Late dramatics as Fitzsimons captures Munster Boys after playoff
Matthew Fitzsimons captured the Munster Boys after a three-hole playoff at
Ardglass' Matthew Fitzsimons birdied the last and then captured the Munster Boys Amateur Open in dramatic fashion when he beat Belvoir Park's Marc Norton and Tralee's Rory Hill in a six-hole playoff at Ballybunion.
n a nice twist, he also followed in the footsteps of his father Ciaran, who beat John McHenry in the 1981 final at the same venue when it was a matchplay event.
The trio tied on eight over par 296 with Norton firing a 72, Fitzsimons a 74 and Hill a 75 at the famous Co Kerry links.
Fitzsimons looked to have blown his chances with a triple bogey seven at the 14th but his closing birdie proved crucial as Hill dropped five shots in his last four holes with a 7-3-7-5 finish.
Norton was eliminated after a three-hole aggregate play-off before Fitzsimons went on to beat Hill at the third extra hole in sudden-death.
Munster Boys Amateur Open Championship 2014, Ballybunion Golf Club
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296 Marc Norton (Belvoir Park) 80 73 71 72, Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass) 73 81 68 74, Rory Hill (Tralee) 74 76 71 75 — Matthew Fitzsimons won after playoff
299 Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick) 74 79 72 74, Tommy O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry) 76 78 71 74
300 Gary Ward (Kinsale) 75 77 75 73
302 John Molyneaux (Ballybunion) 77 82 74 69, Marc Mckinstry (Cairndhu) 71 76 77 78
303 Devin Morley (Oughterard) 79 75 78 71, Cathal Nolan (Galway) 75 77 75 76
304 Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire) 80 75 74 75
305 Cian Feeney (Co. Sligo) 80 76 71 78
306 Paul Tobin (Cork) 79 73 75 79
307 Rob Brazill (Naas) 87 71 76 73
308 David Brady (Co. Sligo) 83 78 70 77
309 Peter Cummins (Lurgan) 78 77 80 74, Ryan Corry (Clandeboye) 79 77 77 76, Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park) 77 77 72 83
310 Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 84 76 75 75, Alex Murray (Island) 74 78 83 75, Bill Murray (Waterford Castle) 82 72 72 84
313 Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 80 75 77 81, Aaron Bagnall (Millicent) 85 72 74 82, Lee O'meara (Castle Barna) 80 75 76 82, Jonathan Doherty (Ballina) 81 79 70 83
314 Garreth Hogan (St. Anne's) 84 75 80 75, Craig Bolger (Carlow) 81 79 75 79, Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush) 81 78 74 81
315 Sean Desmond (Monkstown) 82 76 78 79, Spencer Adamson (K Club) 82 78 72 83, Liam Grehan (Mullingar) 78 77 74 86
316 Michael Mcgurk (Warrenpoint) 82 79 79 76
317 Jason Conway (Donegal) 78 81 79 79
318 Ryan Long (Cairndhu) 77 81 80 80, Gareth Carr (Mullingar) 88 73 74 83, Senan Carroll (Ballybunion) 76 81 77 84, Conor Hynds (Ardglass) 72 83 77 86
319 Jason Lynch (Ballybunion) 77 82 81 79
320 Ben Graham (Scrabo) 85 74 80 81, Robert Browne (Castle) 78 80 81 81, Lewis Savage (Kings Norton) 80 80 77 83, Ross Mckeever (Castle) 83 77 76 84
323 Eoghan Collins (Laytown & Bettystown) 85 75 79 84, Stephen Kelliher (Killarney) 81 78 77 87
325 Edward Kennedy (Woodbrook) 83 77 78 87
326 Jake Vickers (Balbriggan) 82 79 79 86, Shane Kenny (Ballybunion) 81 80 76 89
327 Edward Walsh (Mallow) 79 79 79 90
329 Nick Moore (Monkstown) 77 81 88 83
332 Dylan Lambe (Roganstown G & CC) 77 78 87 90
333 Marc Mccormack (Ashbourne) 76 81 88 88
CUT
162 John Bolger (Courtown) 85 77 , John Kerrisk (Killarney) 84 78 , Tommy Doran (Balbriggan) 83 79 , Luke Cummins (West Waterford) 82 80 , Mark Flynn (Castletroy) 81 81 , Declan Kelly (Hermitage) 77 85
163 Sean Walsh (Carton House) 84 79 , Mark Healy (Bandon) 84 79 , Michael O'connell (Cork) 84 79 , David Clince (Craddockstown) 82 81 , Gabriel Leacy (Dungarvan) 82 81 , Seamus Burke (Carrick-on-Suir) 81 82 , Michael Kennelly (Athenry) 80 83 , Anton Brennan (Athenry) 79 84
164 Conor Roche (Mallow) 89 75 , Conor Keown (Greystones) 84 80 , Eoin Conway (West Waterford) 83 81 , Eoin Kelly (Co. Meath) 83 81 , Karl Eccles (Clandeboye) 83 81 , James O 'connor (Muskerry) 81 83 , Oisin Devereux (Carton House) 81 83
165 Glenn Fry (Greystones) 84 81 , Andrew Mays (Portmarnock) 80 85
166 Conor Flanagan (Tullamore) 85 81 , Jack Healy (Westport) 85 81 , Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 83 83 , Eric Rumley (Kinsale) 82 84 , Michael Culhane (Limerick) 82 84 , Ciaran Smyth (Greenore) 81 85 , Jack Howard (Fota Island) 78 88 , Jack Kelleher (Muskerry) 78 88 , John Cleary (Elm Park) 77 89
167 Sean Mcparland (Greystones) 89 78 , Conor Mooney (Black Bush) 88 79 , Joseph O'Neill (Tralee) 85 82
168 Jason O'reilly (Tramore) 88 80 , Michael O Farrell (Galway) 87 81 , Scott Campbell (Greenacres) 86 82 , Colm Hughes (Galway) 85 83 , Shane Mcgagh (Claremorris) 83 85 , Adam Mccormick (Scrabo) 80 88
169 John Corbett Jnr (Thurles) 85 84 , Rory Murphy (Dun Laoghaire) 85 84 , Shane Livesey (Monkstown) 85 84 , Sam Sweeney (Seapoint) 83 86 , Daire Creavin (Killeen Castle) 79 90
170 Cian Hutchinson (Carton House) 89 81 , Greg Barrett (Mallow) 87 83 , Mark Mckenna (Dun Laoghaire) 84 86
171 Enda Kennedy (Black Bush) 90 81 , Conor Harte (Castle) 89 82 , Eoin O'hehir (Naas) 88 83 , Jack Johnson (Clandeboye) 85 86
172 John Murphy (Kinsale) 96 76 , Cathal Hegarty (Lahinch) 90 82 , Jack O' Donnell (Westport) 86 86 , Paul Kelly (Glasson) 85 87
173 Joe Mcaleese (Lahinch) 88 85 , john Mc Carthy (Killorglin) 86 87 , Alan Riordan (Blarney) 82 91
174 Mark Macgrath (Limerick) 89 85 , Mikey Burke (Galway) 87 87 , Conor Byrne (Woodbrook) 86 88
175 Dean Cafferty (Carton House) 91 84 , Micheal Shiel (Loughrea) 90 85 , James Lennon (Carlow) 89 86 , Jack Hearn (Tramore) 87 88
177 Conor Morrissey (West Waterford) 85 92
178 Darragh Murphy (Castletroy) 93 85 , Rory Dineen (Cork) 85 93
179 Louis O'hara (Athenry) 90 89 , Darragh Walsh (Carton House) 85 94
184 Eamonn O'driscoll (Ring Of Kerry) 101 83
189 Ben Downey (Ballykisteen) 96 93 , Michael Moran (Ballybunion) 94 95
190 David Fenn (Killiney) 94 96 , Eric Dunlea (Killarney) 92 98
195 David Cullen (Woodbrook) 98 97
199 David Walsh (Waterford Castle) 103 96
NR/WD Eric Byrne (Birr) 81 NR , Paul Twohig (Fota Island) 87 NR , Darragh Smith (Castle) 87 NR, Cillian Moloney (Fota Island) 89 NR , Conor Kavanagh (Newbridge) 90 NR , Eoin Stuart (Mullingar) 104 NR , Sam Lewis (Greystones) 84 WD , Jack Brown (The Heath) 90 WD , Liam Murphy (East Cork) 93 WD , Oisin Fleming (Bray) 93 WD , Declan Kenny () 98 WD , Jody Keown (Greystones) WD WD
