National Mixed Foursomes Facts & Figures

A look back at the history of the event

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National Mixed Foursomes Facts and Figures

Tomorrow in Bellewstown marks the beginning of a new era for the event when it becomes a Scotch Foursomes format and contains both Mixed and Non-Mixed teams. John Manning takes a look at the history of the former event here in his piece containing facts and figures:

Highest Winning Total

Jack & Rose McCormack (Kilbeggan), +20
St. Loman's, 1985

Lowest Winning Total

Bernard Palmer & Esther Aherne (St. Stephen's) +4
R.G.S.C., 1983

Multiple Winners

Pat & Marie Kelleher (Douglas)
1974, 1975

Jack & Rose McCormack (Kilbeggan)
1985, 1990

Dennis & Dolores Monaghan (Shandon)
1991, 1994

Three Wins with different partners

Dolores Ryan Monaghan (Shandon)
With Sean Harkins, 1986
With her husband Dennis, 1991, 1994

Two Wins with different partners

Mary Dore (Bruff and Parteen)
With Ger Wallace, 1998
With Colum O'Driscoll, 2004

Catherine McCreevy (Navan)
With Ian Farrelly, 2003
With William Sheridan, 2014

Multiple Runners-up

Chris Scannell& Siobhan Scannell (Collins)
2005, 2007

Joe McGrath & Tracey McGrath (Erry)
2006, 2008

Margaret Courtney & Dean Courtney (Riverdale)
2016, 2018

Multiple Best Gross Winners

Jack & Rose McCormack (Kilbeggan)
1980, 1982, 1988

Christy McDermott & Geraldine Ward (Portmarnock)
1986, 1992, 2000

Ray Murphy (Templebreedy/St.Anne's) and Linda Murphy (Collins)
2008, 2009, 2015

Tony & Teresa McGuigan (Shandon)
1972, 1973

Kieran Kearney & Eleanor Walsh (Fermoy)
1985, 1987

Joe Flood & Eleanor Walsh (Fermoy)
1995, 2001

Oliver & Jean Cooney (Bissell)
1989, 1990

Alan Hanlon & Liz Quinn (Collinstown)
2006, 2007

Joe McGrath & Tracey McGrath (Erry)
2011, 2014

Darren Keogh & Chrissie Byrne (Ryston)
2013, 2018

Four Best Gross Wins with different partners

Eleanor Walsh (Fermoy)
With Kieran Kearney, 1985, 1987
With Joe Flood, 1995, 2001

Linda Murphy (Collins)
with John Walsh, 1996
with Ray Murphy 2008, 2009, 2015

Three Best Gross Wins with different partners

Catherine McCreevy (Navan)
with Frank Brady, 1991
with Ian Farrelly, 2008
with William Sheridan, 2016

Darren Keogh (Ryston)
with Margaret Byrne, 2002
with Chrissie Byrne, 2013, 2018

Highest Best Gross Score

Kieran Kearney & Eleanor Walsh (Fermoy), +16
Fermoy, 1985

Largest Winning Margin

Jack & Mary O'Rourke (Majestic), 6 shots
Ierne, 1972

Venue most often used

Ierne
1971, 1972, 1990
Tullamore
1980, 1992, 2006
Fermoy
1979, 1987, 2011
Lucan
1978, 2005, 2017

Winner, 2nd and Best Gross winners all from same club

Lucan, 2017

Sponsor

John Player, 1971 - 1989
Penfold Commando, 1990 - 1994
Westmeath Examiner, 1997 - 1998
Brophy Bros Builders Blessington, 2000 -  

Highest Entry

746 pairs, 1981

Lowest Entry

62 pairs, 2016