Robbie Cannon (Balbriggan) with the Irish Amateur Open Championship trophy after victory at The Royal Dublin Golf Club today (Sunday 12/06/2013). Picture by Pat CashmanSuper-fit Robbie Cannon outlasted the opposition to win the Irish Amateur Open after a four-hole play-off at a wind-lashed Royal Dublin.

The 34-year old from Balbriggan - a professional strength and conditioning coach — closed with a pair of 75s to tie with defending champion Gavin Moynihan of The Island and Scotland’s Graeme Robertson on seven over par.

“If I had been beaten in a playoff I would have had no comeback,” joked Cannon, who beat Robertson with a par at the first extra hole after Moynihan had been eliminated following the three-hole aggregate playoff.

“All the training I have done over the last five years and this winter has really paid off.”

Rathsallagh’s Jack Hume needed a par at the last to win the title but took six and missed out on the three-hole aggregate play-off over the 16th, 17th and 18th that ended with Malahide schoolboy Moynihan eliminated on two over after a double on the 17th - Cannon and Robertson covered the three holes in one over to his two over.

But Cannon was not to be denied in sudden death on his fourth trip to the 18th on the day as he made a solid par four and Robertson bunkered his approach and failed to get up and down, missing a 12 footer.

Full report to follow later…

Irish Amateur Open Championship, The Royal Dublin Golf Club

After 72 Holes:
295 R Cannon (Balbriggan) 70 75 75 75; G Moynihan (The Island) 76 73 73 73; G Robertson (Scotland) 69 81 72 73

Cannon won with a par at first sudden death hole (18th) after 3-hole aggregate play-off (16-17th-18th) finished Cannon par-bogey-par, Robertson bogey-par-par, Moynihan par-double bogey-par.)

296 D McElroy (Ballymena) 76 73 75 72, R O’Donovan (Lucan) 76 73 73 74, G Lenehan (Portmarnock) 76 73 72 75, T Bakker (Finland) 75 77 71 73, E Scott (Scotland) 75 76 72 73, J Hume (Rathsallagh) 71 74 74 77

297 R McNamara (Headfort) 73 74 75 75, C Campbell (Warrenpoint) 72 76 73 76

298 R Dawson (Faithlegg) 72 75 74 77, J Rutherford (England) 71 75 78 74

299 N Kimsey (England) 76 75 73 75, M Kippen (England) 72 75 73 79, P Murray (Limerick) 71 78 73 77

300 S Borrowman (Scotland) 78 71 76 75, C Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 76 75 73 76, H Diamond (Belvoir Park) 76 73 75 76, M McAlpin (Royal Portrush) 75 77 77 71, T McLarnon (Massereene) 74 77 75 74, S Binning (Scotland) 74 76 73 77, R Bridges (Stackstown) 73 79 75 73

301 R Arnorsson (Iceland) 76 76 73 76

302 C Sharvin (Ardglass) 72 77 77 76, S Healy (Claremorris) 71 78 76 77, A Kearney (Castlerock) 70 75 78 79

303 J Fox (Portmarnock) 71 78 75 79

304 M Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 75 73 78 78, J McDonald (Scotland) 72 80 76 76, C O’Neill (Scotland) 72 73 79 80, N Grant (Knock) 71 81 75 77

305 J Greene (Carlow) 76 76 74 79, S O’Hara (Co. Sligo) 74 76 73 82

307 W Jones (Wales) 75 77 79 76

308 D O’Donovan (Muskerry) 79 72 78 79, S Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 79 72 75 82, R Connolly (Rathsallagh) 75 77 74 82, P McBride (The Island) 74 76 81 77

309 K Le Blanc (The Island) 73 76 80 80

312 S Moran (Carton House) 73 79 80 80

317 J Shufflebotham (Wales) 77 75 81 84, G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 76 76 83 82

Gavin Moynihan There will be a three-hole aggregate playoff for the Irish Amateur title between Balbriggan’s Robbie Cannon (75), Scotland’s Graeme Robertson (73) and title holder Gavin Moynihan (73) after they finished on seven over par 295.

Rathsallagh’s Jack Hume was five over with two to play but bogeyed the 17th and double bogeyed the 18th after driving into a fairway bunker and duffing his third, finishing on eight over.

The play-off will take place over the 16th, 17th and 18th holes.

Gavin Moynihan has played his last 67 holes in four over par.

Gross Leaderboard			Latest	After	R1  CSS 75	R2 CSS 77	R3	R4	Total	Par
1st		Graeme Robertson Scotland		18	69	81	72	73	295	+7
1st		Gavin Moynihan Island		18	76	73	73	73	295	+7
1st		Robbie Cannon Balbriggan Golf Club		18	70	75	75	75	295	+7
4th		Dermot McElroy Ballymena Golf Club		18	76	73	75	72	296	+8
4th		Ewan Scott Scotland		18	75	76	72	73	296	+8
4th		Teemu Bakker Finland		18	75	77	71	73	296	+8
4th		Richard O’Donovan Lucan		18	76	73	73	74	296	+8
4th		Geoff Lenehan Portmarnock		18	76	73	72	75	296	+8
4th		Jack Hume Rathsallagh Golf Club		18	71	74	74	77	296	+8
10th		Rory McNamara Headfort Golf Club		18	73	74	75	75	297	+9
10th		Colm Campbell Warrenpoint Golf Club		18	72	76	73	76	297	+9
12th		Jamie Rutherford England		18	71	75	78	74	298	+10
12th		Robin Dawson Faithlegg Golf Club		18	72	75	74	77	298	+10
14th		Nathan Kimsey England		18	76	75	73	75	299	+11
14th		Pat Murray Limerick		18	71	78	73	77	299	+11
14th		Matt Kippen England		18	72	75	73	79	299	+11
14th		Aaron Kearney Castlerock Golf Club	+4	17	70	75	78		223	+11
18th		Matthew McAlpin Royal Portrush Golf Club		18	75	77	77	71	300	+12
18th		Richard Bridges Stackstown Golf Club		18	73	79	75	73	300	+12
18th		Tiarnan McLarnon Massereene Golf Club		18	74	77	75	74	300	+12
18th		Scott Borrowman Scotland		18	78	71	76	75	300	+12
18th		Harry Diamond Belvoir Park Golf Club		18	76	73	75	76	300	+12
18th		Cian Geraghty Laytown & Bettystown		18	76	75	73	76	300	+12
18th		Sam Binning Scotland		18	74	76	73	77	300	+12
25th		Runar Arnorsson Iceland		18	76	76	73	76	301	+13
25th		Conor O’Neill Scotland	+5	17	72	73	79		224	+13
27th		Cormac Sharvin Ardglass Golf Club		18	72	77	77	76	302	+14
27th		Stephen Healy Claremorris Golf Club		18	71	78	76	77	302	+14
29th		James Fox Portmarnock		18	71	78	75	79	303	+15
30th		Jack McDonald Scotland		18	72	80	76	76	304	+16
30th		Nicky Grant Knock		18	71	81	75	77	304	+16
30th		Mark Morrissey Mount Wolseley Golf Club		18	75	73	78	78	304	+16
33rd		John Greene Carlow Golf Club		18	76	76	74	79	305	+17
33rd		Steffan O’Hara Co. Sligo Golf Club		18	74	76	73	82	305	+17
35th		Will Jones Wales		18	75	77	79	76	307	+19
36th		Paul McBride Island		18	74	76	81	77	308	+20
36th		Dave O’Donovan Muskerry Golf Club		18	79	72	78	79	308	+20
36th		Sean Flanagan Co. Sligo Golf Club		18	79	72	75	82	308	+20
36th		Roy Connolly Rathsallagh Golf Club		18	75	77	74	82	308	+20
40th		Kevin Le Blanc Island		18	73	76	80	80	309	+21
41st		Sean Moran Carton House Golf Club		18	73	79	80	80	312	+24
42nd		Gary McGrane The Royal Dublin		18	76	76	83	82	317	+29
42nd		Jason Shufflebotham Wales		18	77	75	81	84	317	+29

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Jack Hume is out in front with a round to play at Royal Dublin. Picture by Pat Cashman.1420 Rathsallagh’s Jack Hume carded a two over 74 to take a one stroke lead into the final round of the Irish Amateur Open in high winds at Royal Dublin.

The 19 year old is a shot clear of England’s Matt Kippen (73) and Balbriggan’s Robbie Cannon who was four over through the turn but came home in a brilliant, one under 35 for a 75.

Portmarnock’s Geoff Lenehan had an eagle, one birdie and three bogeys in a 72 to move up to joint fourth with Warrenpoint’s Colm Campbell (73) and Faithlegg’s Robin Dawson (74), just two off the pace on five over.

Limerick’s Pat Murray was one under for his round playing the 18th but hit his second out of bounds and took six for a 73 to share seventh with defending champion Gavin Moynihan (73), Headfort’s Rory McNamara (75) and Lucan’s Richard O’Donovan (73).

Joint overnight leader Conor O’Neil of Scotland slipped back to six over after a 78.

Finland’s Teemu Bakker, who carded a best of the morning 71, picked up an early shot in his second round to join the players on six over.

1st		Jack Hume Rathsallagh Golf Club		18	71	74	74		219	+3
2nd		Matt Kippen England		18	72	75	73		220	+4
2nd		Robbie Cannon Balbriggan Golf Club		18	70	75	75		220	+4
4th		Geoff Lenehan Portmarnock		18	76	73	72		221	+5
4th		Colm Campbell Warrenpoint Golf Club		18	72	76	73		221	+5
4th		Robin Dawson Faithlegg Golf Club		18	72	75	74		221	+5
7th		Pat Murray Limerick		18	71	78	73		222	+6
7th		Richard O’Donovan Lucan		18	76	73	73		222	+6
7th		Gavin Moynihan Island		18	76	73	73		222	+6
7th		Rory McNamara Headfort Golf Club		18	73	74	75		222	+6
7th		Graeme Robertson Scotland	LEVEL	4	69	81	72		222	+6
7th		Teemu Bakker Finland	-1	4	75	77	71		223	+6
13th		Sam Binning Scotland		18	74	76	73		223	+7
13th		Steffan O’Hara Co. Sligo Golf Club		18	74	76	73		223	+7
13th		Aaron Kearney Castlerock Golf Club		18	70	75	78		223	+7
13th		Ewan Scott Scotland	LEVEL	4	75	76	72		223	+7
13th		Nathan Kimsey England	-1	4	76	75	73		224	+7
18th		Dermot McElroy Ballymena Golf Club		18	76	73	75		224	+8
18th		Harry Diamond Belvoir Park Golf Club		18	76	73	75		224	+8
18th		James Fox Portmarnock		18	71	78	75		224	+8
18th		Jamie Rutherford England		18	71	75	78		224	+8
18th		Conor O’Neill Scotland		18	72	73	79		224	+8
18th		Cian Geraghty Laytown & Bettystown	LEVEL	4	76	75	73		224	+8
18th		Tiarnan McLarnon Massereene Golf Club	-2	4	74	77	75		226	+8
25th		Scott Borrowman Scotland		18	78	71	76		225	+9
25th		Stephen Healy Claremorris Golf Club		18	71	78	76		225	+9
27th		Cormac Sharvin Ardglass Golf Club		18	72	77	77		226	+10
27th		Mark Morrissey Mount Wolseley Golf Club		18	75	73	78		226	+10
27th		Nicky Grant Knock	-1	9	71	81	75		227	+10
27th		Richard Bridges Stackstown Golf Club	-1	9	73	79	75		227	+10
27th		Runar Arnorsson Iceland	+1	4	76	76	73		225	+10
27th		Roy Connolly Rathsallagh Golf Club	LEVEL	4	75	77	74		226	+10
27th		Sean Flanagan Co. Sligo Golf Club	LEVEL	4	79	72	75		226	+10
34th		John Greene Carlow Golf Club	+1	4	76	76	74		226	+11
35th		Jack McDonald Scotland	LEVEL	9	72	80	76		228	+12
35th		Matthew McAlpin Royal Portrush Golf Club	-1	4	75	77	77		229	+12
37th		Kevin Le Blanc Island		18	73	76	80		229	+13
37th		Dave O’Donovan Muskerry Golf Club	LEVEL	4	79	72	78		229	+13
39th		Will Jones Wales	-1	4	75	77	79		231	+14
40th		Paul McBride Island		18	74	76	81		231	+15
41st		Jason Shufflebotham Wales	+1	4	77	75	81		233	+18
42nd		Sean Moran Carton House Golf Club	+3	9	73	79	80		232	+19
43rd		Gary McGrane The Royal Dublin	+1	4	76	76	83		235	+20

It’s a grey day at Royal Dublin for the final two rounds of the Irish Amateur OpenPlayers are taking advantage of relatively easy early morning conditions at Royal Dublin where the wind is forecast to gust up to 50kph (31mph) this afternoon.

Castlerock’s Aaron Kearney, who was one of four joint overnight leaders, has separated himself from the field by the minimum through 45 holes, going through the turn in one under par to top the leaderboard on level par.

Live scoring

The GUI has again taken steps to make life reasonable for the players, moving up 12 tees and reducing the Championship course by 353 yards to 6,927 yards with further changes possible in the afternoon.

Third round course set upEngland’s Matt Kippen turned in two under to lie solo second on one over with Rathsallagh’s Jack Hume  joint  third with Scotland’s Conor O’Neil on two over after going out in 36, one over.

Warrenpoint’s Colm Campbell is joitn fifth with England’s Jamie Rutherford on five over through nine with Rory McNamara four off the pace alongside Dermot McElroy and Faithlegg’s Robin Dawson.

Balbriggan’s Robbie Cannon turned in 39 (four over) to fall back to joint 10th on five over.

First round leader Graeme Robertson (72) of Scotland, Liimerick’s Pat Murray (73) and Lucan’s Richard O’Donovan (73) are the clubhouse leaders on six over.