McCormack two clear in Connacht Mid-Am

Galway’s Eddie McCormack, pictured during this year’s Irish Amateur Close Championship, leads the Connacht Mid-Amateur by two shots with a round to play at Roscommon. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ieGalway’s Eddie McCormack will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Connacht Mid-Amateur Championship at Roscommon.

The 40-year old Cavan native carded rounds of 68 and 69 to lead on seven under par from Holywood’s Tony McClements with Banbridge’s Rory Leonard and Fortwilliam’s Joe Crangle three behind on four under.

Defending champion Shane Underwood from Co Sligo is ten shots off the pace on three over.

Connacht Mid-Amateur Championship, Roscommon GC (Par 72)

Final round tee-times

1. 8.00 Barry Forsyth (Corballis Links) Jeremy Cleary (Woodbrook) Brian O’Riordan (Carrick-on-Shannon)
2. 8.09 Randal Cross (Enniscrone) Richard Williams (Westmanstown) Brian Feeley (Roscommon)
3. 8.18 Billy Donlon (Birr) Brian Scullion (Lurgan) Kevin Sheehy (Athlone)
4. 8.27 Andrew Norrby (Balmoral) Dara Bruen (Castlerea) Michael Eaton (Holywood)
5. 8.36 Peter Kirby (Bray) Serryth Heavey (Co. Sligo) Gordon Hutchison (Clandeboye)
6. 8.45 Peter McNeill (Woodbroook) Shane Underwood (Co. Sligo) Daniel Coyle (Co. Louth)
7. 8.54 Joe Lyons (Galway) Alan Doherty (Corrstown) Kevin Canavan (Corballis Links)
8. 9.03 Pat Murray (Limerick) Alan Condren (Greystones) Noel Crawford (Mourne)
9. 9.12 Joe Crangle (Fortwilliam) Roy Connolly (Rathsallagh) Jim Carvill (Banbridge)
10. 9.21 Eddie McCormack (Galway) Tony McClements (Holywood) Rory Leonard (Banbridge)

After 36 Holes of 54

137 E McCormack (Galway) 68 69

139 T McClements (Holywood) 69 70

140 R Leonard (Banbridge) 72 68, J Crangle (Fortwilliam) 72 68

142 R Connolly (Rathsallagh) 74 68

143 J Carvill (Banbridge) 74 69, P Murray (Limerick) 72 71, A Condren (Greystones) 71 72

144 N Crawford (Mourne) 75 69, J Lyons (Galway) 73 71

147 A Doherty (Corrstown) 75 72, K Canavan (Corballis Links) 74 73, P McNeill (Woodbrook) 72 75, S Underwood (Co. Sligo) 70 77

148 D Coyle (Co. Louth) 73 75, P Kirby (Bray) 71 77

149 S Heavey (Co. Sligo) 75 74, G Hutchinson (Clandeboye) 74 75, A Norrby (Balmoral) 73 76

150 D Bruen (Castlerea) 75 75, M Eaton (Holywood) 74 76, B Donlon (Birr) 73 77, B Scullion (Lurgan) 72 78, K Sheehy (Athlone) 71 79

151 R Cross (Enniscrone) 79 72, R Williams (Westmanstown) 76 75, B Feeley (Roscommon) 75 76

152 B Forsyth (Corballis Links) 77 75, J Cleary (Woodbrook) 77 75, B O’Riordan (Carrick-on-Shannon) 74 78

Non-Qualifiers

153 M Costelloe (Roscommon) 80 73, A Kelly (Athlone) 79 74, G Eivers (Forrest Little) 77 76

154 J Kavanagh (Galway) 79 75, M Hogan (Westmanstown) 78 76, R Danne (Baltinglass) 75 79, J Hammond (Craddockstown) 75 79, L Walsh (Castlerea) 74 80

155 P Bray (New Forest) 73 82

156 I Smyth (Clandeboye) 79 77

157 L Casey (Roscommon) 80 77, B Daly (Roscommon) 80 77, P Mulry (Belmullet) 79 78, D McKenna (Blainroe) 78 79, I Gannon (Roscommon) 76 81

158 M Connaughton (Roscommon) 80 78

159 W Jones (Youghal) 82 77

160 N Sharkey (Roscommon) 77 83

161 T Hogan (Headfort) 83 78, P Hoare (Roscommon) 79 82

162 D Cullen (Carton House) 80 82, T Grealy (Roscommon) 79 83

164 D O’Brien (Roscommon) 82 82, M McHale (Roscommon) 81 83, P Farnon (Roscommon) 77 87

165 D Curtin (Doneraile) 81 84

166 J Durcan (Co. Sligo) 86 80, P Costello (Athenry) 82 84

167 E Lonergan (Westport) 82 85

171 B Frost (Castlebar) 83 88

176 P O’Brien (Bodenstown) 91 85

NR K Condren (Greystones) 78 NR, S Gethings (Co. Meath) 78 NR, M Cunniffe (Roscommon) 80 NR, P Higgins (Forrest Little) 83 NR

RTD R Timlin (Galway) 79 RTD