece
Tipperary 6
Waterford 4
Limerick 2
Lowest Winning Team Scores (different formats have applied over the years)
GENTS 363, Kerry, Deerpark in 2001.
LADIES 331, Cork at Tramore in 2016.
U-16 318, Kerry at Parteen in 2018.
Most Wins in a Row
GENTS 7, Cork 2011-2017
LADIES 12, Cork 2002-2013
U-16 8, Cork 2005-2012
Largest Winning Margins
GENTS 34, Cork at Castlelyons in 1982
LADIES 63, Cork at Castlelyons in 1982
U-16 96, Cork at Rocklodge in 2015
Lowest Winning Margins
GENTS P/O, Cork at Bruff in 2011 and fifth card, Cork at Lakeside in 2004
LADIES 4, Cork at Tramore in 2016
U-16 P/O, Kerry at Castleisland in 2017 & Waterford at Tralee in 1984
Longest Gaps between first and most recent winning appearance by an individual
GENTS
22 years – Pacelli Darcy (Clare/Limerick) 1986 - 2008
20 years - Ray Murphy (Cork) 1997 - 2017
LADIES
33 years - Eleanor Walsh (Cork) 1983– 2016
21 years – Linda O’Donovan-Murphy (Cork) 1997 – 2018.
Wins in the U-16 Championship and in the Adult Championship
Chris Scannell (Cork), Declan Freeman (Cork), Eleanor Walsh (Cork), Kieran Dunscombe (Cork), Eoin Shannon (Cork), Jamie Blake (Kerry), Daniel Keohane (Cork), Shane Murphy (Cork) & Darren Goodall (Kerry).
Cork player Ray Murphy has most wins for his county with 13. John Walsh has 11 wins and John Cahill has seven wins, all three for Cork.
Pacelli Darcy has won with both Clare and Limerick. Pacelli boasts three wins in all – the same as Liam O’Donovan.
Vera McCarthy has played on 13 winning Cork Ladies teams, Siobhan Scannell on 10 and Claire Murphy-O'Flynn on six.
Record of most Ladies wins by a non-Cork player is held by Bridget Shelley (Tipperary) with two.
Venue most often used
Gents/Ladies – Lakeside, three times
U-16–Fermoy, three times
Gents Championship was played between 1982 and 1986 and from 1995 to date
Ladies Championship was played between 1982 and 1986 and from 1995 to date (but it was not held in 2015 or 2017 due to poor entry).
U-16 Championship was played between 1978 and 1986 and from 1998 to date.
Gents Format
1982 – 8 person teams, all Singles scores to count
1983/84 – 8 person teams, 6 Singles scores to count
1985/86 – 5 person teams, 4 Singles scores to count
1995/2004 - 5 person teams, 4 Singles scores to count
2005 to date – 6 person teams, Singles and Scotch Foursomes
Ladies Format
1982 – 8 person teams, all Singles scores to count
1983/84 – 8 person teams, 6 Singles scores to count
1985/86 – 5 person teams, 4 Singles scores to count
1995/2004 - 5 person teams, 4 Singles scores to count
2005/14 – 6 person teams, Singles and Scotch Foursomes
2015 to date – 4 person teams, Singles and Scotch Foursomes
U-16 Format
1978/84 - 8 person teams, 6 Singles scores to count
1985/86 – 5 person teams, 4 Singles scores to count
1998/2004 - 5 person teams, 4 Singles scores to count
2005/2017 – 6 person teams, Singles and Scotch Foursomes
2018 to date - 4 person teams, Singles and Scotch Foursomes
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Graded Inter-County Championships Winners |
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Year |
Gents Inter |
Gents Junior |
Ladies Inter |
Ladies Junior |
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2014 |
Kerry |
Cork |
Cork |
Tipperary |
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2015 |
Cork |
Cork |
Tipperary |
Tipperary |
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2016 |
Cork |
Cork |
Tipperary |
Tipperary |
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2017 |
Cork |
Kerry |
Cork |
Tipperary |
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2018 |
Kerry |
Limerick |
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