From Brian Keogh at Rosses Point

Newlands’ Andrew Hogan defied 40 mph gusts to card a four-under par 67 and grab the silver medal for the leading qualifier in the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point.

The 19-year-old Dubliner came home in six-under par 29 with six birdies in his last seven holes to finish one stroke clear of Forrest Little’s Eoin Arthurs (71) on one-over par 143.

Knock's Nick Grant (67) and Banbridge's Rory Leonard (70) tied for third on four-over par alongside Newlands’ Cian Curley (71) and Irish Close champion Shane Lowry (71).

Two-over par to the turn, Hogan made five birdies in a row from the 12th to the 16th before picking up another shot on the downwind 18th after his 400-yard drive ran through the green.

He said: "It was just the putter. It didn’t matter how far it was, they just went in. They didn’t cut the greens, which are rolling lovely and that made it a bit easier with the wind. I just got the pace of them and they all rolled in dead centre.” 

The top 64 qualified for the matchplay stages with the cut falling at 16-over par 158 with six players eliminated on countback.

Radisson SAS sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship, Co Sligo GC (Par 71)

Qualifiers

143 A Hogan (Newlands) 76 67

144 E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 73 71

146 N Grant (Knock) 79 67, R Leonard (Banbridge) 76 70, C Curley (Newlands) 75 71, S Lowry (Esker Hills) 75 71

147 R Cannon (L'town & B'town) 77 70

148 G McDermott (Co Sligo) 75 73, H Diamond (Clandeboye) 75 73, S Ward (Co Louth) 75 73, N Gorey (Lee Valley) 72 76

149 J Hurst (Shaw Hill, UK) 71 78

150 R Boal (Castle) 79 71, N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 78 72, C Cunningham (Carton House) 74 76, D Finn (Mallow) 74 76

151 M Sinclair (Knock) 79 72, C O'Connor (Athlone) 76 75, R McCarthy (The Island) 76 75, S Crowe (Dunmurry) 75 76

152 P Cutler (Portstewart) 80 72, J Hughes (Douglas) 79 73, D Lernihan (Castle) 78 74, D Morgan (Mullingar) 77 75

153 I Winstanley (Formby, UK) 82 71, G Lawlor (City West) 78 75, K Stack (Dungarvan/UCC) 78 75, P O'Hanlon (Curragh) 76 77, K McDonagh (Athlone) 76 77, D Downie (Sutton) 75 78

154 B Cashman (Belvoir Park) 81 73, R Durnin (L'town & B'town) 81 73, B Fowles (Wentworth, UK) 81 73, D O'Donovan (Muskerry) 80 74, D Crowe (Dunmurry) 79 75, C Doran (Banbridge) 78 76, G Hall (Edenderry) 77 77, J Lyons (Galway) 77 77, D Sutton (Lockerbie, UK) 77 77, E O'Sullivan (The Island) 75 79, E McCormack (Galway) 75 79, P Buckley (Kanturk) 74 80

155 A Harty (West Waterford) 81 74, A McCormick (Scrabo) 80 75, P Killeen (Claremorris) 78 77, M Hemphill (Portstewart) 76 79, B Jones (Cuddington UK) 75 80

156 A McCloy (Ballymena) 85 71, S Webster (Castle) 83 73, W McCully (Donaghadee) 81 75, J Monaghan (The Island) 80 76, J Senior (Heysham, UK) 80 76, P Purdy (Shandon Park) 78 78, T Neenan (Lahinch) 76 80

157 J Fox (Portmarnock) 81 76, B Walton (The Island) 80 77, R Maher (Nenagh) 79 78, B Keenan (The Heath) 78 79, M Lavelle (The K Club) 77 80, M Durcan (Co Sligo) 76 81

158 D Scully (Galway) 84 74, A McAllister (The International, USA) 83 75, A Harrington (Cork) 83 75, G McGloin (Bundoran) 82 76,

NON-QUALIFIERS

158 G McKenna (Fortwilliam) 81 77, R McConnell (Belvoir Park) 81 77, G Kelly (Co Louth) 80 78, B Galway (Cairndhu) 79 79, N Steven (St Andrews, UK) 77 81, A Christie (Tyrrelswood, UK) 76 82

159 D McNeill (Rosapenna) 84 75, H Boch (Ballybunion) 83 76, G Bohill (Co Louth) 82 77, B Reddan (Co Louth) 82 77, G Carew (Edenderry) 81 78, J Patterson (Knock) 76 83

160 M Buggy (Castlecomer) 85 75, M Shanahan (West Waterford) 84 76, S Moloney (Castletroy) 84 76, G Dillon (The Heath) 82 78, S Paul (Tandragee) 81 79, D Kelleher (Portmarnock) 81 79, N Boyd (Donaghadee) 81 79

161 R Weldon (Luttrellstown Castle) 85 76, M Horan (Birr) 84 77, D McCusker (Moyola Park) 83 78, P Higgins (Mullingar) 83 78, R McGee (Roda Golf, Spain) 82 79, C Selfridge (Moyola Park) 82 79, A Dowling (Hermitage) 82 79

162 S Dwyer (Newlands) 86 76, J Mulready (Castle) 85 77, R McNamara (Headfort) 85 77, E McAnoy (Knock) 84 78, D O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 84 78, L Reilly (Galgorm Castle) 83 79, A Moran (Tuam) 82 80

163 P McGrath (Dromoland) 80 83

164 M Collins (Sutton) 85 79, K McCarthy (Kinsale) 85 79, D Lally (Tuam) 84 80, N O'Connor (Elm Park) 84 80, T O'Flynn (Fota Island) 81 83

165 A Wilson (Cairndhu) 88 77

167 G Boyd (Donaghadee) 82 85, T McGowan (Strandhill) 80 87

168 B Anderson (Co. Sligo) 87 81, S Brady (Co. Sligo) 86 82, K Thomas (Hinckley, UK) 85 83, P Sheehy (Lahinch) 83 85

169 S Morrison (City of Derry) 89 80, J McBurney (Donaghadee) 84 85

170 C Keightley (Garforth, UK) 83 87, M Hammond (Moyola Park) 80 90

171 C Drumm (Rosslare) 84 87

174 G Paterson (Moray, UK) 87 87

NR I Murphy (Waterford) 85 NR