Hood joins the legends with Leinster Youths win
Galgorm Castle's Jordan Hood joined some of the legends of the game on the list of champions when he captured the Leinster Youths Amateur Open Championship at Charlesland in Co Wicklow.
The Ulster star, who was three strokes behind Galway's Ronan Mullarney at halfway, fired a 72 in the morning to take the lead and closed with a 77 to win by two strokes on 10 over par 298 from Mullarney and Blainroe's Colin Woodroofe.
Winner of the Irish Boys title when it was a closed event at Ardee in 2011, Hood joins Philip Walton, Paul McGinley (twice), Pádraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell on the roll of honour.
Leinster Youths Amateur Open Championship, Charlesland (Par 72)
298 Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 74 75 72 77
300 Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe) 75 73 78 74, Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 72 72 80 76
301 Keith Murphy (Charlesland) 76 71 79 75
303 Jamie Dunne (Borris) 77 72 78 76
305 Max Thallon (Bangor) 79 76 75 75, Owen Crooks (Bushfoot) 72 75 76 82
306 Shane Mc Dermott (Co. Cavan) 76 77 80 73, Liam Grehan (Mullingar) 76 74 75 81, John Murphy (Kinsale) 76 71 85 74, Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire) 75 77 81 73, Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu) 75 77 77 77
307 Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.) 79 74 77 77, Sam Lewis (Greystones) 79 73 81 74, Jack Walsh (Castle) 72 78 79 78
308 Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass) 77 77 77 77
309 Adam Mulhall (Ardglass) 75 75 78 81
310 Sean Desmond (Monkstown) 78 71 81 80, Conor Keown (Greystones) 77 74 80 79, Jack Blake (The Island) 76 76 77 81, David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown) 76 73 80 81, John Bolger (Courtown) 75 78 77 80
311 Michael Ryan (New Ross) 82 73 80 76, Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall) 79 76 79 77, Sean Walsh (Carton House) 74 72 88 77, Colm Hughes (Galway) 72 75 85 79
312 Craig Bolger (Carlow) 82 72 79 79, Ryan Corry (Clandeboye) 80 75 77 80, Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint) 80 75 77 80
313 Dominic Pollock (Belvoir Park) 78 77 80 78
314 Mark MacGrath (Limerick) 78 75 83 78, Peter McKeever (Castle) 68 80 80 86
315 Robbie Hynes (The Royal Dublin) 75 78 78 84, Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 74 78 84 79
318 Darragh Flynn (Carton House) 82 70 80 86
320 Ross Mohan (Balcarrick) 72 79 85 84
322 Matthew McGowan (Donegal) 78 77 83 84
323 Kevin Power (Kilkenny) 79 76 82 86
325 Matthew Grehan (Tullamore) 77 74 84 90
Non Qualifiers
155 Sean Doyle (Athlone) 78 77, Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 77 78, Evan Farrell (Ardee) 77 78, Mark Healy (Kinsale) 76 79, Ross Steedman (Balcarrick) 76 79
156 Adam Price (Delgany) 80 76, Dylan Brophy (Castleknock) 79 77, Craig Melvin (Corrstown) 78 78, Rory Murphy (Dun Laoghaire) 77 79, Conor Coyne (Youghal) 76 80, Darragh O'Connor (Fota Island) 72 84
157 Eoin O'Hehir (Naas) 82 75, John McCarthy (Stackstown) 81 76, Erik Jonasson (Sweden) 75 82
158 Jamie Foley (Letterkenny) 84 74, Jake Whelan (Newlands) 82 76, Robert Williams (Cork) 82 76, Brian Murtagh (Gort) 81 77, Eoin Conway (West Waterford) 78 80, Oisin Fleming (Bray) 77 81
159 Paul Murphy (Rosslare) 77 82
160 Cameron Raymond (Newlands) 83 77, Mark Power (Kilkenny) 83 77, Sean Murphy (Charlesland) 81 79, Brian Doran (Palmerstown Stud) 80 80, William Small (Tandragee) 78 82, Conor Rice (Athlone) 77 83, Luke Robinson (Bundoran) 76 84, Jack Patton (Letterkenny) 74 86
161 Jack Brophy (The Royal Dublin) 85 76, Marc McCormack (Ashbourne) 82 79, Daniel Cosgrove (Kilcock) 82 79, John Corbett Jnr (Thurles) 82 79, Charlie Denvir (Milltown) 81 80, Paul Twohig (Fota Island) 80 81
162 Jamie Keenan (Woodbrook) 81 81, Marc Boucher (Carton House) 81 81, Eoin J O'Brien (Clontarf) 80 82
163 Darragh Hobbs (Courtown) 87 76, James Temple (Portmarnock) 85 78, Darragh Crawford (Bundoran) 84 79, Conor Mooney (Black Bush) 80 83
164 Mark Doogue (Baltinglass) 85 79, Oisin Devereux (Carton House) 85 79, Craig Foley (Cork) 85 79, Harry Duggan (Kilkenny) 83 81, Adam McCormick (Scrabo) 83 81, Daniel Brennan (Shannon) 81 83, David Clince (Craddockstown) 79 85, Sean Kestell (Charlesland) 78 86
165 Paul Kelly (Glasson) 89 76
166 Luke Cummins (West Waterford) 86 80, Robert Moran (Castle) 83 83
171 Robert Browne (Castle) 84 87
DW/WD Gary Lawlor (Beaverstown) DQ, Daniel Curry (Coollattin) DQ, Marc Nolan (Delgany) 78 72 80 WD, Darragh Conlon (Athenry) 78 WD, Rory Williamson (Holywood) 79 WD, Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush) 83 WD, Roy O Neill (Borris) WD, Paul Tobin (Cork) 77 74 WD WD.