The Annual Galway GAA Golf Classic took place in the beautiful surroundings of the Galway Bay Golf Resort from Tuesday to Thursday of last week, with 110 teams all taking to the stunning course and all doing their bit to help Galway GAA prepare their inter-county teams.
Despite the mixed weather conditions, it was an excellent three days of golf, and great credit must go to Peter Murphy and all at Galway Bay Golf Resort for the organisation and the wonderful way that everyone was looked after.
John Mulligan was there on the Wednesday, where the talk was mostly about the golf and also two very important games for the Galway Senior Football and Hurling Teams.
John first got to speak to Peter Murphy of the resort and to Galway Hurling Selector, Noel Larkin.
The Leinster Final on Sunday was on many people's minds, and John got the opinion of Offaly Hurling legend and former Chairperson of the Offaly County Board, Michael Duignan.
Mick Judge is one of the organisers of the Classic and he spoke to John.
Both Galway Senior Managers were there in Renville. First was Hurling Manager Micheal Donoghue.
Finally, John spoke to Senior Football Manager Padraic Joyce.
Galway GAA Golf Classic 2025 at Galway Bay Golf Resort - Results
1st Place - 101 points
John Commins
Kevin Fahey
Johnny Donoghue
Michael Cahill
(Sponsored by Pearse Pigott)
2nd Place - 100 points
Mattie Donoghue
Mike Welby
Pakie Faherty
Laurence Molloy
(Sponsored by Wildlands, Tim Bohan)
3rd Place - 99 points
Peter Mernagh
Paul O'Connor
Alan Rooney
Kevin Cooney
(Sponsored by Midwest Fire and Safety)
4th Place - 98 points
Ray Mullins
Paddy McMenamin
Robert Duffy
David Mullins
5th Place - 97 points
Ian Folan
Ross Norton
Padraic Flattery
Johnny Greaney
(Sponsored by Galway Bay Men’s Club)
6th Place - 97 points
Philip Salmon
Gerard McLoughlin
Ian Dervan
Phelim Shaughnessy
(Sponsored by Medtronic)
7th Place - 96 points
Tim Rabbitt
Liam Rabbitt
Mark Charles
John Clancy
8th Place - 95 points
Fintan Ward
Joe McGrath
Michael O'Brien
James Mahon
(Sponsored by Diageo)
9th Place - 95 points
Johnny Hughes
Charlie Connaughton
Vinny Brady
John Lyons
(Sponsored by Clonduff Furniture)
10th Place - 94 points
Pat Costello
Peter Murphy
Mike Hanniffy
Derek Glynn
(Sponsored by Pat Costello)
Non-Handicap Winner - 95 points
Pat Gleeson
Niall Gleeson
Shane Gleeson
Thomas Gleeson
(Sponsored by WERS Plastics)
Raffle
1st prize of a wood-fired oven kindly sponsored by Woodfiredoven.ie
(Declan Goggins)
2nd prize of 2 tickets to 2025 All-Ireland final in either hurling or football
(Jim Tolster)
3rd Prize of lunch for two and guided tour of Leinster House sponsored by Minister Hildegarde Naughton
(Joey Walsh)
