Galbraith on the double
John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) wins the 2014 Ulster Youths Championship at Balmoral Golf Club.
Pictured with Balmoral Captain and GUI Ulster Branch Chairman Peter Sinclair. Picture: David Ross/Ulster Golf.
Whitehead's John-Ross Galbraith completed a famous double when he closed with rounds of 71 and 69 to take the Ulster Youths title at Balmoral.
John-Ross Galbraith, Ulster Youths champion 2014. Pic: David Ross/Ulster Golf
The 20-year old became the first player to win both the Ulster Youths and the Irish Close titles in the same season, besting Ronan Rafferty who won the title at Belvoir Park in 1979 before going on to beat Rory McIlroy's swing coach Michael Bannon 8 and 7 in the Close final at Royal County Down.
Beaten in a three-way playoff for the Mullingar Electrical Scratch Trophy on Monday, Galbraith will now head to next week's Home Internationals for his Senior international debut in high spirits after finishing three clear of Castle's Alex Gleeson on one-over par.
Ulster Youths Amateur Open, Balmoral GC (Par 69)
277 John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 68 69 71 69
280 Alex Gleeson (Castle) 71 69 72 68
284 Matthew McClean (Balmoral) 67 72 76 69, James Lindsay (North West) 71 69 71 73
286 Matthew Kane (Whitehead) 72 70 70 74
287 Ryan Long (Cairndhu) 69 76 70 72, Marc Nolan (Delgany) 70 73 71 73, Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 71 71 70 75
289 Jake Whelan (Newlands) 71 71 73 74
290 Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) 77 73 70 70, Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 66 76 73 75
291 Jonathan Yates (Naas) 71 71 79 70, Conor Coyne (Youghal) 74 72 74 71, Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.) 74 72 73 72
292 Peter Hasson (City of Derry) 72 73 75 72, Darragh Fitzgerald (Limerick) 74 71 73 74
293 Timothy Jordan (Dungannon) 73 74 76 70, Peter McKeever (Castle) 73 70 77 73, Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 72 74 72 75
294 Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 76 69 76 73
296 Rory Williamson (Holywood) 78 68 76 74, Daniel Carlin (Balmoral) 74 71 76 75
297 Jack Blake (Forrest Little.) 72 77 76 72, Eoin J O'Brien (Clontarf) 71 75 78 73
298 Ross Dutton (Tandragee) 72 75 77 74, Henry Clark (Shandon Park) 72 71 79 76, Kyle McCarron (North West) 70 75 76 77, Mathew Murphy (Clandeboye) 74 69 77 78, Stephen Kinch (Hollystown) 71 76 72 79, Sean- Joe Rooney (Fortwilliam) 71 76 71 80
299 Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe) 73 74 75 77, Jordan Logue (Hilton Templepatrick) 76 74 71 78
300 Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu) 74 74 78 74
301 Ryan Corry (Clandeboye) 70 72 82 77, Jamie Stothers (Tandragee) 75 71 77 78
302 Harry Scott (Castle) 72 74 80 76, Niall Foley (Island) 72 76 76 78
303 Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu) 72 77 79 75
304 Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 69 78 84 73, David Simpson (Moyola Park) 72 74 76 82
305 Ciaran Smyth (Greenore) 72 75 83 75, Michael Downey (Lurgan) 75 72 77 81
306 Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee) 75 74 78 79, Andrew Moore (Bangor) 72 71 82 81
307 David Brazil (Castle Barna) 76 73 78 80
310 Alec Myles (Newlands) 78 72 81 79
311 Josh Lockhart (Banbridge) 74 75 83 79, Luke Robinson (Bundoran) 78 72 79 82
313 Liam Bresnahan (Omagh) 71 78 82 82
315 Sean Denny (Castleblayney) 75 75 80 85.