2025 Kerry Golf Federation Fixtures Sheet
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Kingdom Challenge Shield

The Kingdom Challenge Shields were introduced in 2014 by Pat O’ Dwyer and are a great way for clubs to prepare for the forthcoming GUI Cups & Shields which begin in late May. The shields have two separate sections with the senior section confined to golfers in the scratch to nine handicap bracket and the Intermediate section for those in the ten to sixteen bracket. Each team consists of six players who will play fourball better ball match play over 18 holes in a Barton Shield style format where each match will have to play out the eighteen holes to determine the overall result.

2025 Senior Challenge Shield

Round 1: by Sunday May 25th
Round 2 by Sunday June 15th
Round 3 by Sunday July 22nd
Final: Home & Away by Sept 20th

2025 Intermediate Challenge Shield

Round 1: by Sunday May 25th
Round 2 by Sunday June 15th
Round 3 by Sunday July 22nd
Final: Home & Away by Sept 20th

Kerry Junior League

Each year Kerry U18 golfers compete in the Kerry Junior League which is completed over a number outings held on Kerry Golf Courses. At each outing Kerry clubs are represented by a team of 7 golfers with the best 5 stableford scores to count towards the teams score. The winning team is the one with the most accumulated points after the final outing has been completed. The maximum handicap index allowance is 18.

Kerry Shield

The Kerry Shield is a one day team event in which each Kerry club is represented by a team of 6 players. The Kerry Shield takes place over 18 holes stableford with the best 5 out of 6 scores from each club team counting towards the teams final score. The team with the best cumulative score is the winner and the winning team gets the Kerry Shield, 1st and 2nd team members get replicate shields and there is a gross and net prize also.

Venue: Tralee Golf Club

Date: Saturday April 5th Starting Time: 10am to 2pm

JB O Shea Memorial

The JB O’ Shea Memorial Trophy honours one of Kerry’s great golfing personalities who passed away in January of 2011. The trophy was inaugurated that year and is a team of 4 event with 2 scores to count on each hole. Each team must contain a player whose handicap index is less than 11.5 on matchday, one whose handicap index is greater than 11.5 but less than 18.5 on matchday, one player from the Billy O’ Sullivan panel and one player who must be over 60 OR a member of the Kerry seniors tour.

Venue: Tralee Golf Club

Date: 27th September

Starting Time: 11am to 1.30pm

Dr. Billy O Sullivan Shield

The Dr Billy O' Sullivan Shield, inaugurated in 1990, was the brainchild of former tournament director John B. O' Shea. The tournament is named in memory of the late great Killarney golfer Dr. Billy O Sullivan who represented Ireland in over 60 matches during his career. The tournament is for teams of 10 (five pairs). The lower handicap index limit is 17.00, as applying on January 1. The age limit is 40 years (also January 1) and play is by way of Scotch Foursomes. The combined handicap index limit is set at 38.00 so an 17.00 handicapper will have to play with a 21.00 handicapper in order to keep within the rules.

Round 1: By Sunday 8th of June

Round 2: By Friday 20th of July

Semi Final: September 13th at Tralee Golf Club, 11am to 1.30pm

Final: October 4th at Tralee Golf Club, 11.45am

Nines of Kerry

The Nines of Kerry is open to all 9 hole golf courses within the county. The tournament was inaugurated in 2002 and features a mixed format of five ladies and five gents on each team. They play three mixed foursomes, a Gents Fourball and a Ladies Fourball. All of which are matchplay format.

Round 1: by Saturday June 21st

Round 2: by Thursday July 26th

Final: Saturday October 4th at Tralee Golf Club - 11am

Kerry Captains

Federation Captain’s Prize

The past and present captains day invites all present and former captains of Kerry clubs to play a singles competition where there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, best gross, best front and back as well as prizes for captains of each decade.

Date: May 3rd 2025

Time: 8.30am to 3.30pm

Venue: Tralee Golf Club

Kerry Captain's Day

The Kerry Captains Day sees each Kerry Club Captain compete alongside a guest of their choosing in a team event.

Date: April 12th 2025

Time: 11am to 1pm

Venue: Tralee Golf Club