Castle's Daniel Holland carded a super 66 on the Dunluce Links to lead the qualifiers in the Cathedral Eye sponsored North of Ireland Amateur Open at Royal Portrush.

The former Mullingar Scratch Cup and Irish Senior Cup winner had seven birdies in a six under par effort to edge out Mourne's Reeve Whitson (69) and Headfort's Rory McNamara on count back.

Detailed scoreboard | Match play draw

The trio finished on six under par, two shots clear of Faithlegg's Robin Dawson, who had a sensational, bogey free 65 on the Dunluce, and Carton House's Gary McDermott (71).

The cut fell at seven over 142 with 61 players joining internationals Jack Hume, Dermot McElroy and Cormac Sharvin have been handed byes into the first matchplay round.

North of Ireland Amateur Open, Royal Portrush

Qualifiers

136 Daniel Holland (Castle) 70 66 (leading qualifier), Reeve Whitson (Mourne) 67 69, Rory McNamara (Headfort) 67 69

138 Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) 73 65, Gary McDermott (Carton House) 67 71

140 Michael Sinclair (Knock) 72 68, Barry Anderson (The Royal Dublin) 70 70

142 Tom Harris (Castletown) 73 69, Richard O'Donovan (Lucan) 73 69, John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 72 70, Chris Selfridge (Moyola Park) 72 70, Ben Best (Rathmore) 70 72

143 Gary Collins (Rosslare) 74 69, Shaun Carter (Stackstown) 74 69, Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) 74 69, Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 74 69, Simon Bryan (Delgany) 72 71, Darragh Coghlan (Portmarnock) 72 71, Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) 71 72

144 Greg Mungovan (Headfort) 73 71

145 Tom Gandy (Castletown) 74 71, Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 73 72, Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 73 72, Gary McDowell (Rathmore) 72 73, Jonathan Yates (Naas) 71 74, Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle) 70 75, Simon McConnell (Ballyclare) 69 76, Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little) 67 78, Karl Murray (Delgany) 67 78

146 Paul Reavey (Warrenpoint) 77 69, Graeme Laird (Clandeboye) 76 70, Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 73 73, Daniel Vaughan (Ardglass) 73 73, Andrew Clegg (Donaghadee) 73 73, Rory Leonard (Banbridge) 72 74, Eugene Smith (Ardee) 71 75

147 Joseph Timlin (Dungannon) 77 70, Mark Sutton (Castletown) 75 72, Ally Purdy (Ballyclare) 75 72, Evan Farrell (Ardee) 74 73, David Mulholland (Castlerock) 74 73, Keith Egan (Carton House) 74 73, Ryan Gribben (Warrenpoint) 73 74, Matthew McClean (Balmoral) 72 75, William Russell (Clandeboye) 71 76, Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass) 71 76, Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 70 77, Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 68 79

148 William Hanna (Warrenpoint) 79 69, Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 75 73, Jake Whelan (Newlands) 74 74, Alexander Wilson (Portmarnock) 73 75, Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 72 76, Rory Williamson (Holywood) 71 77, Kyle McCarron (North West) 66 82

149 Adam Mulhall (Ardglass) 77 72, Patrick McCrudden (Royal Portrush) 75 74, Robbie Pierse (Grange) 74 75, James Tisdale (USA) 74 75, Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 74 75, David Sutton (Lurgan) 74 75,

Non qualifiers

149 Shane McClean (Foyle) 73 76, Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 68 81

150 Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) 79 71, Finlay Mason (Moor Hall) 77 73, Stephen Walsh (Portmarnock) 76 74, Declan Reidy (Co. Sligo) 76 74, Andrew Morris (Belvoir Park) 75 75, Chris Moulds (Lisburn) 75 75, Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 74 76, Chris Carroll (Shandon Park) 74 76, Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 74 76, Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin) 73 77, Mark Mullen (Wexford) 73 77, Simon Miskelly (Knock) 73 77, Marc Judge (Stackstown) 72 78, James McVicker (Knock) 72 78, Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 72 78, Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 71 79, Lester Moore (City of Derry) 71 79, Jonathan Corke (Castletown) 71 79

151 Colin Fairweather (Knock) 81 70, Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 78 73, Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 78 73, Garry McGrotty (Portstewart) 76 75, Stephen Barker (Mourne) 75 76, Shaun O'Connor (Luttrellstown Castle) 75 76, Glen Mowat (Enniskillen) 73 78, Dean Crawford (Moyola Park) 73 78, Mark Rea (Donaghadee) 73 78, Jack Owens (Bangor) 73 78, Henry Clark (Shandon Park) 71 80, Steffan O'Hara (Co. Sligo) 71 80, Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo) 70 81

152 Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle) 79 73, Chris Johnston () 79 73, Kealan Quigg (Foyle) 79 73, Damien McCusker (Moyola Park) 78 74, Jonathan Gourley (Shandon Park) 78 74, Mark Timmins (Mount Wolseley) 77 75, Shane McGlynn (Carton House) 76 76, Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 76 76, Daryl Callister () 75 77, Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint) 75 77, Stuart Winsby (Whitehead) 75 77, Colin Jenkins (Ballyclare) 74 78, Lee Crawford (Clandeboye) 74 78, Gavin McKenna (Fortwilliam) 73 79, Mark Rooney (Co. Sligo) 73 79, Dan Hinds (City of Derry) 72 80, Mathew Murphy (Clandeboye) 72 80, Colm McIlroy (Holywood) 72 80, Steven Kelly (Lurgan) 71 81, Conor Rankin (Royal Portrush) 70 82

153 Matthew Kane (Whitehead) 82 71, Barry Cashman (Belvoir Park) 81 72, Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary) 80 73, Noel Crawford (Mourne) 80 73, Barry Daly (Edmondstown) 79 74, Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell) 78 75, Aaron Taylor (City of Derry) 77 76, Brian O'Reilly (Athenry) 76 77, Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 76 77, Ross Dutton (Tandragee) 75 78, Ros Carvill (Warrenpoint) 75 78, Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu) 73 80, Michael O'Donovan (Castlerock) 72 81, Paul McGuigan (Foyle) 71 82, Adam Leslie (Ballyclare) 71 82, Andrew Dillon (Carrickfergus) 71 82, Dominic Pollock (Belvoir Park) 70 83, Philip Sheldon (Whitehead) 70 83

154 Bryan Martin (Killymoon) 78 76, Ruairi Kennelly (Portmarnock) 77 77, David Carvill (Belvoir Park) 77 77, Paul Fitzsimons (Downpatrick) 77 77, Jamie Richardson (Royal Portrush) 77 77, James Lindsay (North West) 75 79, Simon Lyttle (Royal Portrush) 73 81, Neil Cromwell (Co. Armagh) 73 81, Conor Curran (Dundalk) 73 81, James Rodgers (Knock) 72 82, Derek Turkington (Massereene) 71 83, Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone) 68 86

155 Greg Telfer () 79 76, David Turner (Castlerock) 79 76, Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint) 77 78, Gareth Moore (Lurgan) 76 79, Michael Wilson (Castle) 76 79, Colin Wilton (Banbridge) 74 81, Christopher Morgan (Dunmurry) 73 82, Conor McGurgan (Foyle) 73 82, Brian Galway (Cairndhu) 72 83, David Barron (Warrenpoint) 72 83, Sidney Henry (Royal Portrush) 72 83, Gary Clarke (Lurgan) 71 84, Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee) 71 84

156 Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) 84 72, Paddy Delaney (Arklow) 82 74, Adam Doran (Ardee) 81 75, Paul McBride (Island) 79 77, Matt McKnight (USA) 79 77, Ryan Symington (Lisburn) 78 78, Keagan Cummings (Elm Park) 78 78, Stephen Kinch (Hollystown) 78 78, Sean Ross (Kilkeel) 77 79, Keith Murphy (Charlesland) 77 79, Barry Fitzsimons (Downpatrick) 77 79, Eoin Lisibach (Castlebar) 76 80, Andrew Pigott (Dunmurry) 73 83, Conor Coyne (Youghal) 69 87, Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen & West Carbery) 69 87

157 Harry McHugh (Skerries) 75 82, Sebastien McShane (Holywood) 75 82, Gary Flynn (Delgany) 75 82, Blane Lynch (Ballinrobe) 75 82, Colin Hull (Massereene) 74 83, Dale Jackson (Massereene) 73 84, Sean Quigg (City of Derry) 72 85, Gary Black (Ballymena) 71 86, Steven Hughes (Killymoon) 70 87, Eoghan O'Donovan (Craddockstown) 70 87

158 Michael McSherry (Lurgan) 81 77, Frank McGinn (Ballycastle) 80 78, David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown) 77 81, Michael Abram (Cairndhu) 76 82, Eamonn McDermott (Portsalon) 76 82, Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu) 75 83, Mark Hammond (Moyola Park) 75 83, Alastair Kerr (Clandeboye) 74 84, Stephen Murray (Moyola Park) 72 86, Nicholas McClay (Cairndhu) 71 87

159 Dwayne Mallon (Dungannon) 86 73, Cameron Mills (Shandon Park) 84 75, Timothy Jordan (Dungannon) 81 78, John Finnegan (Royal Portrush) 81 78, Patrick Neville (Bearna) 81 78, Chris Morrison (Spa) 80 79, Paul Murphy (Rosslare) 77 82, Glenn McAuley (Dunmurry) 77 82, Marc Nolan (Delgany) 77 82, Daniel O'Connor (Athlone) 74 85, Ryan Long (Cairndhu) 74 85, Gary Hamill (Ardglass) 73 86, Jamie Hore (Roganstown G & CC) 72 87, William Bamber (Royal Portrush) 70 89

160 Robert Emerson (Lurgan) 80 80, David Barber (Portstewart) 79 81, Michael McGarry (Ballymena) 77 83, Darragh Flynn (Carton House) 76 84, Michael Molloy (Lurgan) 76 84, Daniel Cosgrove (Kilcock) 75 85, Michael McCormick () 75 85, Declan Kelly (Hermitage) 73 87, Simon Irwin (Holywood) 73 87, Shane Magee (Lurgan) 72 88

161 Christopher Blackmore (Dundalk) 80 81, John McCarthy (Stackstown) 78 83, Glenn Baxter (Cairndhu) 78 83, Gavin O'Connor (Malahide) 78 83, Bill McCormack (Thurles) 77 84, Conor McCaughey (Dungannon) 76 85, Stephen Hamill (Massereene) 75 86, Liam Doran (Ardee) 75 86, Philip Gibb (Massereene) 72 89, Michael Furlong (Arklow) 71 90

162 Gavin Young (Birr) 87 75, Ian Smyth (Clandeboye) 80 82, Paul Coughlan (Moate) 79 83, Declan O'Hara (Belvoir Park) 78 84, Conor McGrogan (The Heritage) 77 85, Jonathan Webb (Royal Co. Down) 76 86, Chris Tormey (Corballis Links) 76 86, Scott Campbell (Greenacres) 75 87, John McDonald (Druid's Heath) 71 91

163 Harry Scott (Castle) 81 82, Sean Maloney (Dunmurry Springs) 79 84

164 Stephen Jeffers (Castletown) 85 79, Jonathan Heaslip (Ballyclare) 84 80, Karl McCormack (Portarlington) 79 85, Jonathan Breen (Knock) 78 86, Jonathan Crawford (Lenzie) 78 86, Alan Stevens (Spa) 76 88, Darren McCormack (Arklow) 76 88, Niall McGlynn (Carton House) 73 91, Leo Connolly (Wexford) 70 94

165 Chris Watt (Silverwood) 82 83, Caolan McCann (Lurgan) 80 85, Liam Mulligan (Stackstown) 79 86, Michael McHugh (Castleblayney) 79 86

166 David Lowry (The Heritage) 79 87, Sean Clancy (Carton House) 77 89

167 Luke Robinson (Bundoran) 85 82, Stuart Cave (Holywood) 85 82, James Clarke (Co. Louth) 81 86, Nils Conway (Grange) 79 88, Peter McKeever (Castle) 76 91, Keith Walker (Portadown) 75 92, Andrew Keenan (Dundalk) 73 94

168 Aaron D'arcy (Ballinrobe) 82 86, Dessie Timbs (Strandhill) 81 87, Jarlath McReynolds (Co. Armagh) 73 95

169 Adam Gallagher (Shandon Park) 82 87, Ryan McLarnon (Fortwilliam) 80 89, Marty Monaghan (Killymoon) 78 91

171 Michael Gielty (Grange) 88 83, Leif Svensson (Spain) 84 87

172 Kevin Barry (Castlebar) 85 87, Lord Gort (Castletown) 83 89, Michael Eaton (Holywood) 81 91, Charlie Miller (Clandeboye) 81 91, Matthew Cochrane (Dunmurry) 79 93

176 Phillip Tanham (Woodenbridge) 91 85

177 Lee McMillan (Craddockstown) 88 89

184 David Moore (Carton House) 90 94

NR/WD Michael Rae (Rowany) 72 NR, Conal Cooke (Strabane) 78 NR, Liam Burns (Mourne) 87 NR, Marc McCusker (Holywood) 76 NR, Jonathan Greer (Greenisland) 77 NR, Andrew Niblock (Carrickfergus) NR 80, Adam Welsh (Knock) 85 NR, Glenn Managh (Knock) 72 NR, Patrick Dean (Malone) NR NR, Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell) 77 NR, Andrew Montgomery (Old Conna) NR 88, Alex Gleeson (Castle) 79 WD, Stephen Egan (Castle Barna) 80 WD, Darragh Doonan (Slieve Russell) WD 82, Ross McCormack (Naas) WD 85, Jack Dempsey (Newbridge) WD 90, Gavin Moir (Castleblayney) WD NR, Jamie Foley (Letterkenny) NR WD, Robert McNeill (Gracehill) DQ WD, Ian Scott (Massereene) WD WD, Tony McClements (Holywood) WD WD, Alastair McCully (Spa) WD WD, Richard Ross Alexander (Holywood) WD WD, Peter Henry (Fintona) WD WD, Ernie Heywood (City of Derry) WD WD