Tartan Army in Royal Dublin
field for Irish open stroke-play
Nineteen Scots are in the field - and another is on the waiting list - for this weekend's major men's amateur golf event, the Irish open amateur stroke-play-championship over 72 holes, teeing off at Royal Dublin Golf Club on Friday.
If you want to see the complete field, waiting list and the tee times, cut and paste this website address
http://www.gui.ie/uploads/docs/1093_GUI_Draw&WaitingList_Irish_Am_Open_09.pdf
The Scots who are playing are:
Chris Robb, Ross Kellett, Philip McLean, Stephen Clark, Steven McEwan, Gordon Yates, Wallace Booth, Keir McNicoll, Gavin Dear, Paul Shields, James Hendrick, Myles Cunningham, Colin Thomson, Mark Bookless, Kris Nicol, Greg Paterson, Scott Borrowman, Sam Binning and Paul Betty.
On waiting list _ James Ross (No 6)
Nothing significant in the order we have listed the names - straight off the draw sheet on the ILGU website, i.e. Chris Robb (Inchmarlo), recent semi-finalist in the Scottish boys championship at Royal Aberdeen, is the first Scot in action.
Seventeen-year-old Portuguese prospect Pedro Figueiredo is defending the title he won by seven strokes last year from Keir McNicoll, Ireland's Connor Doran and Billy Hemstock with a 10-under-par total of 278.
Paul O'Hara was joint eighth on 288, Wallace Booth tied 11th on 289, Callum Macaulay joint 15th on 290 and Gavin Dear and Ross Kellett shared 18th place on 291.
It's been a good tournament for Scots in recent years. Lloyd Saltman won it in 2007 and Richie Ramsay in 2005.
Prior to Ramsay's victory, the last Scot to win it was Hector Thomson (Williamwood) in 1934 and 1935.
Jack McLean (Hayston), who was runner-up to Hector in 1935, had himself won the Irish open title in 1932 and 1933.
The leading 40 and ties after 36 holes will contest Sunday's final two rounds.
++New Scottish boys' match-play champion David Law (Hazlehead) has informed Scottishgolfview.com of his reasons for not making the trip to Dublin:
"I was intending playing the 'Irish' this week and the 'Welsh' the week after next but decided against it as I quite simply don't play well when I overplay and the past month has been pretty hectic. I feel I needed a break. I'm going to play the fourth SGU Junior Tour the weekend before the Scottish stroke-play at Murcar Links, then the St Andrews Links Trophy, then the British Amatuer.
"So I'm just spending three weeks working on my short game and getting out to see coach Neil Marr."
field for Irish open stroke-play
Nineteen Scots are in the field - and another is on the waiting list - for this weekend's major men's amateur golf event, the Irish open amateur stroke-play-championship over 72 holes, teeing off at Royal Dublin Golf Club on Friday.
If you want to see the complete field, waiting list and the tee times, cut and paste this website address
http://www.gui.ie/uploads/docs/1093_GUI_Draw&WaitingList_Irish_Am_Open_09.pdf
The Scots who are playing are:
Chris Robb, Ross Kellett, Philip McLean, Stephen Clark, Steven McEwan, Gordon Yates, Wallace Booth, Keir McNicoll, Gavin Dear, Paul Shields, James Hendrick, Myles Cunningham, Colin Thomson, Mark Bookless, Kris Nicol, Greg Paterson, Scott Borrowman, Sam Binning and Paul Betty.
On waiting list _ James Ross (No 6)
Nothing significant in the order we have listed the names - straight off the draw sheet on the ILGU website, i.e. Chris Robb (Inchmarlo), recent semi-finalist in the Scottish boys championship at Royal Aberdeen, is the first Scot in action.
Seventeen-year-old Portuguese prospect Pedro Figueiredo is defending the title he won by seven strokes last year from Keir McNicoll, Ireland's Connor Doran and Billy Hemstock with a 10-under-par total of 278.
Paul O'Hara was joint eighth on 288, Wallace Booth tied 11th on 289, Callum Macaulay joint 15th on 290 and Gavin Dear and Ross Kellett shared 18th place on 291.
It's been a good tournament for Scots in recent years. Lloyd Saltman won it in 2007 and Richie Ramsay in 2005.
Prior to Ramsay's victory, the last Scot to win it was Hector Thomson (Williamwood) in 1934 and 1935.
Jack McLean (Hayston), who was runner-up to Hector in 1935, had himself won the Irish open title in 1932 and 1933.
The leading 40 and ties after 36 holes will contest Sunday's final two rounds.
++New Scottish boys' match-play champion David Law (Hazlehead) has informed Scottishgolfview.com of his reasons for not making the trip to Dublin:
"I was intending playing the 'Irish' this week and the 'Welsh' the week after next but decided against it as I quite simply don't play well when I overplay and the past month has been pretty hectic. I feel I needed a break. I'm going to play the fourth SGU Junior Tour the weekend before the Scottish stroke-play at Murcar Links, then the St Andrews Links Trophy, then the British Amatuer.
"So I'm just spending three weeks working on my short game and getting out to see coach Neil Marr."
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