Monkstown Golf Club created history last Friday when they won the AIG Minor Cup, claiming the club’s first ever ladies national title.

Monkstown Golf Club’s Jim Long has been elected as the new chairman of Munster Golf at the Munster Branch Annual Delegates Meeting.

Six years ago, estate agent Stephen Clarke put the restored lodge of the 17th century Monkstown Castle above Cork harbour, up for sale.

The death has occurred of Phil O’Sullivan, one of the best-known and most popular golfing administrators in Munster for many years.