Lucan Senior Scratch Cup
May 4 date for Lucan Scratch Cups
This year’s Lucan Scratch Cups will be played on Sunday, 4th May. International Rowan Lester will defend his Senior Scratch Cup title against some Leinster's finest amateurs while the Junior Scratch Cup will be hotly contested by local favourites and last year’s winner Chris Fitzgerald.
Scratch Cups retain spirit of halcyon days
Hermitage’s Rowan Lester presents the Lucan Scratch Cup to Peter Ennis (Captain, Hermitage Golf Club) after his victory at Lucan Golf Golf Club on Sunday. Also in the picture is Brian O’Connor (Vice Captain). Picture by Pat CashmanThere was a time when Ireland’s major amateur championships were fun-packed occasions when the top players in the country would get together, beat each other’s brains in and have a so many pints afterwards that a fistful of Solpadeine was required to make the tee the next day.