MURRAY JOINT FOURTH IN IRISH OPEN AMATEUR
Fifer George Murray, beaten in a play-off for the Lytham Trophy the previous Sunday, finished a creditable joint fourth in a high-scoring AIB Irish men’s open amateur stroke-play golf championship over the testing Portmarnock links at the weekend.
The course was so tough in the weather conditions that the CSS (against a par of 72) for the first three rounds was 74, 75, 77.
Finnish left-hander Antti Ahokas tied with rising Irish star, 17-year-old Rory McIlroy from Holywood,
Then the Finn beat McIlroy in a three-hole aggregate play-off which seemed to take forever to complete.
Ahokas played for
McIlroy is the current Irish closed amateur champion.
Five of the 10 Scottish entries survived the halfway cut and three of them finished in the top 10. Apart from
Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) tied for 20th place on 302 which included a third-round 80.
Jonathan King (
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 72. CSS: 74, 75, 77.
291 R McIlroy (Holywood) 73 71 74 73, A Ahokas (
292 T Dykes (Wal) 72 75 74 71
295 P
296 A Ulvio (Fin) 72 74 79 71, D Belch (Eng) 72 72 78 74.
297 C Cousins (Wal) 77 68 78 74, P O'Hara (
298: C Mills (Wal) 75 73 76 74, J
299: A Wainwright (Eng) 70 77 79 73
300: R Harris (Eng) 71 76 78 75
301: B Evans (Eng) 78 69 77 77, J Van Hoof (Net) 75 75 75 76, D Morgan (Mullingar) 73 75 82 71, G Bowden (Hermitage) 73 75 79 74
302: B Fotheringham (Forres) 74 73 80 75, A Rosado (Por) 73 75 80 74, P Maddy (Eng) 72 74 79 77
303: R Leonard (Banbridge) 72 75 79 77
304: N Edwards (Wal) 75 76 78 75, L Collins (Eng) 75 76 75 78, S Ward (Co Louth) 75 74 79 76, T Remkes (Net) 73 77 77 77
305: R Maunder (Eng) 78 73 75 79, S Van Duyn (Net) 76 73 77 79, J King (Glasgow)) 71 78 79 77
306: A McAllister (Portmarnock) 75 75 81 75, M Gaynor (US) 74 77 78 77.
308: K Bornemann (Douglas) 73 76 84 75, B Westgate (Eng) 73 76 83 76.
301 J Van Hoof (Net) 75 75 75 76.
304 N Edwards (Wal) 75 76 78 75, L Collins (Eng) 75 76 75 78, S Ward (Co Louth) 75 74 79 76, T Remkes (Net) 73 77 77 77.
305 R Maunder (Eng) 78 73 75 79, S Van Duyn (Net) 76 73 77 79, J King (Glasgow) 71 78 79 77
306 A McAllister (Portmarnock) 75 75 81 75, M Gaynor (
308 K Bornemann (Douglas) 73 76 84 75, B Westgate (
Missed cut
152 S Henry (Cardross), J Gallagher (Swanston) 74 78.
155 Z Saltman (Craigielaw) 75 80.
156 E Saltman (Craigielaw) 75 81.
157 E McIntosh (Newmachar) 76 81.
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