East of Ireland - First round live

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Paul Dunne has made a great start to his defence of the East of Ireland. Picture Thos Caffrey www.golffile.ie

1557 — Defending champion Paul Dunne and Skerries' Harry McHugh are the early pacesetter in the East of Ireland Amateur Open at Baltray, carding a four under 68s to lead by one from Portmarnock's Geoff Lenehan. Former European Tour player Stephen Browne carded a three over 75.

Greystones' star Dunne, 21, got off a great start with birdies at the first, second and fourth. While he bogeyed the par-three seventh, he birdied the ninth, 12th and 15th to get to five under before dropping a shot at the 16th and parring his way home.

McHugh started on the back nine with a bogey at the 10th but then caught fire, following birdies at the 13th and 14th with a hole-in-one at the 160-yard 15th — his 7-iron took one hop and rolled in — and a birdie at the 18th to turn in four under 31. 

The Skerries man got to six under with further birdies at the second and third but he suffered coming home, dropping shots at the fifth, sixth and eighth before a birdie at the ninth gave him the clubhouse lead.

Live scoring

Player			Latest	After
1st		Paul Dunne (-4) Greystones	-4	18
2nd		Harry McHugh (1) Skerries	-4	18
3rd		Geoff Lenehan (-2) Portmarnock	-3	18
4th		Paul Reavey (-1) Warrenpoint	-2	18
5th		Stephen Coulter (-1) Warrenpoint	-2	18
6th		Michael Sinclair (-1) Knock	-1	18
7th		Darragh Coghlan (-1) Portmarnock	-1	18
8th		Niall Gorey (-2) Palmerstown Stud	-1	18
9th		Kevin Le Blanc (-2) The Island	-1	18
10th		Pat Murray (-2) Limerick	LEVEL	18
11th		Jamie Richardson (-1) Royal Portrush	LEVEL	18
12th		Colm Campbell (-2) Warrenpoint	LEVEL	18
13th		Eugene Smith (-3) Ardee	LEVEL	18
14th		Caolan Kennedy (1) Forrest Little.	+1	18
15th		Alan Thomas (-2) Dungarvan	+2	18
16th		John Greene (-1) Portmarnock	+2	18
17th		Eddie McCormack (-2) Galway	+2	18
18th		Brian O'Reilly (1) Athenry	+2	18
19th		William Hanna (-1) Kilkeel	+2	18
20th		Gary Collins (-2) Rosslare	+2	18
21st		Steffan O'Hara (-2) Co. Sligo	+3	18
22nd		Stephen Browne (-1) Hermitage	+3	18
23rd		Greg Mungovan (-1) Headfort	+3	18
24th		Connor Doran (-0) Banbridge	+3	18
25th		Gareth Lappin (-1) Belvoir Park	+3	18
26th		Sean Ryan (-0) The Royal Dublin	+3	18
27th		Keith Crowley (-1) Fota Island	+3	18
28th		Eoin Arthurs (-2) Forrest Little.	+3	18
29th		Gareth Bohill (-2) Co. Louth	+3	18
30th		Joe Lyons (-0) Galway	+3	18
31st		Shaun O'Connor (-2) Luttrellstown Castle	+3	18
32nd		Daniel Holland (-1) Castle	+3	18
33rd		Thomas Mulligan (1) Laytown & Bettystown	+4	18
34th		Shaun Carter (-1) Stackstown	+4	18
35th		Kelan McDonagh (-1) The Royal Dublin	+4	18
36th		Niall Goulding (1) Portmarnock	+4	18
37th		Colin Fairweather (-1) Knock	+4	18
38th		Gerard Dunne (-1) Co. Louth	+4	18
39th		Karl Purcell (-1) Dun Laoghaire	+4	18
40th		Jack Pierse (-0) Portmarnock	+4	18
41st		Cian Geraghty (-0) Laytown & Bettystown	+4	18
42nd		Alexander Wilson (-1) Portmarnock	+5	18
43rd		Liam Harnett (0) Milltown	+5	18
44th		Bryan McSweeney (1) The Royal Dublin	+5	18
45th		Ronan O'Reilly (0) Headfort	+5	18
46th		Ryan Symington (-1) Lisburn	+5	18
47th		Alec Myles (1) Newlands	+6	18
48th		Thomas Kennedy (1) Woodbrook	+6	18
49th		Ryan McKinstry (-1) Cairndhu	+6	18
50th		Chris Selfridge (-3) Moyola Park	+6	18
51st		John McGinn (-0) Laytown & Bettystown	+6	18
52nd		Jonathan Yates (-0) Naas	+6	18
53rd		Paul Coughlan (-0) Moate	+6	18
54th		Daniel Coyle (-0) Co. Louth	+7	18
55th		Allan Kiernan (0) Forrest Little.	+7	18
56th		Craig Melvin (1) Corrstown	+7	18
57th		Ruairi Kennelly (-0) Portmarnock	+7	18
58th		Stephen Walsh (-0) Portmarnock	+7	18
59th		David Reddan (0) Nenagh	+7	18
60th		Declan Reidy (0) Co. Sligo	+7	18
61st		Mark Shanahan (-2) Castlemartyr	+7	18
62nd		Evan Farrell (0) Ardee	+8	18
63rd		Mark Morrissey (-0) Mount Wolseley	+8	18
64th		Edward Ryan (-0) Lucan	+8	18
65th		Quentin Carew (-1) Edenderry	+8	18
66th		Eoghan O'Donovan (0) Craddockstown	+9	18
67th		Angus Carrick (-0) Douglas Park	+9	18
68th		Rowan Lester (-1) Hermitage	+9	18
69th		Stephen Brady (1) Co. Sligo	+10	18
70th		Declan Loftus (-1) Castlebar	+11	18
71st		Robbie Pierse (-0) Grange	+11	18
72nd		Paul Flynn (-0) Tramore	+13	18
73rd		Michael Lancaster (-2) Canada	+13	18
74th		Chris Tormey (-0) Corballis Links	+13	18
75th		Harry Diamond (-2) Belvoir Park
76th		Gerard Lawlor (0) Rathsallagh
77th		Matthew Kane (0) Whitehead

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Results	Gross [click for Nett]	CSS TBC
78th Harry McHugh(1) Skerries	68
79th Paul Dunne(-4) Greystones	68
80th Geoff Lenehan(-2) Portmarnock	69
81st Stephen Coulter(-1) Warrenpoint	70
82nd Paul Reavey(-1) Warrenpoint	70
83rd Kevin Le Blanc(-2) The Island	71
84th Darragh Coghlan(-2) Portmarnock	71
85th Niall Gorey(-2) Palmerstown Stud	71
86th Michael Sinclair(-1) Knock	71
87th Eugene Smith(-2) Ardee	72
88th Pat Murray(-3) Limerick	72
89th Jamie Richardson(-1) Royal Portrush	72
90th Colm Campbell(-3) Warrenpoint	72
91st Caolan Kennedy(1) Forrest Little.	73
92nd Gary Collins(-3) Rosslare	74
93rd William Hanna(-1) Kilkeel	74
94th Alan Thomas(-2) Dungarvan	74
95th John Greene(-1) Portmarnock	74
96th Brian O'Reilly(1) Athenry	74
97th Eddie McCormack(-2) Galway	74
98th Stephen Browne(-1) Hermitage	75
99th Shaun O'Connor(-2) Luttrellstown Castle	75
100th Sean Ryan(0) The Royal Dublin	75
101st Daniel Holland(-1) Castle	75
102nd Joe Lyons(0) Galway	75
103rd Eoin Arthurs(-2) Forrest Little.	75
104th Connor Doran(0) Banbridge	75
105th Gareth Bohill(-2) Co. Louth	75
106th Greg Mungovan(-1) Headfort	75
107th Keith Crowley(-1) Fota Island	75
108th Steffan O'Hara(-2) Co. Sligo	75
109th Gareth Lappin(-1) Belvoir Park	75
110th Thomas Mulligan(1) Laytown & Bettystown	76
111th Jack Pierse(-1) Portmarnock	76
112th Kelan McDonagh(-1) The Royal Dublin	76
113th Gerard Dunne(-1) Co. Louth	76
114th Niall Goulding(1) Portmarnock	76
115th Karl Purcell(-1) Dun Laoghaire	76
116th Shaun Carter(-1) Stackstown	76
117th Cian Geraghty(0) Laytown & Bettystown	76
118th Colin Fairweather(-1) Knock	76
119th Bryan McSweeney(1) The Royal Dublin	77
120th Ryan Symington(-1) Lisburn	77
121st Liam Harnett(0) Milltown	77
122nd Ronan O'Reilly(0) Headfort	77
123rd Alexander Wilson(-1) Portmarnock	77
124th Ryan McKinstry(-2) Cairndhu	78
125th John McGinn(0) Laytown & Bettystown	78
126th Jonathan Yates(0) Naas	78
127th Chris Selfridge(-3) Moyola Park	78
128th Paul Coughlan(-1) Moate	78
129th Alec Myles(1) Newlands	78
130th Thomas Kennedy(0) Woodbrook	78
131st Declan Reidy(0) Co. Sligo	79
132nd Daniel Coyle(0) Co. Louth	79
133rd Ruairi Kennelly(0) Portmarnock	79
134th David Reddan(1) Nenagh	79
135th Craig Melvin(1) Corrstown	79
136th Stephen Walsh(0) Portmarnock	79
137th Allan Kiernan(0) Forrest Little.	79
138th Mark Shanahan(-2) Castlemartyr	79
139th Edward Ryan(0) Lucan	80
140th Evan Farrell(0) Ardee	80
141st Quentin Carew(0) Edenderry	80
142nd Mark Morrissey(0) Mount Wolseley	80
143rd Rowan Lester(-1) Hermitage	81
144th Eoghan O'Donovan(0) Craddockstown	81
145th Angus Carrick(0) Douglas Park	81
146th Stephen Brady(1) Co. Sligo	82
147th Robbie Pierse(-1) Grange	83
148th Declan Loftus(-1) Castlebar	83
149th Chris Tormey(0) Corballis Links	85
150th Michael Lancaster(-2) Canada	85
151st Paul Flynn(0) Tramore	85
152nd Harry Diamond(-2) Belvoir Park	DQ
153rd Gerard Lawlor(-2) Rathsallagh	WD
154th Matthew Kane(0) Whitehead	WD