What a Day!

After a two year absence, the World's largest amateur golf competition made a return this summer. The Audi Waterford and Audi Wexford quattro Cup qualifying event was held in the beautiful Bunclody Golf Club on Friday 15th July 2022. The first time the event has taken place in Wexford.

120 players competed in a Scotch Foursome tournament, with the top 6 pairs progressing to the Audi Ireland quattro Cup Finals which will take place in Killarney in September. The National Finals winner will represent Ireland at the World Audi quattro Cup Final which are being held in Rome later this year.

Congratulations to PJ O'Farrell and Paddy Mullally who were the overall winners on the day.

We were absolutely blessed with great weather, a stunning course and a really competitive field of players. Everyone had a great day for sure.

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

A special mention to Caroline Dunne and her team at Bunclody Golf Club for hosting such a fantastic event. A big thank you to Deirdre, Katie and Shane from Pluto Event Management and the guys from Automotive for running such a flawless event. Eddie our Golf Adjudicator had an easy day of ensuring all scores were recorded fairly and to thank you to Brendan Walsh from Audi Waterford and the Audi Wexford Events Team - Barry Devereux, Darren Flanagan and Adam Gethings.

The quattro Cup is back on Irish soil after a break of two years with the joint Audi Wexford & Audi Waterford regional competition taking place yesterday. Having been postponed in recent years, interest levels were exceptional with a total of 118 golfers in 59 teams taking part in the tournament in perfect weather conditions at Bunclody Golf and Fishing Club.

PJ O’Farrell & Paddy Mullally (New Ross Golf Club) were announced as the winners with a score of 46 points who now claim the prestigious title of the Audi Wexford/ Audi Waterford regional winners. In a tightly contested competition, the winning team claimed victory by 4 points. They, along with the next five highest ranking teams, qualify for the national Audi quattro Cup final taking place at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club on September 7^th 2022.

Additional regional events are being hosted for Audi customers by Audi dealerships at some of Ireland’s best golf courses to determine who will join the Audi Wexford / Audi Waterford qualifiers in the national final. The prize for winning the national quattro Cup will be to represent Ireland at the Audi quattro Cup World final, taking place on the on the Marco Simone Golf Course in Rome. The famed Golf Course will host the 2023 Ryder Cup and is also host of the Italian Open, one of the biggest European Tour events. All participants will be staying in the Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The world final will see the victorious Irish pairing tee off against 40 participating countries. The Audi quattro Cup tournament welcomes approximately over 80,000 golfers globally, making it the largest amateur golfing tournament in the world.

Brendan Walsh, General Manager, Audi Waterford commented: “Both Audi Wexford and Audi Waterford are delighted to be back again to host the Audi quattro Cup heat. The Audi quattro Cup is an event we always look forward to and after the two-year break there was incredible excitement! We are thrilled to see it back.

This is one of the unique offerings that Audi brings to our customers and it is great to see the interest in participation, standard of play and level of competition. On behalf of everyone at both Audi Wexford and Audi Waterford, we’d like to wish our finalists all the luck for the national final of the Audi quattro Cup.”

For more information, visit https://audiquattrocup.com/.

Full Results

Placing	Team Members	Score
1^st	PJ O’Farrell & Paddy Mullally	46 points
2^nd	Ian Pericho & Anthony Daly	42 points
3^rd	James O'Gorman & Donnie McGettigan	41 points
4^th	Brid Cronin & Rose Nagle	40 points (15 back 6)
5^th	Chris Foley & Ashley Houghlon	40 points (21 back 9)
6^th	Cormac Bergin & Declan Russell	40 points