The OBN Series 2025 at Carrick on Shannon Golf Club

All 6 competitions are open to non-Carrick on Shannon golf club Members.

Entry fee: Member €10, Non-Member: €35 (per competition)

The Curamach Strings Comp (2-Man Comp)          28th-29th of June

Taylor Cleaning Comp (New Sponsor)                     12th-13th of July

Prime Signs Comp (New Sponsor)                            26^th-27 July

Arigna Fuels Comp                                                       09^th-10^th August    

The Neary Accountant’s Comp                                  16^th-17^th of August

The Tipsy Tailor Comp (New Sponsor)                     06^th – 07^th of Sept

OBN Series Grand Final                                              20th of September

Points will be allocated from each competition as follows:

1^st position:                                     25 points

2^nd position:                                    20 points

3^rd position:                                     18 Points

4^th position:                                     17 Points

5^th Position:                                     16 Points

6^th to 10^th position:                        15 Points

11^th to 20^th position:                      10 Points

21^st to 30^th position:                        5 Points

Gross Score winner:                        5 Bonus Points

Visitor playing in comp:                  5 Bonus Points

**Member brings a visitor:             5 Bonus Points

**We are awarding 5 bonus points to any Carrick on Shannon golf club member who gets a visitor to play in the qualifiers. These bonus points are capped at 30 points (6 visitors). The member must report the associated visitor before they play to be awarded the points. Member do not need to play with their visitors and the visitors can be all the one day or spread out across the qualifiers.

The top 42 players across the 6 competitions will qualify for the OBN Grand Final on the 20^th of September 2025.

Grand Final qualifiers must have played in a minimum of 3 of the above 6 competitions. (Non-Carrick on Shannon golf club members need only have played in 2 but need the same points to qualify)

Friday evening the 19^th of September will see the very popular “Player Auction”. This will be live both on WhatsApp and in person in the Tipsy Tailor Bar Carrick on Shannon.

The OBN Series Grand Final (Stableford Competition, White Markers, Shotgun Start, 3 ball groupings) with ranking based on the position players qualified in as follows. 

Top Qualifier will start with                   +5 Stableford points.

Qualifiers 2 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 ……

We hope you all can see from the changes that we are putting a larger emphasis on getting guests/visitors to play in the series.  

The first qualifier (The Curamach Strings Comp) is going to be a unique 2-man competition (more details to follow) so get your little black book out guys and get your partner lined up. It’s a fantastic opportunity to invite a guest to play and bag you first bonus points.