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Royal County Down, #9

2001 River Cup Tour of Ireland
    Teams from Willow Oaks Country Club and the Country Club of Virginia traveled to Ireland in June 2001 to stage a series of matches on some of the Emerald Isle's famed courses. After 8 rounds of varied formats, including the 2 Man Ballybunion Best-Ball Championship and the Black Bush Individual Medal Play Championship, 4 rounds of singles and fourball matches between the teams decided the winner of the River Cup Tour of Ireland. CCV prevailed 19-16 but only after a strong comeback by Willow Oaks' after CCV had surged to a 11-5 lead after the first two days of play. Click on any link below to view pictures from that course.

Lahinch 06/24
Tralee 06/25
Ballybunion Cashen 06/26
Ballybunion Old 06/26
Waterville 06/27
Old Head Golf Links 06/28

Waterford 06/29
Portmarnock 06/30
Links Portmarnock 07/01
Royal County Down 07/02
Portstewart 07/03
Royal Portrush 07/04


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Fourball Results - Ireland Matches
Winner in bold. Ties in italics.
For detailed results for any player or year click the player's name or the year
Year Course Hp CCV Gross (BB Gross) Pts Pts Hp WOCC Gross (BB Gross)
2001 Links Portmarnock (7/1/01) 15 C. Foster 82 / 14 S. Clement 1 0
7 M. Donlan 89 / 26 T. Donlan 102
2001 Links Portmarnock (7/1/01) 15 B. Ussery / 15 W. Morck 89 1 0
9 R. Ryan 95 / 18 M. Bach 103
2001 Links Portmarnock (7/1/01) 18 LL Chandler 94 / 14 J. O'Hare 83 1 0
10 D. Bryant 91 / 14 B. Smallwood 98
2001 Royal County Down (7/2/01) 6 T. Chandler 89 / 13 R. Smith 98 1 0
13 J. Hull / 7 R. Ryan 106
2001 Royal County Down (7/2/01) 12 K. Dull 95 / 10 J. Nelson 93 1 0
7 T. McCandlish 99 / 18 T. Donlan 97
2001 Royal County Down (7/2/01) 15 M. DeBlois 91 / 18 S. Clement 98 1 0
26 M. Bach 110 / 12 J. Hyslop
2001 Portstewart (7/3/01) 14 C. Foster 84 / 18 LL Chandler 90 1 0
7 R. Ryan 94 / 26 M. Bach 104
2001 Portstewart (7/3/01) 15 B. Ussery 92 / 13 R. Smith 92 0 1
7 T. McCandlish 83 / 12 J. Hyslop 83
2001 Portstewart (7/3/01) 15 W. Morck 98 / 14 J. O'Hare 87 ½ ½
13 J. Hull 90 / 14 B. Smallwood

Singles Results - Ireland Matches
Winner in bold. Ties in italics.
For detailed results for any player or year click the player's name or the year
Year Course Hp CCV Gross Pts Pts Hp Willow Oaks Gross
2001 Links Portmarnock T. Chandler 84
Tom McCandlish played 2 concurrent matches due to uneven number of players at Links Portmarnock.
½ ½ T. McCandlish 84
2001 Links Portmarnock R. Smith 90 ½ ½ J. Hyslop 90
2001 Links Portmarnock K. Dull 85 1 0 J. Hull
2001 Links Portmarnock M. DeBlois 82 1 0 B. Clark 82
2001 Links Portmarnock J. Nelson
Tom McCandlish played 2 concurrent matches due to uneven number of players at Links Portmarnock.
0 1 T. McCandlish 84
2001 Royal County Down C. Foster 94 0 1 D. Bryant 82
2001 Royal County Down W. Morck 98 0 1 M. Donlan 86
2001 Royal County Down B. Ussery 92 1 0 B. Smallwood 92
2001 Royal County Down LL Chandler 92
Chip Clark played 2 concurrent matches due to uneven number of players at Royal County Down.
1 0 B. Clark 92
2001 Royal County Down J. O'Hare 98
Chip Clark played 2 concurrent matches due to uneven number of players at Royal County Down.
0 1 B. Clark 92
2001 Portstewart M. DeBlois 88
Marty Donlan played 2 concurrent matches due to uneven number of players at Portstewart.
0 1 M. Donlan 76
2001 Portstewart S. Clement 94 0 1 T. Donlan 92
2001 Portstewart K. Dull 77 1 0 B. Clark 85
2001 Portstewart J. Nelson 85
Marty Donlan played 2 concurrent matches due to uneven number of players at Portstewart.
0 1 M. Donlan 76
2001 Portstewart T. Chandler 77 ½ ½ D. Bryant
2001 Royal Portrush K. Dull 84 0 1 J. Hyslop 81
2001 Royal Portrush LL Chandler 99 1 0 M. Bach 108
2001 Royal Portrush B. Ussery 99 0 1 J. Hull 89
2001 Royal Portrush M. DeBlois 93 1 0 B. Clark 95
2001 Royal Portrush R. Smith 98 0 1 T. Donlan 102
2001 Royal Portrush J. O'Hare 93 1 0 B. Smallwood 95
2001 Royal Portrush C. Foster 86 1 0 T. McCandlish 86
2001 Royal Portrush T. Chandler 86 0 1 M. Donlan 86
2001 Royal Portrush J. Nelson 85 0 1 D. Bryant 87
2001 Royal Portrush W. Morck 97 0 1 D. Bryant 87
2001 Royal Portrush S. Clement 96 1 0 R. Ryan 87

River Cup Tour of Ireland Match Results
SinglesFourballOverallCCV Match RecordWOCC Match Record
WOCC 14½ - CCV 11½ CCV 7½ - WOCC 1½ CCV 19 - WOCC 16 Overall: 17-14-4
Singles: 10-13-3
Fourball: 7-1-1
Overall: 14-17-4
Singles: 13-10-3
Fourball: 1-7-1

Ireland Practice Rounds
Rounds played at following courses were not counted in
River Cup Tour of  Ireland Match Results.
Course Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Lahinch (6/24/01) P. Sinclair 91 W. Morck 97 MK Hull 101 J. Hull 100
Lahinch (6/24/01) C. Young 80 B. Smallwood 87 T. McCandlish 87 S. Clement 104
Lahinch (6/24/01) M. Donlan 102 B. Ussery 93 J. Nelson 96 T. Donlan 96
Lahinch (6/24/01) J. Hyslop 101 R. Smith 101 J. O'Hare 100
Lahinch (6/24/01) T. Chandler 86 M. Bach 115 R. Ryan 95 LL Chandler 95
Lahinch (6/24/01) C. Foster 96 M. DeBlois 87 B. Clark 92
Tralee (6/25/01) P. Sinclair 83 M. Donlan 88 T. Donlan 95
Tralee (6/25/01) T. McCandlish 92 J. Hyslop 90 B. Ussery 89 T. Chandler 82
Tralee (6/25/01) J. O'Hare 94 R. Smith 94 B. Smallwood 86
Tralee (6/25/01) W. Morck 92 LL Chandler 92 C. Foster 89
Tralee (6/25/01) M. DeBlois 87 J. Hull 86 B. Clark 86 S. Clement 96
Tralee (6/25/01) J. Nelson 96 C. Young 85 R. Ryan 89 M. Bach 106
Ballybunion Cashen (6/26/01) T. Donlan 99 M. Bach 99 MK Hull 101
Ballybunion Cashen (6/26/01) C. Foster 84 LL Chandler 96 B. Ussery 89
Ballybunion Cashen (6/26/01) P. Sinclair 84 M. Donlan 88 J. O'Hare 89 J. Hull 93
Ballybunion Cashen (6/26/01) C. Young 88 J. Nelson 87 T. McCandlish 87 W. Morck 89
Ballybunion Cashen (6/26/01) B. Clark 85 R. Smith 102 J. Hyslop 92 S. Clement 94
Ballybunion Cashen (6/26/01) B. Smallwood 85 R. Ryan 84 M. DeBlois 99 T. Chandler 81
Ballybunion Old (6/26/01) M. Bach 108 R. Ryan 106 J. O'Hare 90 B. Clark 88
Ballybunion Old (6/26/01) T. McCandlish 81 B. Ussery 81 B. Smallwood 89 R. Smith 93
Ballybunion Old (6/26/01) M. Donlan 87 T. Donlan 98 T. Chandler 83 LL Chandler 90
Ballybunion Old (6/26/01) C. Young 90 P. Sinclair 80 M. DeBlois 83
Ballybunion Old (6/26/01) J. Nelson 85 C. Foster 91 S. Clement 92
Ballybunion Old (6/26/01) J. Hull 95 MK Hull 106 W. Morck 90 J. Hyslop 87
Waterville (6/27/01) P. Sinclair 83 T. Chandler 87 M. Donlan 91
Waterville (6/27/01) W. Morck 89 R. Smith 91 J. Hyslop 89
Waterville (6/27/01) J. Hull 91 K. Dull 88 B. Clark 89 J. O'Hare 86
Waterville (6/27/01) B. Smallwood 90 C. Foster 85 LL Chandler 87 M. DeBlois 85
Waterville (6/27/01) T. McCandlish 82 J. Nelson 90 R. Ryan 94 C. Young 85
Waterville (6/27/01) B. Ussery 86 S. Clement 96 T. Donlan 99 M. Bach 113
Old Head (6/28/01) R. Ryan 92 M. Bach 96 S. Clement 92
Old Head (6/28/01) P. Sinclair 88 T. McCandlish 87 M. DeBlois 92 D. Bryant 90
Old Head (6/28/01) J. O'Hare 87 B. Ussery 94 C. Foster 86 K. Dull 91
Old Head (6/28/01) J. Hyslop 99 B. Clark 86 T. Chandler 83 LL Chandler 90
Old Head (6/28/01) J. Nelson 91 W. Morck 103 R. Smith 100 B. Smallwood
Old Head (6/28/01) M. Donlan 87 T. Donlan 93 J. Hull 94 MK Hull 103
Portmarnock (6/30/01) T. Donlan 106 M. Bach 115 MK Hull 112
Portmarnock (6/30/01) D. Bryant 86 B. Smallwood 97 J. O'Hare 102 B. Clark 94
Portmarnock (6/30/01) LL Chandler 99 T. Chandler 89 C. Foster 94 B. Ussery 94
Portmarnock (6/30/01) P. Sinclair 87 M. Donlan 93 J. Nelson 92 W. Morck 107
Portmarnock (6/30/01) T. McCandlish 86 J. Hull 90 M. DeBlois 99 K. Dull 90
Portmarnock (6/30/01) S. Clement 99 R. Smith 93 J. Hyslop 96 R. Ryan 93