This year at Carrick on Shannon Golf Club we saw the inaugural hosting of the OBN Open Series. Sponsored by OBN Financial Services. (Paul O’Brien) We are elevating 5 independent weekly competitions as qualifying events for The OBN Grand Final on Saturday the 7th of September. We are also making all 5 Open competitions for non-Carrick on Shannon golf club Members. Entry fee: Member €10, Non-Member: €35 (per competition) The 5 events are: The Curamach Strings Comp 18th-19th of May The Neary Accountant’s Comp 25th-26th of May The Kieran Pharmacy Comp: 15th-16th of June The Di Vino Restaurant Comp: 6th – 7th of July Cryan’s Hotel Comp: 24th-25th of August Points will be allocated from each of the above competitions as follows: 1st position: 25 points. 2nd position: 20 points. 3rd position: 18 Points 4th position: 17 Points 5th Position: 16 Points 6th to 10th position: 15 Points 11th to 20th position: 10 Points 21st to 30th position: 5 Points The top 40 players across the 5 competitions will qualify for the OBN Grand Final on the 7th of September 2024. Grand Final qualifiers must have played in a minimum of 3 of the above 5 competitions. *(*Non-Carrick on Shannon golf club members need only have played in 2 but needs the same points to qualify) The OBN Grand Final (Stableford Competition, White Markers) with ranking based on the position players qualified in as follows. Qualifiers 1 to 5 will start with +3 stableford points. Qualifiers 6 to 10 will start with +2 stableford points Qualifiers 11 to 25 will start with +1 stableford points Qualifiers 26 to 40 will start with 0 stableford points. Prizes and further information to follow. [image: image.png]