Grant leads Munster Strokeplay

Dundalk's Aaron Grant leads the Munster Strokeplay at halfway. Photo Jenny Matthews www.golffile.ie

Dundalk's Aaron Grant Dundalk has a one-stroke lead over Cork's John Hickey and Portmarnock's James Fox entering the final two rounds of the Munster Amateur Strokeplay Championship at a soggy Cork Golf Club.

Grant shot rounds of 72 and 71 to lead a one under par total of 143 as Fox shots 74-70 and Hickey a pair of 72s.

Munster Amateur Strokeplay Championship, Cork GC.

143 Aaron Grant 72 71

144 James Fox 74 70, John Hickey 72 72

145 Jeff Hopkins 73 72, Eoghan Murphy 71 74

146 Daniel Holland 76 70, Richard Knightly 73 73, Barry Anderson 72 74

147 Pat Murray 74 73

148 Dave O Donovan 75 73, Mark Shanahan 70 78

149 Stephen Walsh 77 72, Gary O Flaherty 75 74, Brian Kelleher 74 75, Marc Nolan 73 76

150 Pat Lyons 77 73, Rowan Lester 77 73, Simon Bryan 76 74

151 James O'Mahoney 73 78, Alan Thomas 73 78

152 Cathal Butler 77 75, Chris Carroll 77 75, Keith Crowley 76 76, Shane McGlynn 75 77

153 Ronan Twomey 78 75, Kieran Lynch 77 76, Stephen Healy 77 76, (Shane Hogan 70 82)

154 Niall Gorey 81 73, Ian O'Flynn 80 74, Eanna Griffin 78 76, Darragh Coghlan 78 76, Emmet Leahy 75 79, Colum Kenny 73 81

155 Mark Collins 83 72, John Greene 79 76, Sean Barry 78 77, Shane Whooley 78 77, Evan Farrell 77 78, Ronan Mullarney 76 79

Non-qualifiers

156 Andrew McCormack 81 75, Paul O'Hara 80 76, David McCarthy 78 78, Stephen Loftus 75 81 156

157 Fergal Deasy 82 75

158 Conor Coyne 80 78, Eoghan Long 79 79

159 Declan McInerney 80 79, Niall McGlynn 78 81 159

160 Daniel Brennan 83 77, Gavin O'Connor 82 78, Thomas Fay 81 79, Eoghan O'Donnell 80 80, Ben Best 77 83

161 Edwin Hannon 83 78 Mark Richards 82 79, Kieran McCarthy 79 82 161

162 Alan Harrington 82 80

163 David McMahon 81 82

164 Darren O'Sullivan 86 78, Tristan O'Rourke 85 79

166 Darragh Burke 83 83, Darragh Hogan 81 85,

NR/WD Ian Spillane 81 -- 81, Patrick Neville 83 -- 83, Sean Poucher 86 -- 86, Tom Cleary 79 NR, Barry Daly 78 NR  NR, Bill McCormack 87 NR, Anthony McDaid 77 NR, Sean McSweeney 76 NR  NR, Patrick Neville -- NR, Paul O'Connor 82 NR, Jonathan O'Sullivan 74 NR  NR, Ruairi Kennelly 79 -- 79 DQ: Rule 6-6(d)

Draw

  1. 07:30 Shane Whooley Evan Farrell Ronan Mullarney

  2. 07:40 Mark Collins John Greene Sean Barry 

  3. 07:50 Darragh Coghlan Emmet Leahy Colum Kenny 

  4. 08:00 Niall Gorey Ian O'Flynn Eanna Griffin 

  5. 08:10 Ronan Twomey Kieran Lynch Stephen Healy 

  6. 08:20 Shane McGlynn Chris Carroll Keith Crowley 

  7. 08:30 Cathal Butler James O'Mahony Alan Thomas 

  8. 08:40 Pat Lyons Rowan Lester Simon Bryan 

  9. 08:50 Marc Nolan Gary O'Flaherty Brian Kelleher 

  10. 09:00 Stephen Walsh Dave O'Donovan Mark Shanahan 

  11. 09:10 Pat Murray Richard Knightly Barry Anderson 

  12. 09:20 Daniel Holland Jeff Hopkins Eoghan Murphy 

  13. 09:30 James Fox John Hickey Aaron Grant