Grehan five clear in horrific East of Ireland conditions - 100kph winds forecast
Tullamore's Stuart Grehan posted a four over 76 in tough morning conditions to take a five shot lead in this afternoon's final round of the CityNorth Hotel sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open at County Louth.
The 22-year old is the only player under par and leads on four under 212 from Knock's Colin Fairweather after a five and a quarter hour third round played in winds gusting up to 50kph with gusts of up to 100kph (61mph) forecast for the afternoon.
Fairweather shot a superb 73 to finish on one over 217 with Castle's Alex Gleeson third on 218 after 75 but Whitehead's John-Ross Galbraith saw his chances disappear on the 18th in the third round when he ran up a nine.
The reigning Irish Close champion lost his second shot to the right and after hitting his fourth into more trouble, he took three more to find the green and two putted for a tournament ending quadruple bogey.
CityNorth Hotel sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open
County Louth (Par 72, CSS 77)
After 54 holes
212 Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 67 69 76
217 Colin Fairweather (Knock) 68 76 73
218 Alex Gleeson (Castle) 72 71 75
219 Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle) 73 74 72 , Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) 70 76 73
220 Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little.) 76 70 74
221 Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 72 77 72 , Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin) 71 75 75 , John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 71 71 79
222 Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 73 73 76 , Kyle McCarron (North West) 73 73 76
223 Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 77 71 75 , Pat Murray (Limerick) 74 73 76 , Gavin Smyth (Clonmel) 73 75 75 , Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 73 72 78 , Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 72 75 76 , Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 69 76 78
224 Sean Ryan (The Royal Dublin) 78 72 74 , Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 75 74 75 , Greg Mungovan (Headfort) 72 74 78 , Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) 71 73 80 , Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) 70 76 78 , Eddie McCormack (Galway Bay) 70 74 80
225 Joe Lyons (Galway) 76 71 78 , Matthew McClean (Balmoral) 73 76 76 , Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth) 71 78 76
226 Colm Crowley (Woodbrook) 77 73 76
227 Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) 78 70 79 , Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 75 71 81 , Paul McCarthy (Mallow) 73 77 77 , Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 73 75 79 , Ian Lynch (Rosslare) 70 78 79 , Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 69 77 81
228 Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 79 73 76 , Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell) 77 73 78 , Stephen Watts (Cairndhu) 76 75 77 , Stephen Healy (Carton House) 73 78 77 , Marc Boucher (Carton House) 73 77 78 , John Hickey (Cork) 73 76 79 , Liam Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin) 70 77 81
229 Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint) 78 73 78 , Ryan Symington (Lisburn) 74 76 79 , Jonathan Yates (Naas) 72 78 79 , Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park) 72 72 85 , Alan Dowling (Hermitage) 70 81 78 , Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 69 80 80
230 Niall Gorey (Palmerstown Stud) 74 76 80
231 Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle) 78 73 80 , Stephen Brady (Galway) 74 76 81
232 Gary Collins (Rosslare) 78 74 80
233 David Reddan (Nenagh) 74 77 82
