McNamara wins Dundalk Scratch Cup by five

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Rory McNamara. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ie

Headfort's Rory McNamara put his West of Ireland Championship disappointment behind him with a five-stroke win in the Jeffers Sportsturf sponsored Dundalk Senior Scratch Cup.

Beaten in the first round in his defence of the "West" at Rosses Point just a week ago, McNamara shot a pair of 68s to win with ease from Portmarnock's James Fox (70-71) with an eight under par total of 136.

Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty and Woodbrook's Colm Crowley finished eight shots behind the winner on level par 144. 

The result is a boost for McNamara ahead of the Lytham Trophy, which begins at Royal Lytham and St Annes next Friday, May 2.

Dundalk Scratch Cup, sponsored by Jeffers Sportsturf

	Player	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
1	Rory McNamara (Headfort)	68	68	136
2	James Fox (Portmarnock)	70	71	141
3	Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk)	72	72	144
4	Colm Crowley (Woodbrook)	72	72	144
5	Daniel Holland (Castle)	71	74	145
6	Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth)	75	71	146
7	Noel Crawford (Mourne)	73	73	146
8	Stephen Healy (Carton House)	73	74	147
9	Aaron Grant (Dundalk)	72	75	147
10	Robert Neville (Portmarnock Links)	72	75	147
11	Gareth Bohill (Co. Louth)	70	77	147
12	Conor Curran (Dundalk)	75	73	148
13	Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint)	74	74	148
14	Mark O'Rourke (Royal Tara)	73	75	148
15	Thomas Mulligan (L&B)	73	75	148
16	Paul Reavey (Warrenpoint)	72	77	149
17	Kevin Commins (Ardee)	77	73	150
18	Colin Fairweather (Knock)	75	75	150
19	Ian O'Rourke (The Royal Dublin)	74	76	150
20	Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin)	74	76	150
21	Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene)	72	78	150
22	Caolan Kennedy (Forrest Little)	74	77	151
23	Evan Farrell (Ardee)	79	72	151
24	Eddie Rogers (Dundalk)	77	74	151
25	Mark Somers (Luttrellstown Castle)	76	75	151
26	Edward Kennedy (Woodbrook)	77	75	152
27	Connor McCaughey (Dundalk)	74	78	152
28	Gavin O'Connor (Malahide)	74	78	152
29	Frank Flynn (L&B)	79	74	153
30	James Monaghan (The Royal Dublin)	79	74	153
31	Maurice Murphy (Dundalk)	75	78	153
32	James Kelly (Elm Park)	73	80	153
33	Eoghan Collins (L&B)	78	76	154
34	Sean Ryan (The Royal Dublin)	78	76	154
35	Mark Gorham (Dundalk)	75	79	154
36	Eanna Griffin (Waterford)	75	80	155
37	Dermot Murphy (Dundalk)	80	76	156
38	Lee McMillan (Craddockstown)	75	81	156
39	Adam Doran (Ardee)	78	79	157
40	John O'Sullivan (Co. Louth)	76	81	157
41	Patrick Lennon (Killeen Castle)	78	80	158
42	Richard O'Donnell (Elm Park)	78	80	158
43	Shane McDermott (Cavan)	78	80	158
44	Andrew Keenan (Dundalk)	83	76	159
45	John McGann (Woodbrook)	80	79	159
46	Fergal Reilly (Cavan)	79	80	159
47	Kingsley Lewis (Skerries)	82	78	160
48	Paul O'Connor (Malahide)	79	81	160
49	Alan McAuley (Ardee)	85	76	161
50	Chris Blackmore (Dundalk)	84	77	161
51	Gerry Brennan (Dundalk)	83	78	161
52	Stephen McCabe (Co. Cavan)	80	81	161
53	Neal MacKell (Dundalk)	79	82	161
54	Bobby Rice (Ardee)	81	81	162
55	Josh Mackin (Dundalk)	80	82	162
56	Gary McGrane (The Royal Dublin)	82	81	163
57	Alan Hurley (Dundalk)	79	84	163
58	Sean Reidy (Dundalk)	86	79	165
59	Liam Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin)	88	78	166
60	Sean Denny (Castleblaney)	80	89	169
61	Oran Malone (Ardee)	82	88	170
62	Eoin Murphy (Dundalk)	85	91	176
63	Ciaran Smyth(Greenore)	DSQ	80	DSQ
64	Aidan Claffey (Elm Park)	79	N/R	N/R
65	Clem Walshe (Dundalk)	76	N/R	N/R
66	Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe)	75	N/R	N/R
67	Darren Henry (Ardee)	81	N/R	N/R
68	David Garrigan (Skerries)	88	N/R	N/R
69	John Garvey (Seapoint)	83	N/R	N/R
70	Ken Norton (Dundalk)	85	N/R	N/R
71	Niall O'Connor (Elm Park)	78	N/R	N/R
72	Rob White (Dundalk)	77	N/R	N/R
73	Ronan O'Reilly (Headfort)	84	N/R	N/R
74	Darren Murphy (Dundalk)	88	RTD	RTD
75	Derek Downie (Sutton)	RTD		RTD
76	Pat Purton (Dundalk)	79	RTD	RTD