Irish Amateur Close 2014
Seapoint Golf Club, 7-11 June 2014
Sponsored by AIG
Final
John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) beat Pat Murray (Limerick) 1 hole.
Semifinals
Pat Murray (Limerick) bt Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) 2/1
John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 2 holes
Quarterfinals - Tuesday
Pat Murray (Limerick) bt Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little) 1 hole
Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) bt Gary O'Flaherty (Cork) 1 hole
John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt David Carey (Carton House) 3/1
Richard Bridges (Stackstown) bt Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 1 hole
Third round - Tuesday
E Arthurs (Forrest Little) bt G Lenehan (Portmarnock) 1 hole
P Murray (Limerick) bt C Fairweather (Knock) 1 hole
G O'Flaherty (Cork) bt S Healy (Claremorris) 4/3
C Campbell (Warrenpoint) bt D Loftus (Castlebar) 6/5
D Carey (Carton House) bt S Watts (Cairndhu) 3/2
JR Galbraith (Whitehead) bt G Collins (Rosslare) 3/1
R Bridges (Stackstown) bt A Thomas (Dungarvan) 6/5
S Grehan (Tullamore) bt I O'Rourke (The Royal Dublin) 21st
SECOND ROUND - Monday afternoon
1st quarter
G Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt J Hickey (Cork) 2/1
E Arthurs (Forrest Little) bt J Fox (Portmarnock) 2/1
C Fairweather (Knock) bt K Cummings (Elm Park) 6/5
P Murray (Limerick) bt J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) 7/6
2nd quarter
S Healy (Claremorris) bt J Gourley (Shandon Park) 8/6
G O'Flaherty (Cork) bt G Dunne (Co. Louth) 2/1
D Loftus (Castlebar) bt B Ronan (Co. Louth) 2/1
C Campbell (Warrenpoint) bt K Lynch (Skibbereen) 22nd
3rd quarter
D Carey (Carton House) bt G McDermott (Carton House) 1 hole
S Watts (Cairndhu) bt G Carew (Edenderry) 4/3
JR Galbraith (Whitehead) bt P O'Brien (Co. Louth) 6/5
G Collins (Rosslare) bt C Crowley (Woodbrook) 8/6
4th quarter
A Thomas (Dungarvan) bt B Anderson (The Royal Dublin) 2/1
R Bridges (Stackstown) bt A Magee (Powerscourt) 3/1
I O'Rourke (The Royal Dublin) bt R Williamson (Holywood) 1 hole
S Grehan (Tullamore) bt P Reavey (Warrenpoint) 1 hole.
FIRST ROUND - Monday morning
First quarter
G Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt A Lowry (Esker Hills) 19th;
J Hickey (Cork) bt K Stack (Dungarvan) 2/1
J Fox (Portmarnock) bt R McKinstry (Cairndhu) 7/6
E Arthurs (Forrest Little) bt P McKeever (Castle) 1 hole
C Fairweather (Knock) bt M Sinclair (Knock) 5/3;
K Cummings (Elm Park) bt B Best (Rathmore) 3/2
J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) bt C Butler (Kinsale) 5/3;
P Murray (Limerick) bt J Pierse (Portmarnock) 1 hole;
2nd quarter
S Healy (Claremorris) bt K LeBlanc (The Island) 1 hole;
J Gourley (Shandon Park) bt J Lyons (Galway) 3/2
G Dunne (Co. Louth) bt T McLarnon (Massereene) 6/5
G O'Flaherty (Cork) bt A Wilson (Portmarnock) 3/2;
D Loftus (Castlebar) bt J Monaghan (The Royal Dublin) 3/2;
B Ronan (Co. Louth) bt L O'Hara (Athenry) 3/2;
K Lynch (Skibereen) v R Lester (Hermitage) on the 19th;
C Campbell (Warrenpoint) bt C Kenny (Royal Curragh) 2/1;
3rd quarter
G McDermott (Carton House) bt A McCloy (Ballymena) 1 hole
D Carey (Carton House) bt G Mungovan (Headfort) 5/3
G Carew (Edenderry) bt E Griffin (Waterford) 4/2
S Watts (Cairndhu) bt D Holland (Castle) 19th
JR Galbraith (Whitehead) bt M McClean (Balmoral) 19th
P O'Brien (Co. Louth) bt K Egan (Carton House) 2 holes
C Crowley (Woodbrook) bt D Reidy (Co. Sligo) 3/2
G Collins (Rosslare) bt S O'Connor (Luttrellstown Castle) 4/3.
4th quarter
B Anderson (The Royal Dublin) bt G Lappin (Belvoir Park) 5/4;
A Thomas (Dungarvan) bt S Cullen (Slieve Russell) 4/3;
A Magee (Powerscourt) bt D Byrne (Athenry) 20th
R Bridges (Stackstown) bt I Spillane (Mallow) 1 hole
I O'Rourke (The Royal Dublin) bt T O'Driscoll (Ring of Kerry) 2/1
R Williamson (Holywood) bt G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 1 hole
P Reavey (Warrenpoint) bt S Walsh (Portmarnock) 1 hole
S Grehan (Tullamore) bt M Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 1 hole
Qualifiers
145 Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 71 74 (leading qualifier), Colin Fairweather (Knock) 70 75
146 Brian Ronan (Co. Louth) 73 73, Gary McDermott (Carton House) 72 74, Gary O'Flaherty (Cork) 71 75, Matthew McClean (Balmoral) 70 76, Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) 68 78
147 Pat Murray (Limerick) 72 75
148 Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 74 74, Gary Collins (Rosslare) 72 76, Declan Loftus (Castlebar) 71 77, Stephen Walsh (Portmarnock) 69 79
149 James Fox (Portmarnock) 76 73, Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth) 74 75, Michael Sinclair (Knock) 72 77
150 David Carey (Carton House) 77 73, Joe Lyons (Galway) 76 74, Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 76 74, Alan Thomas (Dungarvan) 75 75, Stephen Watts (Cairndhu) 74 76, Peter McKeever (Castle) 72 78
151 Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little.) 79 72, Padraic O'Brien (Co. Louth) 75 76, Colm Crowley (Woodbrook) 75 76, Alexander Wilson (Portmarnock) 75 76, Stephen Healy (Claremorris) 74 77, Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 74 77, Daniel Holland (Castle) 72 79, Shaun O'Connor (Luttrellstown Castle) 71 80
152 Kevin Le Blanc (The Island) 78 74, Ben Best (Rathmore) 77 75, Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu) 77 75, Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) 76 76, Barry Anderson (The Royal Dublin) 76 76, Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 74 78, Greg Carew (Edenderry) 74 78, Rory Williamson (Holywood) 74 78
153 Greg Mungovan (Headfort) 79 74, Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 76 77, Ian Spillane (Mallow) 76 77, Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell) 75 78, Alex McCloy (Ballymena) 75 78, John McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) 75 78, Ian O'Rourke (The Royal Dublin) 72 81
154 John Hickey (Cork) 82 72, John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 80 74, Jonathan Gourley (Shandon Park) 77 77, Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 76 78, Keagan Cummings (Elm Park) 75 79, Tommy O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry) 75 79, Louis O'Hara (Athenry) 73 81
155 Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) 78 77, Andrew Magee (Powerscourt) 75 80, James Monaghan (The Royal Dublin) 74 81, Kevin Stack (Dungarvan) 73 82
156 David Byrne (Athenry) 79 77, Keith Egan (Carton House) 79 77, Colum Kenny (Curragh) 78 78, Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen) 78 78, Gary McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 77 79, Paul Reavey (Warrenpoint) 77 79, Cathal Butler (Kinsale) 77 79, Rowan Lester (Hermitage) 77 79, Declan Reidy (Co. Sligo) 76 80,
Non-qualifiers
156 Keith Murphy (Charlesland) 76 80, Robbie Pierse (Grange) 75 81, Conor Purcell (Portmarnock) 73 83
157 Bernard Bermingham (Carton House) 80 77, Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 79 78, Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 79 78, Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone) 78 79, Steffan O'Hara (Co. Sligo) 78 79, Shaun Carter (Stackstown) 78 79, William Hanna (Kilkeel) 78 79, Paul Burke (Mullingar) 77 80, Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 76 81
158 Liam Harnett (Milltown) 82 76, Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 80 78, Declan Kelly (Hermitage) 78 80, Ryan Symington (Lisburn) 77 81, David Brady (Co. Sligo) 77 81, Alex Gleeson (Castle) 77 81, Marc Boucher (Carton House) 76 82, Daniel O'Connor (Athlone) 76 82, William Russell (Clandeboye) 76 82, Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo) 76 82, Nigel Beirth (Co. Louth) 76 82, Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary) 74 84
159 Thomas O'Connor (Athlone) 81 78, Shane McGlynn (Carton House) 78 81, Marc Nolan (Delgany) 76 83, Conor Coyne (Youghal) 76 83, Stephen Kinch (Hollystown) 76 83
160 Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 79 81, Stephen Brady (Co. Sligo) 79 81, Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 78 82, Edward Kennedy (Woodbrook) 78 82, Chris Tormey (Corballis Links) 78 82, Ross Mohan (The Island) 76 84, Craig Melvin (Corrstown) 74 86
161 Stephen McCarthy (Black Bush) 82 79, Ruairi Kennelly (Portmarnock) 81 80, Shane Hogan (Nenagh) 81 80, Stephen Loftus (Lahinch) 79 82
162 Daniel Brennan (Shannon) 83 79, James Kelly (Elm Park) 81 81, Ian O'Flynn (Cork) 80 82, Gareth Bohill (Co. Louth) 79 83, Paul Coughlan (Moate) 78 84, Harry McHugh (Skerries) 76 86
163 Conor Rankin (Royal Portrush) 85 78, Ian Lynch (Rosslare) 82 81, Daniel Coyle (Co. Louth) 81 82, Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) 80 83, Ally Purdy (Ballyclare) 80 83, Conor Mccaughey (Dungannon) 79 84, Barry Fennelly (The Royal Dublin) 78 85, Darragh Hogan (Killeen Castle) 76 87
164 Neil Cullen (Beaverstown) 81 83
165 Ross McKeever (Castle) 84 81, Ger Cohen (Beaverstown) 83 82
166 Gerard MacNamara (Portmarnock) 79 87
167 Brian O'Reilly (Athenry) 86 81, John Garvey (Seapoint) 85 82, Liam Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin) 82 85, Martin Hynes (Athenry) 80 87, Darragh Conlon (Athenry) 79 88
168 Rory O'Connor (Strandhill) 86 82, Sean Maloney (Dunmurry Springs) 80 88, Eamonn O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry) 79 89
170 Eoghan Murphy (Cork) 88 82, Ciaran Smyth (Greenore) 82 88
171 Sean Denny (Castleblayney) 86 85
172 Paul Cox (Strandhill) 82 90, Eoghan McKeever (Castle) 81 91
174 Eoghan O'Donovan (Craddockstown) 80 94
182 Damien McDonough (Galway) 89 93
NR/WD Jamie Richardson (Royal Portrush) 79 NR, Daniel Cosgrove (Kilcock) 81 NR, Bob Loftus (Lahinch) WD 82, Thomas Fay (Rush) 85 WD, Paraic Connolly (Killeen Castle) WD WD
Round One
68 Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint)
69 Stephen Walsh (Portmarnock)
70 Colin Fairweather (Knock), Matthew McClean (Balmoral)
71 Stuart Grehan (Tullamore), Declan Loftus (Castlebar), Shaun O'Connor (Luttrellstown Castle), Gary O'Flaherty (Cork)
72 Pat Murray (Limerick), Peter McKeever (Castle), Gary Collins (Rosslare), Daniel Holland (Castle), Ian O'Rourke (The Royal Dublin), Michael Sinclair (Knock), Gary McDermott (Carton House)
73 Conor Purcell (Portmarnock), Brian Ronan (Co. Louth), Louis O'Hara (Athenry), Kevin Stack (Dungarvan)
74 Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary), James Monaghan (The Royal Dublin), Craig Melvin (Corrstown), Stephen Watts (Cairndhu), Greg Carew (Edenderry), Rory Williamson (Holywood), Eanna Griffin (Waterford), Richard Bridges (Stackstown), Stephen Healy (Claremorris), Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth), Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock)
75 Keagan Cummings (Elm Park), Andrew Magee (Powerscourt), Colm Crowley (Woodbrook), Robbie Pierse (Grange), John McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown), Tommy O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry), Padraic O'Brien (Co. Louth), Alex McCloy (Ballymena), Alexander Wilson (Portmarnock), Alan Thomas (Dungarvan), Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell)
76 Daniel O'Connor (Athlone), Joe Lyons (Galway), Barry Anderson (The Royal Dublin), Ian Spillane (Mallow), Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene), Conor Coyne (Youghal), Declan Reidy (Co. Sligo), Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park), Marc Nolan (Delgany), Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo), Ross Mohan (The Island), Nigel Beirth (Co. Louth), Aaron Grant (Dundalk), Marc Boucher (Carton House), Darragh Hogan (Killeen Castle), Alan Lowry (Esker Hills), James Fox (Portmarnock), Stephen Kinch (Hollystown), Keith Murphy (Charlesland), Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley), Harry McHugh (Skerries), William Russell (Clandeboye)
77 David Carey (Carton House), Paul Burke (Mullingar), Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu), Cathal Butler (Kinsale), Jonathan Gourley (Shandon Park), Alex Gleeson (Castle), Ben Best (Rathmore), Gary McGrane (The Royal Dublin), David Brady (Co. Sligo), Rowan Lester (Hermitage), Ryan Symington (Lisburn), Paul Reavey (Warrenpoint)
78 William Hanna (Kilkeel), Steffan O'Hara (Co. Sligo), Paul Coughlan (Moate), Colum Kenny (Curragh), Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park), Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen), Kevin Le Blanc (The Island), Barry Fennelly (The Royal Dublin), Declan Kelly (Hermitage), Shaun Carter (Stackstown), Chris Tormey (Corballis Links), Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone), Edward Kennedy (Woodbrook), Jack Pierse (Portmarnock), Shane McGlynn (Carton House)
79 Gerard MacNamara (Portmarnock), Jamie Richardson (Royal Portrush), Stephen Loftus (Lahinch), Darragh Conlon (Athenry), Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin), Gareth Bohill (Co. Louth), Greg Mungovan (Headfort), Stephen Brady (Co. Sligo), Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little.), Conor Mccaughey (Dungannon), David Byrne (Athenry), Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown), Eamonn O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), Keith Egan (Carton House)
80 Ronan Mullarney (Galway), Bernard Bermingham (Carton House), Ian O'Flynn (Cork), Martin Hynes (Athenry), Ally Purdy (Ballyclare), Eoghan O'Donovan (Craddockstown), Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint), John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead), Sean Maloney (Dunmurry Springs)
81 Thomas O'Connor (Athlone), Shane Hogan (Nenagh), Daniel Coyle (Co. Louth), Neil Cullen (Beaverstown), Eoghan McKeever (Castle), Ruairi Kennelly (Portmarnock), Daniel Cosgrove (Kilcock), James Kelly (Elm Park)
82 Liam Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin), John Hickey (Cork), Liam Harnett (Milltown), Ciaran Smyth (Greenore), Stephen McCarthy (Black Bush), Paul Cox (Strandhill), Ian Lynch (Rosslare)
83 Ger Cohen (Beaverstown), Daniel Brennan (Shannon)
84 Ross McKeever (Castle)
85 Thomas Fay (Rush), Conor Rankin (Royal Portrush), John Garvey (Seapoint)
86 Sean Denny (Castleblayney), Rory O'Connor (Strandhill), Brian O'Reilly (Athenry)
88 Eoghan Murphy (Cork)
89 Damien McDonough (Galway).