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Irish Amateur Close 2015

AIG IRISH CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP, TRAMORE GOLF CLUB

18-22 AUGUST 2015

FINAL

Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Alex Gleeson (Castle) 2/1

SEMI FINALS

Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Eugene Smith (Ardee) 1 Hole
Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) 19th

QUARTER FINALS

Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) 3/2
Eugene Smith (Ardee) bt Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 2 Holes
Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) bt Robbie Pierse (Grange) 3/1
Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Daniel Holland (Castle) 3/2

THIRD ROUND

Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 20th
Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) bt Marc Nolan (Delgany) 3/2
Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) bt Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 2/1
Eugene Smith (Ardee) bt Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 2 Holes
Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) bt Ben Murray (Waterford Castle) 6/5
Robbie Pierse (Grange) bt Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) 9/7
Daniel Holland (Castle) bt Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) 3/2
Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Simon McConnell (Ballyclare) 2 Holes 

SECOND ROUND

Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) bt Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) 5/4
Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Gavin Smyth (Clonmel) 4/3
Marc Nolan (Delgany) bt Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin) 2/1
Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) bt David Kiely (Tramore) 2/1
Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) bt Gary Collins (Rosslare) 2/1
Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 3/2
Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) bt Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 5/4
Eugene Smith (Ardee) bt Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 20th
Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) bt Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 4/3
Ben Murray (Waterford Castle) bt Eddie Power (Kilkenny) 19th
Robbie Pierse (Grange) bt Alan Thomas (Dungarvan) 7/5
Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) bt Stephen Healy (Carton House) 3/2
Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) bt Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 4/2
Daniel Holland (Castle) bt Kevin Power (Kilkenny) 2/1
Simon McConnell (Ballyclare) bt Rory Williamson (Holywood) 4/2
Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Jack Mc Donnell (Forrest Little) 5/4

FIRST ROUND

Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) bt Colin Fairweather (Knock) 1 Hole
Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) bt Ian Spillane (Mallow) 5/4
Gavin Smyth (Clonmel) bt Colm Crowley (Woodbrook) 4/3
Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Brian Doran (Palmerstown Stud) 3/2
Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin) bt Sean Barry (Fota Island) 4/3
Marc Nolan (Delgany) bt John Reynolds (Dungarvan) 3/1
Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) bt Cathal Nolan (Galway) 3/1
David Kiely (Tramore) bt Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 3/1
Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) bt Jonathan Yates (Naas) 4/2
Gary Collins (Rosslare) bt Jack Walsh (Castle) 1 Hole
Ronan Mullarney (Galway) bt Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire) 6/4
Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt Mark Mullen (Wexford) 1 Hole
Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) bt Simon Bryan (Delgany) 1 Hole
Aaron Grant (Dundalk) bt James Fox (Portmarnock) 1 Hole
Eugene Smith (Ardee) bt Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little) 1 Hole
Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) bt Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick) 2/1
Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) bt David Reddan Jnr (Nenagh) 5/4
Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) bt Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee) 4/3
Eddie Power (Kilkenny) bt Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 4/3
Ben Murray (Waterford Castle) bt Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell) 1 Hole
Robbie Pierse (Grange) bt Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 6/5
Alan Thomas (Dungarvan) bt Cian Geraghty (Laytown / Bettystown) 3/2
Stephen Healy (Carton House) bt Rob Brazill (Naas) 3/2
Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) bt Ronan Twomey (Muskerry) 4/3
Conor O'Rourke (Naas) bt Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 22nd
Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) bt Gavin Young (Birr) 3/2
Kevin Power (Kilkenny) bt Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu) 2/1
Daniel Holland (Castle) bt Pat Murray (Limerick Golf Club) 20th
Simon McConnell (Ballyclare) bt Kevin Stack (Dungarvan) 1 Hole
Rory Williamson (Holywood) bt Bill Murray (Waterford Castle) 9/7
Jack Mc Donnell (Forrest Little.) bt Shane Hogan (Nenagh) 5/4
Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Michael Ryan (New Ross) 4/3.

STROKEPLAY QUALIFYING (PAR 72)

Detailed scores

138 Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 70 68 (Leading qualifier)

140 Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) 74 66

141 Robin Dawson (Faithlegg/MU) 69 72, Stuart Grehan (Tullamore/MU) 69 72, Jonathan Yates (Naas) 67 74

143 Ronan Mullarney (Galway/MU) 73 70, Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick) 69 74

144 Daniel Holland (Castle) 73 71, Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) 72 72, Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 70 74, Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little.) 69 75

145 Simon McConnell (Ballyclare) 77 68, Pat Murray (Limerick Golf Club) 74 71, Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 74 71, Sean Barry (Fota Island) 71 74, Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) 71 74, Rob Brazill (Naas) 71 74

146 Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 76 70, Rory Williamson (Holywood) 75 71, Kevin Power (Kilkenny) 74 72, Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo/MU) 74 72, Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin) 74 72, James Fox (Portmarnock) 73 73, Robbie Pierse (Grange) 72 74, Gavin Young (Birr) 71 75

147 Cathal Nolan (Galway) 76 71, Jack Walsh (Castle/MU) 75 72, Colin Fairweather (Knock) 74 73, Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 73 74, Simon Bryan (Delgany) 73 74, Eddie Power (Kilkenny) 73 74, Ian Spillane (Mallow) 72 75, Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) 72 75, Shane Hogan (Nenagh) 70 77, Gavin Smyth (Clonmel) 69 78, Alex Gleeson (Castle) 69 78

148 Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 76 72, Brian Doran (Palmerstown Stud) 73 75, Michael Ryan (New Ross) 73 75

149 Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 76 73, Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell) 74 75, Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee) 73 76, Jack Mc Donnell (Forrest Little/MU) 73 76, Alan Lowry (Esker Hills/MU) 73 76, David Reddan Jnr (Nenagh) 72 77

150 Bill Murray (Waterford Castle) 79 71, Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire) 77 73, Kevin Stack (Dungarvan) 77 73, Gary Collins (Rosslare) 76 74, John Reynolds (Dungarvan) 75 75, Marc Nolan (Delgany) 75 75, David Kiely (Tramore) 75 75, Ronan Twomey (Muskerry) 75 75, Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 74 76, Mark Mullen (Wexford) 74 76, Eugene Smith (Ardee) 73 77, Stephen Healy (Carton House) 73 77, Colm Crowley (Woodbrook) 72 78

151 Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 80 71, Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu) 78 73, Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 77 74, Ben Murray (Waterford Castle) 77 74, Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 74 77, Alan Thomas (Dungarvan) 74 77,

NON-QUALIFIERS

151: Paul McCarthy (Mallow) 74 77, Kyle McCarron (North West/MU) 73 78

152 Keith Murphy (Charlesland) 80 72, Ryan Berkeley (Dun Laoghaire) 77 75, Ben Best (Rathmore) 76 76, Paul Flynn (Tramore) 74 78, Robert Farrell (New Ross) 74 78, Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 72 80, Shane McGlynn (Carton House) 72 80

153 Joe Lyons (Galway) 78 75, David Byrne (Athenry) 78 75, Greg Mungovan (Headfort) 77 76, Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe) 74 79, Aaron Moore (Adare Manor Golf Club) 74 79, Rory Keighery (Tramore) 71 82

154 Sean Walsh (Carton House/MU) 82 72, Jack Leacy (Dungarvan) 81 73, Matthew Wylie (Belvoir Park) 80 74, Jack Blake (The Island) 79 75, Paul Tobin (Cork) 75 79, Evan Farrell (Ardee) 75 79, Niall O'Reilly (Clonmel) 74 80, Alan Fahy (Bray) 74 80

155 Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle) 79 76, Peter Meaney (Cahir Park) 78 77, Ian Lynch (Rosslare) 76 79, Mark Timmins (Coollattin Golf Club) 76 79, Luke Robinson (Bundoran) 73 82

156 Sean Ryan (The Royal Dublin) 84 72, John Mitchell (Tramore) 82 74, Barry Daly (Edmondstown) 82 74, Jonathan Breen (Kirkistown Castle Golf Club) 79 77, Louis O'Hara (Athenry) 79 77, Adam Doran (Ardee) 78 78, Eamonn O'Driscoll (Killarney) 78 78, Anthony Feicks (Waterford) 76 80

157 Philip Spratt (West Waterford) 83 74, Stephen Egan (Castle Barna) 80 77, Martin O'Dwyer (Tramore) 79 78, Declan King (Tramore) 79 78, Colm Hughes (Galway) 79 78, Brian O'Reilly (Athenry) 75 82

158 John McCarthy (Stackstown) 81 77, Stephen Linehan (Tramore) 80 78, Peter Mullaney (Dungarvan) 80 78, Sean Denny (Castleblayney) 79 79, John Cleary (Elm Park) 78 80

159 Paul McGuigan (Foyle) 82 77, Stephen Brady (Co. Sligo) 81 78, Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu) 79 80, Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park) 75 84

160 Craig Melvin (Corrstown) 83 77, Danny Linehan (Tramore) 82 78, Niall Kennedy (Tramore) 81 79, Timmy Broderick (Kinsale) 81 79, Marc Boucher (Carton House) 80 80, Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 78 82

161 Damien Coyne (Tuam) 85 76, Gabriel Leacy (Dungarvan) 80 81

162 Peter McKeever (Castle) 80 82, Michael Young (Ireland) 79 83

163 Andrew Magee (Powerscourt) 82 81, Jasper Marken (Ireland) 82 81, Ross Steedman (Balcarrick) 79 84

165 Derek Power (Goldcoast) 77 88

166 Eoin Cantwell (Kilkenny) 84 82

167 Liam Doran (Ardee) 80 87

171 Andrew Montgomery (Old Conna) 91 80

173 Declan Kelly (Hermitage) 85 88, Darragh Hogan (Killeen Castle) 78 95

175 Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo) 90 85, Adam Price (Delgany) 86 89

179 John Garvey (Seapoint) 84 95

 WD/NR:Daniel Murphy (Portarlington) 80 NR, Christopher O'Connor (Corrstown) 80 NR, Jake Whelan (Newlands/MU) 81 NR, William Hanna (Kilkeel) DQ , Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary) 78 WD, Shaun O'Connor (Carton House) 82 WD, James Sugrue (Mallow) WD

First round

67 Jonathan Yates (Naas)

69 Stuart Grehan (Tullamore), Gavin Smyth (Clonmel), Alex Gleeson (Castle), Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little.), Robin Dawson (Faithlegg), Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick)

70 Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park), Robert Cannon (Balbriggan), Shane Hogan (Nenagh)

71 Sean Barry (Fota Island), Gavin Young (Birr), Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint), Rory Keighery (Tramore), Rob Brazill (Naas)

72 David Reddan Jnr (Nenagh), Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley), Ian Spillane (Mallow), Robbie Pierse (Grange), Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin), Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr), Shane McGlynn (Carton House), Colm Crowley (Woodbrook)

73 Daniel Holland (Castle), Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee), Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown), Brian Doran (Palmerstown Stud), Ronan Mullarney (Galway), Alan Lowry (Esker Hills), Stephen Healy (Carton House), Michael Ryan (New Ross), Jack Mc Donnell (Forrest Little.), Kyle McCarron (North West), James Fox (Portmarnock), Eugene Smith (Ardee), Eddie Power (Kilkenny), Luke Robinson (Bundoran), Simon Bryan (Delgany)

74 Alan Thomas (Dungarvan), Kevin Power (Kilkenny), Colin Fairweather (Knock), Aaron Moore (Adare Manor Golf Club), Alan Fahy (Bray), Mark Mullen (Wexford), Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell), Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe), Niall O'Reilly (Clonmel), Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin), Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo), Robert Farrell (New Ross), Paul Flynn (Tramore), Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle), Pat Murray (Limerick Golf Club), Paul McCarthy (Mallow), Conor O'Rourke (Naas), Eanna Griffin (Waterford), Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth)

75 John Reynolds (Dungarvan), Evan Farrell (Ardee), Marc Nolan (Delgany), David Kiely (Tramore), Ronan Twomey (Muskerry), Rory Williamson (Holywood), Brian O'Reilly (Athenry), Paul Tobin (Cork), Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park), Jack Walsh (Castle)

76 Mark Timmins (Coollattin Golf Club), Ben Best (Rathmore), Cathal Nolan (Galway), Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock), Gary Collins (Rosslare), Anthony Feicks (Waterford), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), Ian Lynch (Rosslare), Aaron Grant (Dundalk)

77 Greg Mungovan (Headfort), Simon McConnell (Ballyclare), Derek Power (Goldcoast), Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene), Kevin Stack (Dungarvan), Ben Murray (Waterford Castle), Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire), Ryan Berkeley (Dun Laoghaire)

78 Adam Doran (Ardee), Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire), Darragh Hogan (Killeen Castle), Joe Lyons (Galway), David Byrne (Athenry), Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu), Peter Meaney (Cahir Park), John Cleary (Elm Park), Eamonn O'Driscoll (Killarney), Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary)

79 Michael Young (Ireland), Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle), Declan King (Tramore), Ross Steedman (Balcarrick), Bill Murray (Waterford Castle), Sean Denny (Castleblayney), Colm Hughes (Galway), Martin O'Dwyer (Tramore), Jonathan Breen (Kirkistown Castle Golf Club), Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu), Louis O'Hara (Athenry), Jack Blake (The Island)

80 Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin), Peter McKeever (Castle), Keith Murphy (Charlesland), Christopher O'Connor (Corrstown), Liam Doran (Ardee), Gabriel Leacy (Dungarvan), Matthew Wylie (Belvoir Park), Stephen Egan (Castle Barna), Peter Mullaney (Dungarvan), Stephen Linehan (Tramore), Daniel Murphy (Portarlington), Marc Boucher (Carton House)

81 Niall Kennedy (Tramore), Jack Leacy (Dungarvan), Timmy Broderick (Kinsale), Stephen Brady (Co. Sligo), John McCarthy (Stackstown), Jake Whelan (Newlands)

82 Andrew Magee (Powerscourt), Shaun O'Connor (Carton House), Paul McGuigan (Foyle), John Mitchell (Tramore), Jasper Marken (Ireland), Danny Linehan (Tramore), Sean Walsh (Carton House), Barry Daly (Edmondstown)

83 Craig Melvin (Corrstown), Philip Spratt (West Waterford)

84 John Garvey (Seapoint), Eoin Cantwell (Kilkenny), Sean Ryan (The Royal Dublin)

85 Damien Coyne (Tuam), Declan Kelly (Hermitage)

86 Adam Price (Delgany)

90 Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo)

91 Andrew Montgomery (Old Conna)