Irish Amateur Close 2016

Sponsored by AIG, Ballyliffin GC (Glashedy Links, Par 72)

August 16-20

Final, August 20

Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 3/1.

Semi-finals, August 20

John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt Jake Whelan (Newlands) 3&1; 

Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) 1 hole. 

Quarter-finals, August 19

1. Jake Whelan (Newlands) bt Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 2/1
2. John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt Marc Nolan (Delgany) 2/1
3. Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Colin Fairweather (Knock) 5/3
4. Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) bt Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 5/3

Round Three, August 19

1. Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) bt Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) 2/1
2. Jake Whelan (Newlands) bt Cathal Butler (Kinsale) 3/2
3. Marc Nolan (Delgany) bt Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 5/3
4. John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 3/2 
5. Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Robin Dawson (Tramore) 3/2
6. Colin Fairweather (Knock) bt Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 20th
7. Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 2/1
8. Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) bt Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) 5/3

Round Two, August 18

1. Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) bt Michael Ryan (New Ross) 1 hole
2. Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) bt Aaron Kearney (Castlerock) 2/1
3. Cathal Butler (Kinsale) bt John Cleary (Elm Park) 19th
4. Jake Whelan (Newlands) bt Paul Murphy (Rosslare) 3/1
5. Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) bt John Hickey (Cork) 20th
6. Marc Nolan (Delgany) bt Marc Norton (Belvoir Park) 4/3
7. Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) bt William Small (Tandragee) 3/1
8. John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt Cathal Nolan (Galway) 3/2
9. Robin Dawson (Tramore) bt Best Best (Rathmore) 1 hole
10. Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 5/4
11. Colin Fairweather (Knock) bt Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 20th 
12. Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt Peter Cummins (Lurgan) 4/2
13. Conor O'Rourke (Naas) bt Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) 2/1
14. Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown) 1 hole
15. Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) bt John Murphy (Kinsale) 5/4
16. Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) bt Kyle McCarron (North West) 2 holes.

Round One, August 18

1. Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) bt Gary Collins (Rosslare) 3/1
2. Michael Ryan (New Ross) bt Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 20th
3. Aaron Kearney (Castlerock) bt Robbie Pierse (Grange) 19th
4. Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) bt Michael McCormick (Ireland) 8/7
5. John Cleary (Elm Park) bt Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 2 h.
6. Cathal Butler (Kinsale) bt Jonathan Yates (Naas) 3/2 
7. Paul Murphy (Rosslare) bt Alan Fahy (Dun Laoghaire) 3/1
8. Jake Whelan (Newlands) bt Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee) 4/3
9. John Hickey (Cork) bt Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 1h.
10. Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) bt Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass) 4/3
11. Marc Nolan (Delgany) bt William Russell (Clandeboye) 2 h.
12. Marc Norton (Belvoir Park) bt Paul Doherty (Ballyliffin) 4/2
13. William Small (Tandragee) bt Philip Kelly (Co. Armagh) 1h.
14. Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) bt Anthony McDaid (Palmerstown Stud) 4/3
15. Cathal Nolan (Galway) bt Ross Dutton (Tandragee) 4/2
16. John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) bt Owen Crooks (Bushfoot) 3/1
17. Robin Dawson (Tramore) bt Shane O'Connor (Castlebar) 8/7
18. Ben Best (Rathmore) bt Colm Campbell Jnr (Warrenpoint) 1 h.
19. Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) bt Alan Doherty (Corrstown) 3/2
20. Alex Gleeson (Castle) bt Graeme Arthur (Carrickfergus) 4/3
21. Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) bt Sean Broe (Forrest Little) 6/5
22. Colin Fairweather (Knock) bt Jack Mc Donnell (Forrest Little) 2/1
23. Peter Cummins (Lurgan) bt Eugene Smith (Ardee) 2/1
24. Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) bt James Sugrue (Mallow) 4/2
25. Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) bt Stephen Barker (Mourne) 2/1
26. Conor O'Rourke (Naas) bt Rory Williamson (Holywood) 2/1
27. Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) bt Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 2/1
28. David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown) bt Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick) 4/3
29. Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) bt Tony Cleary (Woodstock) 4/3
30. John Murphy (Kinsale) bt Rob Brazill (Naas) 20th
31. Kyle McCarron (North West) bt Joe Lyons (Galway) 1 h.
32. Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) bt Michael Young (Ring Of Kerry) 19th.

Qualifiers

Detailed scores

140 John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 71 69 (Silver medal, leading qualifier)

141 Robin Dawson (Tramore) 70 71

142 Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) 69 73

145 Jake Whelan (Newlands) 76 69

146 Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) 73 73

147 Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) 77 70, Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 75 72

148 Paul Doherty (Ballyliffin) 78 70, Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 76 72, Peter Cummins (Lurgan) 76 72, Kyle McCarron (North West) 75 73, Michael Ryan (New Ross) 74 74

149 Jonathan Yates (Naas) 77 72, Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 75 74, Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 75 74, Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 72 77

150 William Small (Tandragee) 79 71, Alex Gleeson (Castle) 79 71, Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick) 78 72, John Cleary (Elm Park) 78 72, Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 78 72, Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) 76 74, James Sugrue (Mallow) 75 75

151 Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 81 70, Marc Nolan (Delgany) 79 72, Jack Mc Donnell (Forrest Little.) 78 73, John Murphy (Kinsale) 77 74, Robbie Pierse (Grange) 77 74, Paul Murphy (Rosslare) 76 75, Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 73 78, Colm Campbell Jnr (Warrenpoint) 71 80

152 Cathal Nolan (Galway) 80 72, Ross Dutton (Tandragee) 79 73, Ben Best (Rathmore) 78 74, Rory Williamson (Holywood) 78 74

153 Alan Fahy (Dun Laoghaire) 82 71, Aaron Kearney (Castlerock) 79 74, Rob Brazill (Naas) 78 75, Colin Fairweather (Knock) 78 75, William Russell (Clandeboye) 78 75, John Hickey (Cork) 78 75, Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 76 77, Michael Young (Ring Of Kerry) 76 77, Gary Collins (Rosslare) 75 78

154 Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 83 71, David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown) 81 73, Graeme Arthur (Carrickfergus) 79 75, Philip Kelly (Co. Armagh) 77 77, Anthony McDaid (Palmerstown Stud) 77 77

155 Alan Doherty (Corrstown) 82 73, Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 81 74, Cathal Butler (Kinsale) 81 74, Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 80 75, Joe Lyons (Galway) 79 76, Eugene Smith (Ardee) 79 76, Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass) 79 76, Marc Norton (Belvoir Park) 78 77, Sean Broe (Forrest Little.) 76 79

156 Tony Cleary (Woodstock) 82 74, Michael McCormick (Ireland) 81 75, Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee) 80 76, Stephen Barker (Mourne) 79 77, Shane O'Connor (Castlebar) 79 77, Owen Crooks (Bushfoot) 74 82

Non-Qualifiers

157 Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu) 82 75, Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire) 82 75, Nils Conway (Grange) 81 76, Marc McCormack (Ashbourne) 81 76, Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu) 81 76, TJ Ford (Co. Sligo) 79 78, Colm Hughes (Galway) 79 78

158 Michael Sinclair (Knock) 84 74, Michael Dallat (Galgorm Castle) 83 75, Ross Steedman (Courtown) 81 77, Alan Gaynor (Co. Sligo) 79 79, Garrett Mallon (North West) 77 81

159 Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth) 86 73, Jack Blake (The Island) 84 75, Eddie McCormack (Galway Bay) 83 76, Evan Farrell (Ardee) 83 76, Jack Walsh (Castle) 82 77, Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo) 81 78, Andrew Hickey (Ballyhaunis) 80 79, Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 79 80

160 Brendan Devlin (Ballyliffin) 87 73, Peter Hasson (City of Derry) 83 77, James Maginn (Mourne) 83 77, Andrew Magee (Powerscourt) 83 77, Stephen Lindsay (Bangor) 82 78, Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle) 82 78, Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen) 81 79, Alec Myles (Newlands) 80 80

161 Kealan Quigg (North West) 83 78, Liam Grehan (Mullingar) 83 78, David Brady (Co. Sligo) 82 79
162 Luke Bradley (North West) 84 78, Adam Mulhall (Ardglass) 84 78, Harry Gillivan (Westport) 84 78, James Temple (Portmarnock) 84 78, David Reddan Jnr (Nenagh) 83 79, Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone) 82 80, Gary Ward (Kinsale) 81 81, Darragh O'Connor (Fota Island) 81 81, Ian Lynch (Rosslare) 79 83

163 Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 88 75, Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) 86 77, Bill Murray (Waterford Castle) 84 79, Peter McKeever (Castle) 83 80, Robert Moran (Castle) 83 80, Fergal Kennedy (The Island) 81 82

164 Colum Kenny (Portmarnock) 87 77, Richard Tighe (Elm Park) 82 82, Mark Timmins (Coollattin) 79 85

165 Charles McGoldrick (Enniscrone) 84 81, Gareth Mann (Tullamore) 83 82, Daniel O'Connor (Athlone) 79 86

166 Luke O'Dwyer (Forrest Little.) 88 78, Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall) 86 80, Cian Feeney (Co. Sligo) 85 81, Daniel Vaughan (Ardglass) 83 83

167 Jason Conway (Donegal) 85 82, Hugh Foley (The Royal Dublin) 81 86

168 Peter Kane (Ashbourne) 90 78, Ronan O'Callaghan (Mannan Castle) 87 81, Paul Tobin (Cork) 85 83

170 Ben Murray (Waterford Castle) 85 85

171 Jordan Logue (Hilton Templepatrick) 88 83, Eoin O'Brien (Clontarf) 87 84

174 Johnny Ward (Banbridge) 91 83

176 Steffan O'Hara (Co. Sligo) 88 88

Round One

Detailed scores

69 Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth)

70 Robin Dawson (Tramore)

71 Colm Campbell Jnr (Warrenpoint), John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead)

72 Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk)

73 Jack Pierse (Portmarnock), Conor O'Rourke (Naas)

74 Michael Ryan (New Ross), Owen Crooks (Bushfoot)

75 Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle), James Sugrue (Mallow), Robert Cannon (Balbriggan), Gary Collins (Rosslare), Kyle McCarron (North West), Alan Lowry (Esker Hills)

76 Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin), Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush), Sean Broe (Forrest Little.), Jake Whelan (Newlands), Peter Cummins (Lurgan), Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene), Paul Murphy (Rosslare), Michael Young (Ring Of Kerry)

77 Robbie Pierse (Grange), John Murphy (Kinsale), Jonathan Yates (Naas), Philip Kelly (Co. Armagh), Anthony McDaid (Palmerstown Stud), Garrett Mallon (North West), Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park)

78 Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.), John Hickey (Cork), Paul Doherty (Ballyliffin), Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley), Rory Williamson (Holywood), Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick), Rob Brazill (Naas), William Russell (Clandeboye), Ben Best (Rathmore), Marc Norton (Belvoir Park), Colin Fairweather (Knock), John Cleary (Elm Park)

79 Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown), Colm Hughes (Galway), Daniel O'Connor (Athlone), Eugene Smith (Ardee), Alan Gaynor (Co. Sligo), Alex Gleeson (Castle), TJ Ford (Co. Sligo), Ross Dutton (Tandragee), Shane O'Connor (Castlebar), Ian Lynch (Rosslare), Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass), William Small (Tandragee), Stephen Barker (Mourne), Aaron Kearney (Castlerock), Marc Nolan (Delgany), Mark Timmins (Coollattin), Graeme Arthur (Carrickfergus), Joe Lyons (Galway)

80 Alec Myles (Newlands), Cathal Nolan (Galway), Aaron Grant (Dundalk), Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee), Andrew Hickey (Ballyhaunis)

81 Ronan Mullarney (Galway), Fergal Kennedy (The Island), David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown), Hugh Foley (The Royal Dublin), Cathal Butler (Kinsale), Marc McCormack (Ashbourne), Michael McCormick (Ireland), Gary Ward (Kinsale), Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu), Nils Conway (Grange), Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo), Darragh O'Connor (Fota Island), Ross Steedman (Courtown), Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock), Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen)

82 Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone), David Brady (Co. Sligo), Jack Walsh (Castle), Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire), Alan Fahy (Dun Laoghaire), Stephen Lindsay (Bangor), Alan Doherty (Corrstown), Richard Tighe (Elm Park), Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu), Tony Cleary (Woodstock), Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle), James McVicker (Knock)

83 Gareth Mann (Tullamore), Evan Farrell (Ardee), Eddie McCormack (Galway Bay), Daniel Vaughan (Ardglass), James Maginn (Mourne), David Reddan Jnr (Nenagh), Liam Grehan (Mullingar), Peter Hasson (City of Derry), Andrew Magee (Powerscourt), Aidan Claffey (Elm Park), Robert Moran (Castle), Peter McKeever (Castle), Eanna Griffin (Waterford), Kealan Quigg (North West), Michael Dallat (Galgorm Castle)

84 Harry Gillivan (Westport), Jack Blake (The Island), Charles McGoldrick (Enniscrone), Bill Murray (Waterford Castle), Michael Sinclair (Knock), James Temple (Portmarnock), Adam Mulhall (Ardglass), Luke Bradley (North West)

85 Ben Murray (Waterford Castle), Paul Tobin (Cork), Jason Conway (Donegal), Cian Feeney (Co. Sligo), John McCarthy (Stackstown)

86 Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall), Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth), Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint)

87 Brendan Devlin (Ballyliffin), Stephen Kinch (Hollystown), Colum Kenny (Portmarnock), Eoin O'Brien (Clontarf), Ronan O'Callaghan (Mannan Castle)

88 Luke O'Dwyer (Forrest Little.), Jordan Logue (Hilton Templepatrick), Steffan O'Hara (Co. Sligo), Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe), Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire)

89 Darragh Conlon (Athenry), Shane Crilly (Co. Louth)

90 Peter Kane (Ashbourne), Ted Harman (Balmoral)

91 Johnny Ward (Banbridge).

WD/NR/RET Patrick Dallat (Galgorm Castle), Niall O'Reilly (Clonmel), Jamie Doyle (Forrest Little.), Caolan Kennedy (Forrest Little.), Colm Crowley (Woodbrook), Andrew McCormack (Castletroy), Paul McGuigan (Foyle).