Golfing gods curse South changes with weather havoc

He can see clearly now… Robbie Cannon, the 2009 champion, is hoping for a repeat this year representing his lifelong club Balbriggan. He played out of Laytown and Bettystown when he triumphed two years ago. Pic: twitter.com/robbiecannon Those who complained that introducing strokeplay qualifying for the South of Ireland Championship this year was an accident waiting to happen had their “I told you so” faces on as thick fog forced organisers to reduce the planned 36-hole affair to just 27 at Lahinch.

The Munster Branch did not post the scores but defending champion John Greene is not in Monday’s first round draw, which is no great surprise following his horrific 82 in Saturday’s opening round.

Last year’s runner up Kelan McDonagh, a star for Connacht in their recent victory in the Interprovincial matches at Rosses Point, made it safely through to the opening round where he faces local stalwart Declan McInerney from the home club.

It’s one of many fascinating clashes on day one with 2008 runner up Joe Lyons facing a difficut task against the in-form Ardee man Ciaran Molloy

First round draw (Monday 25th July)

7:00 M McAlpin Portrush v M Ryan The Grange
7:09 N Grant Knock v S Cannon Loughrea
7:18 S Loftus Lahinch v M Grimes Skerries
7:27 J Fox Portmarnock v I Murphy Waterford
7:36 N Morrison Lahinch v D Murphy Portarlington
7:45 T McDonagh Shorehaven USA v D Coyle Co Louth
7:54 B Ronan Co Louth v C Geraghty Laytown/Bettystown
8:03 A Hogan Newlands v S O’Connor Skerries
8:12 M O’Kelly Limerick Golf Club v S Barry Laytown/Bettystown
8:21 G Lenehan Portmarnock v C Moulds Lisburn
8:30 J Lyons Birr v C Molloy Ardee
8:39 J Hume Rathsallagh v M Buggy Castlecomer
8:48 J Kavanagh Castletroy v G Carew Edenderry
8:57 C O’Rourke Nass/NUIM v D Downie Sutton
9:06 E Smith Ardee v G Bohil Co Louth
9:15 K McDonagh Athlone/Nuim v D McInerney Lahinch
9:24 R Cannon Balbriggan v C McKenna Mallow
9:33 L Hartnett Miltown v P Delaney Arklow
9:42 D O’Sullivan Strandhill v D Ruddy Co.Tipperary
9:51 D Hallissey Muskerry v G Collins Rosslare
10:00 C Selfridge Moyola Park v D O’Donovan Muskerry
10:09 P Small Bangor v J Pierse Grange
10:18 G Mungovan Headfort v I O’Rouke Cork
10:27 B Walton The Island v L Hutchinson The Royal Dublin
10:36 P Murray Limerick Golf Club v R Bridges Stackstown
10:45 N Pyne Ennis v D King Tramore
10:54 D Ryan The Grange v E McCormack Galway
11:03 S Bryan Delganey v N Goulding Portmarnock
11:12 J Hopkins Skerries v J Waldron Muskerry
11:21 A Kelly Charleville v S Walsh Baltinglass/UCD
11:30 R Burke Castle v R O’Sullivan Cobh
11:39 S Moloney Castletroy v T Neenan Lahinch

After 27 holes

1 Greg Mungovan (Headfort) 66 36 102
2 Nicholas Grant (Knock) 70 33 103
3 Andrew Hogan (Newlands) 68 35 103
4 Ronan Burke (Castle) 66 37 103
5 Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 66 37 103
6 Jeff Hopkins (Skerries) 71 33 104
7 Conor O’Rourke (Naas/NUIM) 70 35 105
8 David Ryan (Grange) 73 33 106
9 Darragh O’Sullivan (Strandhill) 72 34 106
10 Dave O’Donovan (Muskerry) 72 35 107
11 Niall Goulding (Portmarnock) 72 35 107
12 Derek Downie (Sutton) 71 36 107
13 Declan McInerney (Lahinch) 71 36 107
14 Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 70 37 107
15 Stephen Moloney (Castletroy) 70 37 107
16 Chris Selfridge (Moyola Park) 69 38 107
17 Jack Hume (Rathsallagh) 73 35 108
18 Ciaran Molloy (Ardee) 73 35 108
19 Mark Ryan (Grange) 72 36 108
20 James Fox (Portmarnock) 72 36 108
21 Niall morrison (Lahinch) 70 38 108
22 Tommy McDonagh (Shorehaven USA) 70 38 108
23 Stephen Walsh (Baltinglass/UCD) 76 33 109
24 Declan King (Tramore) 75 34 109
25 Liam Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin) 74 35 109
26 Morgan Grimes (Skerries) 74 35 109
27 Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 74 35 109
28 Bryan Ronan (Co. Louth) 73 36 109
29 Shaun O’Connor (Skerries) 72 37 109
30 Stephen Barry (Laytown & Bettystown) 72 37 109
31 Brendan Walton (The Island) 71 38 109
32 Christopher Moulds (Lisburn) 71 38 109
33 Greg Carew (Edenderry) 71 38 109
34 Andrew Kelly (Charleville) 71 38 109
35 Thomas Neenan (Lahinch) 75 35 110
36 Simon Bryan (Delgany) 75 35 110
37 Patrick Small (Bangor) 75 35 110
38 Matthew Mcalpin (Royal Portrush) 74 36 110
39 John G Kavanagh (Castletroy) 74 36 110
40 Jack Pierse (Grange) 74 36 110
41 John Waldron (Muskerry) 73 37 110
42 Noel Pyne (Ennis) 73 37 110
43 Ross O’Sullivan (Cobh) 73 37 110
44 Michael Buggy (Castlecomer) 73 37 110
45 Daniel Murphy (Portarlington) 72 38 110
46 Robert Cannon (Laytown & Bettystown) 71 39 110
47 Sean Cannon (Loughrea) 71 39 110
48 Stephen Loftus (Lahinch) 76 35 111
49 Daniel Coyle (Co. Louth) 75 36 111
50 Eugene Smith (Ardee) 75 36 111
51 Ciaran McKenna (Mallow) 75 36 111
52 Liam Harnett (Milltown) 74 37 111
53 Daniel Hallissey (Muskerry) 74 37 111
54 Ian O’Rourke (Cork) 73 38 111
55 David Ruddy (Co Tipperary) 71 40 111
56 Pat Murray (Limerick) 71 40 111
57 Gary Collins (Rosslare) 78 34 112
58 Eddie McCormack (Galway) 77 35 112
59 Gareth Bohill (Co. Louth) 76 36 112
60 Michael O’Kelly (Limerick) 75 37 112
61 JOE LYONS (Birr) 75 37 112
62 Kelan McDonagh (Athlone/NUIM) 74 38 112
63 Ian Murphy (Waterford) 74 38 112
64 Paddy Delaney (Arklow) 74 38 112

******** Missed Cut *********
Ian Brennan (Greenore) 73 39 112
Mark Timmins (Mount Wolseley) 80 33 113
Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 78 35 113
Roy ORiordan (Cork) 77 36 113
Gary O Flaherty (Cork) 76 37 113
Brian Casey (Headfort) 76 37 113
SHANE HOGAN (Nenagh) 76 37 113
Graham Nugent (Kilkenny) 76 37 113
Daniel Holland (Castle/UCD) 76 37 113
Eoghan Long (Monkstown) 75 38 113
Thomas Power Horan (Cheltenham Au) 75 38 113
CATHAL O’MALLEY (Westport) 75 38 113
David Keating (Clonmel) 74 39 113
Mark Shanahan (West Waterford) 74 39 113
James Monaghan (The Royal Dublin) 74 39 113
Quentin Carew (Edenderry) 70 43 113
David Leathem (Lisburn) 78 36 114
Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell) 78 36 114
Emmet Leahy (Cahir Park) 78 36 114
Shaun Carter (Stackstown/NUIM) 78 36 114
Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell) 76 38 114
Peter Sheehan (Ballybunion) 76 38 114
Mark Sheridan (Old Conna) 76 38 114
Paul O Hara (Kilkenny) 75 39 114
Jon Foran (Thurles) 75 39 114
Niall Gorey (Muskerry) 74 40 114
Gary Mcgrane (The Royal Dublin) 79 36 115
Paul O’Kane (Moyola Park) 79 36 115
Allan Kiernan (Forrest Little) 79 36 115
John Reynolds (Dungarvan) 78 37 115
Kevin Stack (Dungarvan) 78 37 115
Colum Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) 78 37 115
Jamie Rothwell (Curragh) 78 37 115
Fergus Harrold (Castletroy) 77 38 115
Barry.V. Reddan (Co. Louth) 77 38 115
Eoin O’Connor (Ballybunion) 77 38 115
Eamonn Haugh (Castletroy) 76 39 115
Pio O’Leary (Lucan) 76 39 115
Eddie Power (Kilkenny) 76 39 115
Shane Smyth (Co. Louth) 75 40 115
Pat Lyons (Cork) 74 41 115
James Kerr (Buncrana) 73 42 115
Colm O’Sullivan (Fota Island) 79 37 116
David Murray (Skerries) 79 37 116
John McNicholas (Claremorris) 79 37 116
Caolan Rafferty (Greenore) 79 37 116
Joe Dillon (Headfort) 78 38 116
Darragh Burke (Nenagh) 77 39 116
Shane McGlynn (South County) 77 39 116
Gavin Smyth (Clonmel) 76 40 116
Liam Doran (Ardee) 75 41 116
Damien Coyne (Tuam) 82 35 117
Mark Mullen (Wexford) 80 37 117
Gerard Dunne (Seapoint) 79 38 117
Kieran Cunnane (Woodstock) 79 38 117
Gary Brett (Claremorris) 78 39 117
Adam Doran (Ardee) 78 39 117
Sam Devey (Skerries) 78 39 117
Tony Cleary (Dromoland) 77 40 117
Ross Mccormack (Naas) 82 36 118
Seve Gonzales (Sun Valley USA) 80 38 118
Paul O’Neill (Shannon) 79 39 118
David Finn (Mallow) 78 40 118
Bryan McSweeney (Woodbrook) 78 40 118
PAUL Cullen (Royal Tara) 78 40 118
Alan Duffy (Royal Tara) 75 43 118
Alan Mc Auley (Ardee) 81 38 119
John A Moran (Charleville) 79 40 119
Kyle Dunne (New Ross) 77 42 119
Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 76 43 119
John Greene (Carlow) 82 38 120
Tyler Morris (The Farms USA) 80 40 120
Declan O’Neill (Carton House) 79 41 120
Jonathan Webster (Castle) 79 42 121
Matt McKnight (Lisburn) 81 41 122
Brian McCormack (Castle Barna) 86 37 123
Patrick Sheehy (Newcastle West) 82 41 123
Brendan Keating (Clonmel) 82 41 123
Ronan Purcell (Clonmel) 88 37 125
Bob Loftus (Lahinch) 84 42 126
Albert Shanahan (Charleville) 88 41 129

After 18 holes

66 R Burke (Castle), G Lenehan (Portmarnock), G Mungovan (Headfort)

68 A Hogan (Newlands)

69 C Selfridge (Moyola Park)

70 N Morrison (Lahinch), T McDonagh (Shorehaven USA), Q Carew (Edenderry), N Grant (Knock), S Moloney (Castletroy), C O’Rourke (Naas/NUIM), R Bridges (Stackstown)

71 R Cannon (Laytown & Bettystown), B Walton (The Island), D Downie (Sutton), C Moulds (Lisburn), D Ruddy (Co Tipperary), D McInerney (Lahinch), G Carew (Edenderry), S Cannon (Loughrea), P Murray (Limerick), J Hopkins (Skerries), A Kelly (Charleville)

72 D O’Donovan (Muskerry), M Ryan (Grange), D Murphy (Portarlington), S O’Connor (Skerries), J Fox (Portmarnock), D O’Sullivan (Strandhill), S Barry (Laytown & Bettystown), N Goulding (Portmarnock)

73 J Hume (Rathsallagh), J Waldron (Muskerry), N Pyne (Ennis), R O’Sullivan (Cobh), M Buggy (Castlecomer), D Ryan (Grange), J Kerr (Buncrana), I O’Rourke (Cork), C Molloy (Ardee), I Brennan (Greenore), B Ronan (Co. Louth)

74 P Lyons (Cork), K McDonagh (Athlone/NUIM), I Murphy (Waterford), D Keating (Clonmel), N Gorey (Muskerry), J Kavanagh (Castletroy), L Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin), M Grimes (Skerries), C Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown), M Shanahan (West Waterford), J Pierse (Grange), P Delaney (Arklow), L Harnett (Milltown), D Hallissey (Muskerry), J Monaghan (The Royal Dublin), M Mcalpin (Royal Portrush)

75 J Foran (Thurles), D King (Tramore), T Neenan (Lahinch), L Doran (Ardee), M O’Kelly (Limerick), E Long (Monkstown), D Coyle (Co. Louth), A Duffy (Royal Tara), P O Hara (Kilkenny), D Barry (Mahon), S Bryan (Delgany), E Smith (Ardee), P Small (Bangor), T Power Horan (Cheltenham Au), S Smyth (Co. Louth), C O’Malley (Westport), C McKenna (Mallow), J LYONS (Birr)

76 S Loftus (Lahinch), S Walsh (Baltinglass/UCD), E Haugh (Castletroy), G Smyth (Clonmel), B Casey (Headfort), G Bohill (Co. Louth), T Coffey (Slieve Russell), S Hogan (Nenagh), G O Flaherty (Cork), P Sheehan (Ballybunion), P O’Leary (Lucan), G Nugent (Kilkenny), D Holland (Castle/UCD), E Power (Kilkenny), S Grehan (Tullamore), M Sheridan (Old Conna)

77 D Burke (Nenagh), S McGlynn (South County), B Reddan (Co. Louth), K Kennedy (Thurles), R ORiordan (Cork), T Cleary (Dromoland), F Harrold (Castletroy), E O’Connor (Ballybunion), E McCormack (Galway), K Dunne (New Ross)

78 J Reynolds (Dungarvan), G Brett (Claremorris), D Finn (Mallow), D Leathem (Lisburn), K Stack (Dungarvan), A Doran (Ardee), S Devey (Skerries), S Cullen (Slieve Russell), B McSweeney (Woodbrook), E Leahy (Cahir Park), J Dillon (Headfort), P Cullen (Royal Tara), G Collins (Rosslare), C Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire), T O ’ Mahony (Mallow), S Carter (Stackstown/NUIM), R Knightly (The Royal Dublin), J Rothwell (Curragh)

79 E Stack (Ballybunion), G Mcgrane (The Royal Dublin), D Byrne (Athenry), G Dunne (Seapoint), P O’Neill (Shannon), J McNicholas (Claremorris), C Rafferty (Greenore), K Cunnane (Woodstock), P O’Kane (Moyola Park), D O’Neill (Carton House), A Kiernan (Forrest Little), D Murray (Skerries), C O’Sullivan (Fota Island), J Moran (Charleville), J Webster (Castle)

80 M Timmins (Mount Wolseley), T Morris (The Farms USA), M Mullen (Wexford), S Gonzales (Sun Valley USA)

81 E O’Connor (Elm Park), M McKnight (Lisburn), A Mc Auley (Ardee)

82 A Meskell (Tipperary), J Greene (Carlow), A Whitaker (Newcastle Au), P Sheehy (Newcastle West), B Keating (Clonmel), D Coyne (Tuam), R Mccormack (Naas)

83 B Attridge (Mallow)

84 K Lynch (Skibbereen), B Loftus (Lahinch)

86 B McCormack (Castle Barna)

88 A Shanahan (Charleville), R Purcell (Clonmel)

DQ R Farrell (New Ross)