Portmarnock’s Adrian Morrow fired a flawless final round 67 to power clear of the field and capture the Portuguese Tourist Board sponsored Irish Seniors Amateur Open Championship at Westport Golf Club.

The former Irish International, who played 39 Home International matches between 1975 and 2000, trailed Jimmy Clynch (Laytown & Bettystown) by four strokes entering the final round but that margin was cancelled after just five holes of the final round.

Clynch played solidly over those opening holes but Morrow burst from the traps with a birdie on the fourth followed by an eagle two on the fifth. Nine straight pars followed for the Portmarnock man before a grandstand finish birdie – par – birdie – birdie.

Clynch continued his solid play and finished runner-up to Morrow and also picked trophy for the leading Over 65’s player. Moate’s Bert Burke captured the Over 60’s Trophy while Galway’s Sean Hosty won the Over 70’s equivalent.
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212 A Morrow (Portmarnock) 72 73 67
218 J Clynch (L'town & B'town) 70 71 77 (Winner of the Over 65’s Trophy)
221 J Carroll (Bandon) 74 71 76
222 L MacNamara (Woodbrook) 72 73 77
227 B Burke (Moate) 76 76 75 (Winner of the Over 60’s Trophy), J Baldwin (USA) 72 77 78
228 M Kelly (Killeen) 77 77 74, D Lane (England) 77 74 77, R McLellan (Scotland) 77 74 77, B McCarroll (Ballyliffin) 74 77 77
229 J Kinloch (Scotland) 75 74 80, S Baker (England) 73 81 75, N Duke (Killiney) 73 75 81, A Pierse (Tipperary) 73 74 82
230 M Coote (Castleisland) 78 78 74, D O'Kelly (Galway) 77 77 76, J Browne (Belvoir Park) 76 79 75, H Smyth (Mourne) 76 75 79, B Reddan (Co Louth) 76 74 80, G Rees (Wales) 73 75 82, C Hurst (Castlebar) 73 75 82
231 H Donnelly (South County) 78 75 78, S Hosty (Galway) 75 79 77 (Winner of the Over 70’s Trophy), R Mason (Old Conna) 75 78 78, R Berry (Rossmore) 73 79 79, B Whitaker (Elm Park) 72 81 78
232 T Browne (Belvoir Park) 83 74 75, S McParland (Greenore) 76 80 76
233 P Harrington (Muskerry) 76 77 80, V Smyth (Co Louth) 76 76 81
234 J Johnston (Scotland) 81 77 76, D Clifford (Cork) 79 81 74, T Hayes (K Club) 79 78 77, M O'Brien (Co Louth) 78 80 76
235 J Cuffe (Monkstown) 81 77 77, B Grieve (Scotland) 78 75 82
236 B Edgar (Scotland) 79 76 81, G O'Keeffe (Waterford) 74 83 79, J Broadfoot (Scotland) 74 80 82
237 S Sander (USA) 79 78 80, M Morris (Portmarnock) 79 78 80, D McCart (Scotland) 78 74 85, T Fox (Co Louth) 75 78 84
238 M Kearney (North West) 76 79 83
239 R McDonnell (Co Louth) 81 77 81, B Mills (Clandeboye) 81 75 83, J Ryan (Waterford) 75 81 83
240 S Lynch (England) 78 80 82, K Raftery (Forrest Little) 76 81 83, S Coyne (Killarney) 76 79 85
241 H Mackeown (Portmarnock) 77 80 84

Non-qualifiers:
158 D Cash (Rosslare) 77 81, S O'Donovan (Co Sligo) 77 81
159 T Goode (Lucan) 82 77, S Nicholson (Canada) 82 77, W O'Brien (Limerick County) 81 78, J Moyna (Rossmore) 81 78, R Nordlond (USA) 80 79, M Gaffney (Waterford) 78 81, M Galvin (Limerick) 75 84
160 L Gort (Isle of Man) 82 78, R Smith (Galway) 80 80, , S Pond (England) 78 82, I Stewart (Curragh) 78 82, A Pirie (Scotland) 78 82, P Horkan (England) 77 83
161 J Johnston (England) 83 78, M Eager (Lucan) 82 79, N Patterson (Milltown) 81 80, L Murray (Mourne) 81 80, D Martin (England) 81 80, C Reynolds (England) 80 81, P Cowley (Cork) 80 81, P McParland (Greenore) 80 81, J Gilhooly (Edmondstown) 78 83, D White (Moate) 78 83, J McInerney (Upminister) 78 83, T Higgins (Sutton) 78 83, K Burns (Lisburn) 77 84, J O'Donoghue (Tipperary) 76 85
162 M Temple (USA) 83 79, D Jackson (Clandeboye) 81 81, B Malone (Strandhill) 81 81, T Lewandowski (USA) 81 81, O McDonough (Galway) 81 81, P Tomisson (Scotland) 79 83, T O'Grady (USA) 79 83, D Bentham (England) 78 84, P O'Sullivan (Co Louth) 76 86
163 P O'Looney (Tralee) 83 80, G Walsh (Waterford) 83 80, P Walshe (The Royal Dublin) 81 82, T Finn (Cork) 81 82, W Leggett (The Island) 80 83
164 D Harte (Fota Island) 85 79, B Madden (Edmondstown) 81 83, R Walker (England) 81 83
165 P O'Reilly (Westport) 87 78, B Farrell (Greenore) 84 81, F McCarroll (North West) 83 82, J Madden (England) 82 83, R Millar (Kirkistown Castle) 82 83, B O'Gorman (Rossmore) 82 83, P Posnett (Shandon Park) 81 84, J Kirwan (England) 81 84, D O'Regan (Lahinch) 79 86, A Smith (Blainroe) 78 87
166 T Lilly (Slade Valley) 84 82, A Williams (Sutton) 82 84, C Cameron (England) 79 87
167 G Huggett (England) 90 77, C Moir (England) 84 83, M Martin (Clandeboye) 83 84, J Anderson (England) 82 85, B Methven (Scotland) 81 86, S McBurney (Massereene) 78 89
168 J Mullen (L'town & B'town) 86 82, D Judge (Greystones) 86 82, J McCrory (Knock) 84 84, P Gormley (Greystones) 83 85, W Davis (Rosslare) 82 86, G Golden (Westport) 81 87
169 T Freeman (K Club) 88 81, A Lee (Mullingar) 88 81, T Mannion (Athlone) 87 82, N Gorry (England) 84 85
170 V O'Rourke (Naas) 85 85, E Connolly (Blainroe) 85 85, I Meneely (Royal Portrush) 85 85
171 J Thomas (England) 91 80, T Hayes (Mourne) 89 82, T Campion (Athlone) 82 89
173 S McNamara (Carton House) 83 90
174 J Hughes (Qatar) 86 88, M Marshall (Mahee Island) 84 90, P Kinloch (Scotland) 84 90
175 A Spencer (England) 88 87
179 B Wirvin (Canada) 89 90
NR J Maguire (Co Louth) 84 NR, N Colfer (Waterford) 90 NR, R Timlin (Galway) 79 NR, J Harnett (Portmarnock) 81 NR, M Foley (Faithlegg) 79 NR, B Griffiths (Wales) 75 NR, P O'Connor (Slieve Russell) 81 NR
RTD G Mellerick (Fota Island) 82 RT, B O'Malley (The Royal Dublin) 78 79