O'Rourke leads by a shot in Carlow
Knock’s Nicky Grant is lurking just a shot off the lead in the Midlands Senior Scratch Cup at Carlow. Picture by Pat Cashman
Knock’s Nicky Grant is lurking just a shot off the lead in the Midlands Senior Scratch Cup at Carlow. Picture by Pat CashmanNaas’ Conor O’Rourke added a 73 to his opening 71 to take a one-stroke lead into Sunday’s final 36 holes of the Midlands Senior Scratch Cup at Carlow.
He leads on four over par 144 from Irish international Nicky Grant of Knock, Rathsallagh’s Jack Hume and Castle’s Daniel Holland.
Grant’s afternoon 71 was the best score of the second round while Holland shot the lowest round of the tournament so far with a level par 70 giving him the first round lead.
The cut fell at 19 over par 159 while defending champion Jack Pierse missing out after a 77 and a no-return in the afternoon.
Name & Club Round 1 Score Round 2 Score Total
1 Conor O’Rourke (Naas) 71 73 144
2 Nicky Grant (Knock) 74 71 145
3 Jack Hume (Rathsallagh) 72 73 145
4 Daniel Holland (Castle) 70 75 145
5 Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 71 75 146
6 Alan Thomas (Tramore) 72 74 146
7 Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe) 72 75 147
8 Niall Gorey (Muskerry) 72 75 147
9 Ronan Burke (Castle) 75 72 147
10 Jonathan Yates (Naas) 75 72 147
11 Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) 75 73 148
12 Alan Hogan (Malahide) 71 78 149
13 John Conroy (Bray) 72 77 149
14 Andrew Hogan (Newlands) 72 77 149
15 Joe Lyons (Birr) 72 77 149
16 Kevin Stack (Dungarvan) 74 75 149
17 Shane McGlynn (Carton House) 73 77 150
18 Brian Casey (Headfort) 78 72 150
19 Andrew Boyle (Ashbourne) 78 74 152
20 Brian Healy (Carlow) 75 77 152
21 Mark Judge (Stackstown) 75 78 153
22 Stephen Dwyer (Lucan) 78 75 153
23 John Greene (Carlow) 75 78 153
24 Pat Bevins (Carlow) 74 80 154
25 James Hanby (Castle) 76 79 155
26 Farrell Cuddihy (Carlow) 74 82 156
27 Edward O’Keeffe (Corrstown) 78 78 156
28 Michael Ryan (New Ross) 78 78 156
29 Liam Ashby (Killerig) 77 79 156
30 Darragh Coughlan (Royal Dublin) 79 77 156
31 Andrew Harte (Carlow) 74 83 157
32 Neville Steedman (Courtown) 75 82 157
33 Bernard Bermingham (Killeen) 75 83 158
34 Paul O’Connor (Malahide) 77 81 158
35 Philip Spratt (West Waterford) 81 77 158
36 Stephen Walsh (Portmarnock) 81 77 158
37 Seán Alley (Co. Tipperary) 79 79 158
38 Billy Fitzpatrick (Headfort) 84 75 159
39 Jordan Shanahan (West Waterford) 79 80 159
Missed the cut
40 Seán McDermott (Carlow) 81 79 160
41 Alan Hopkins (Donabate 80 80 160
42 Gary Flynn (Delgany) 80 80 160
43 Jonathan Kelly (Athy) 77 83 160
44 Gary Walsh (Mt. Juliet) 86 74 160
45 Adrian McManus (Ashbourne) 86 75 161
46 Darragh Smith (Malahide) 83 78 161
47 Paul Flynn (Tramore) 86 75 161
48 James Kelly (Elm Park) 82 80 162
49 Pat O’Hara (Elm Park) 82 80 162
50 Ross Moore (Howth) 84 79 163
51 Peter McKeever (Castle) 76 87 163
52 Thomas Fox (Mt. Temple) 80 85 165
53 Keith Rooney (Headfort) 84 81 165
54 Ross McCormack (Naas) 76 89 165
55 John Whelan (Curragh) 80 86 166
56 Colin Kenny (Portmarnock) 84 83 167
57 Gareth Ryan (Elm Park) 88 81 169
58 Des Coakley (Carlow) 85 86 171
59 Aidan Carleton (Malahide) 88 84 172
60 Eric Bates (Carlow) 95 84 179
61 Graham Lawlor (Westmanstown) 91 N/R N/R
62 Jamie Bolger (Carlow) N/R N/R N/R
63 Seán Maloney (Dunmurry Springs) 80 N/R N/R
64 Mark Richardson (Carton House) 76 N/R N/R
65 Dan Sweeney (Westmanstown) 78 N/R N/R
66 Jason Rackard (Enniscorthy) N/R N/R N/R
67 Eoghan O’Donovan (Craddockstown) 79 N/R N/R
68 Christopher Murphy (West Waterford) N/R N/R N/R
69 Conor McGrogan (Newbridge) 78 N/R N/R
70 Jack Pierse (Grange) 77 N/R N/R
71 Pio O’Leary (Lucan) 78 N/R N/R
72 Daniel Hallissey ( Muskerry) N/R N/R N/R