Lenehan clicks with 66s to top North of Ireland qualifiers
10 under - Geoff Lenehan, pictured at Mullingar last year, led the qualifiers at Royal Portrush. Picture: Pat Cashman
Portmarnock's Geoff Lenehan added a six under 66 on the Dunluce to his opening 66 on the Valley to brilliantly top the qualifiers for the Cathedral Eye sponsored North of Ireland Amateur Open at Royal Portrush.
Fresh from another strong performance for Munster in the Interprovincial Matches at Rosapenna, the reigning Mullingar Scratch Cup holder took another step towards throwing his hat in the ring for a Home Internationals call up when he finish on 10 under 132, two shots clear of Stackstown's Richard Bridges, who had nine birdie in his 66 on the Dunluce.
Lehehan birdied the sixth and seventh, bogeyed the eighth but then eagled the ninth to turn in 33 before picking up another three shots on the way home at the 10th, 11th and 17th.
Warrenpoint's Colm Campbell, who like Bridges is keen to retain his place in the Irish team, finished four behind Lenehan after matching 68s.
Lenehan now faces Ardee's Eugene Smith in Wednesday's first round as the cut for the top 63 - Dermot McElroy got a bye after his appearance for the six-man Irish team in the European Team Championships last week — fell at three over 145.
North of Ireland Amateur Open, Royal Portrush
Matchplay Draw — Round one
- 7.00 Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint) v Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock)
- 7.09 Matthew McClean (Balmoral) v Jack Owens (Bangor)
- 7.18 Noel Crawford (Mourne) v Andrew Clegg (Donaghadee)
- 7.27 Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) v Dale Jackson (Massereene)
- 7.36 Tom Harris (Castletown) v Gareth Lappin(Belvoir Park)
- 7.45 Gary Collins (Rosslare) v Colin Wilton (Banbridge)
- 7.54 Jonathan Breen (Kirkistown Castle) v Shaun Carter (Royal Dublin)
- 8.03 Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) v Colin Woodroofe (Balinroe)
- 8.12 Keith Egan (Carton House) v Graeme Arthur (Carrickfergus)
- 8.21 Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) v Connor Doran (Banbridge)
- 8.30 William Russell (Clandeboye) v Finlay Mason (Moor Hall)
- 8.39 Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) v Eanna Griffin (Waterford)
- 8.48 Barry Cashman (Belvoir Park) v William Hanna (Kilkeel)
- 8.57 Ian Moore (Dunmurry) v Shane Magee (Lurgan)
- 9.06 Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall) v Mark Mullen (Rosslare)
- 9.15 Dermot McElroy (Ballymena) v Rory Williamson (Holywood)
- 9.24 John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) v Lester Moore (City of Derry)
- 9.33 Ryan Gribben (Warrenpoint) v Owen Crooks (Bushfoot)
- 9.42 Colin Fairweather (Knock) v Andrew Morris (Belvoir Park)
- 9.51 Jonathan Yates (Naas) v Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu)
- 10.00 Paul McBride (The Island) v Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little)
- 10.09 Robbie Pierse (Grange) v Jonathan Corke (Castletown)
- 10.18 Greg Mungovan (Headfort) v Jeff Hopkins (Royal Dublin)
- 10.27 Ronan Mullarney (Galway) v Kyle McCarron (North West)
- 10.36 Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) v Eugene Smith (Ardee)
- 10.45 Craig Melvin (Corrstown) v Simon McConnell (Ballyclare)
- 10.54 Adam Doran (Ardee) v Fergal Kennedy (The Island)
- 11.03 David Sutton (Lurgan) v Neill Simpson (Kirkistown Castle)
- 11.12 Richard Bridges (Stackstown) v Ricahrd Knightly (Royal Dublin)
- 11.21 Ross Dutton (Tandragee) v Daniel Holland (Castle)
- 11.30 Rowan Lester (Hermitage) v Ryan Long (Cairndhu)
- 11.39 Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell) v Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle).
Stoke play qualifying (Dunluce Links, Par 72/Valley Links Par 70)
132 Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 66 66 (Leading qualifier)
134 Richard Bridges (Stackstown Golf Club) 68 66
136 Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 68 68
137 Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk Golf Club) 67 70
138 Greg Mungovan (Headfort Golf Club) 69 69, Rowan Lester (Hermitage Golf Club) 68 70
139 Paul McBride (Island) 69 70, Matthew McClean (Balmoral Golf Club) 69 70, Robin Dawson (Faithlegg Golf Club) 68 71, Gary Collins (Rosslare Golf Club) 67 72
140 Adam Doran (Ardee) 72 68, Colin Fairweather (Knock) 70 70, Ian Moore (Dunmurry) 70 70, Barry Cashman (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 68 72
141 Jonathan Yates (Naas Golf Club) 73 68, David Sutton (Lurgan Golf Club) 73 68, Tom Harris (Castletown Golf Club) 72 69, Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 71 70, Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell Golf Club) 71 70, Ronan Mullarney (Galway Golf Club) 70 71, Keith Egan (Carton House Golf Club) 69 72
142 William Russell (Clandeboye) 74 68, Robbie Pierse (Grange) 73 69, Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park Golf Club) 72 70, John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead Golf Club) 70 72, Ross Dutton (Tandragee Golf Club) 68 74, Noel Crawford (Mourne) 67 75
143 Jonathan Breen (Kirkistown Castle Golf Club) 72 71, Craig Melvin (Corrstown Golf Club) 71 72, Ryan Gribben (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 70 73, Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall Golf Club) 69 74, Mark Mullen (Rosslare Golf Club) 69 74, Owen Crooks (Bushfoot Golf Club) 68 75, Simon McConnell (Ballyclare Golf Club) 67 76
144 Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) 72 72, Andrew Clegg (Donaghadee Golf Club) 72 72, Daniel Holland (Castle) 72 72, Jonathan Corke (Castletown Golf Club) 72 72, Finlay Mason (Moor Hall Golf Club) 71 73, Graeme Arthur (Carrickfergus Golf Club) 71 73, Kyle McCarron (North West) 71 73, Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle Golf Club) 70 74, Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock Golf Club) 70 74, Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 69 75, Neill Simpson (Kirkistown Castle Golf Club) 69 75, Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club) 68 76
145 William Hanna (Kilkeel Golf Club) 75 70, Shane Magee (Lurgan Golf Club) 74 71, Andrew Morris (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 74 71, Fergal Kennedy (Island) 73 72, Colin Wilton (Banbridge Golf Club) 73 72, Jack Owens (Bangor Golf Club) 72 73, Ryan Long (Cairndhu Golf Club) 72 73, Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin) 72 73, Connor Doran (Banbridge Golf Club) 71 74, Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 71 74, Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.) 71 74, Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin) 71 74, Dale Jackson (Massereene Golf Club) 69 76, Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe Golf Club) 69 76, Eugene Smith (Ardee) 69 76, Lester Moore (City of Derry Golf Club) 68 77, Rory Williamson (Holywood Golf Club) 67 78
Non-qualifiers
146 David McMahon (Tralee Golf Club) 75 71, Dwayne Mallon (Dungannon Golf Club) 74 72, Brian Galway (Cairndhu Golf Club) 73 73, Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) 73 73, Nicholas McClay (Whitehead Golf Club) 72 74, Bryan Martin (Killymoon Golf Club) 72 74, Simon Bryan (Delgany Golf Club) 72 74, Shane Hogan (Nenagh Golf Club) 72 74, Mathew Murphy (Clandeboye) 71 75, Liam Reilly (Ballycastle Golf Club) 71 75, Shane Underwood (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 71 75, Darragh Crawford (Bundoran Golf Club) 70 76, Frank O'Donoghue (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 70 76, William Bamber (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 69 77
147 Paul McGuigan (Foyle) 76 71, Barry Fitzsimons (Downpatrick Golf Club) 74 73, Marc Nolan (Delgany Golf Club) 74 73, Stuart Winsby (Whitehead Golf Club) 74 73, Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club) 73 74, Ross Steedman (Balcarrick Golf Club) 73 74, Stephen Watts (Cairndhu Golf Club) 73 74, Gareth Moore (Lurgan Golf Club) 72 75, Adam Mulhall (Ardglass Golf Club) 72 75, James Lindsay (North West) 72 75, Alan Stevens (Spa) 72 75, Daniel Daly (Castle Hume Golf Club) 71 76, Conor O'Rourke (Naas Golf Club) 71 76
148 Jack Walsh (Castle) 77 71, Paul Fitzsimons (Downpatrick Golf Club) 76 72, Garth Boyd (Donaghadee Golf Club) 75 73, Graeme Laird (Clandeboye) 74 74, Dean Crawford (Moyola Park) 73 75, Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary Golf Club) 73 75, Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell Golf Club) 73 75, Martin McAvoy (Lurgan Golf Club) 72 76, Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 72 76
149 Frank McGinn (Ballycastle Golf Club) 76 73, Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene Golf Club) 76 73, Dan Murphy (Portarlington Golf Club) 75 74, Sean Walsh (Carton House Golf Club) 75 74, Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee Golf Club) 75 74, Keith Murphy (Charlesland Golf Club) 74 75, Paul Mclarnon (Fortwilliam Golf Club) 74 75, Max Thallon (Bangor Golf Club) 74 75, Johnathan Hewitt (Loughgall Golf Club) 73 76, Andrew Dillon (Carrickfergus Golf Club) 73 76, Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle Golf Club) 73 76, Matthew Kane (Whitehead Golf Club) 73 76, Kealan Quigg (North West) 72 77, Liam Grehan (Mullingar Golf Club) 70 79, Paul Buckley (Kanturk Golf Club) 69 80
150 Neil Cromwell (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 75 75, Ryan Symington (Lisburn Golf Club) 74 76, Timothy Greeves (Shandon Park Golf Club) 74 76, Stuart Cave (Holywood Golf Club) 73 77, Nicky Wilson (Enniskillen Golf Club) 73 77, Alan Lowry (Esker Hills) 73 77, Stephen Barker (Mourne) 73 77, Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth Golf Club) 73 77, Patrick McCrudden (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 72 78, Conor McCaughey (Dungannon Golf Club) 71 79, Glenn McAuley (Dunmurry) 71 79, Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown) 71 79, Damien McCusker (Moyola Park) 71 79, Michael O'Donovan (Castlerock Golf Club) 69 81
151 Ian Spillane (Mallow Golf Club) 80 71, Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 75 76, Ian Lynch (Rosslare Golf Club) 75 76, Danny Cullen (Walton Heath Golf Club) 75 76, Colin Jenkins (Ballyclare Golf Club) 74 77, Declan Reidy (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 74 77, Michael McSherry (Lurgan Golf Club) 74 77, Kevin Connolly (Portarlington Golf Club) 74 77, Simon Miskelly (Knock) 74 77, Finnian O'doherty (Letterkenny Golf Club) 72 79, Sam Sweeney (Seapoint Golf Club) 71 80, John Turner (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 71 80, Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club) 70 81, Stephen Kinch (Hollystown Golf Club) 69 82
152 Peter McKeever (Castle) 77 75, Joseph Timlin (Dungannon Golf Club) 77 75, Alastair Kerr (Clandeboye) 76 76, Philip O'Sullivan (Malone) 75 77, David Turner (Castlerock Golf Club) 75 77, Noel Mcgrane (The Royal Dublin) 75 77, Chris Moulds (Lisburn Golf Club) 75 77, Shane McClean (Foyle) 75 77, Mark Mckenna (Fortwilliam Golf Club) 75 77, Christopher Blackmore (Dundalk Golf Club) 74 78, Patrick Dallat (Ballycastle Golf Club) 74 78, Adam Leslie (Ballyclare Golf Club) 73 79, Henry Clark (Shandon Park Golf Club) 73 79, Liam Bresnahan (Omagh Golf Club) 71 81
153 Gareth Mann (Tullamore Golf Club) 79 74, Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 78 75, Colin Steele (Ballyclare Golf Club) 78 75, Rory Leonard (Banbridge Golf Club) 77 76, Blane Lynch (Ballinrobe Golf Club) 77 76, Rob Brazill (Naas Golf Club) 77 76, Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley Golf Club) 76 77, Patrick Jordan (Silverwood Golf Club) 76 77, Declan O'neill (Carton House Golf Club) 76 77, Glen Mowat (Enniskillen Golf Club) 74 79, Gerard Brennan (Dundalk Golf Club) 74 79, Evan Farrell (Ardee) 73 80, Mark Timmins (Coollattin Golf Club) 72 81
154 Declan O'Hara (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 82 72, Paul O'sullivan (Bray) 78 76, Ally Purdy (Ballyclare Golf Club) 77 77, Michael P O'brien (Delgany Golf Club) 76 78, David Carvill (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 76 78, Ronan O'Callaghan (Mannan Castle Golf Club) 74 80, Andrew Pigott (Dunmurry) 72 82, Simon Irwin (Holywood Golf Club) 71 83, John Finnegan (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 71 83
155 Philip Kelly (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 79 76, Jonathan Webb (Royal Co. Down) 77 78, Richard Moore (Castle Hume Golf Club) 77 78, Christopher Morrison (Rockmount Golf Club) 75 80, Stephen Jeffers (Castletown Golf Club) 74 81, Dominic Pollock (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 73 82, Marc Judge (Edmondstown Golf Club) 72 83, Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 71 84
156 Ryan McLarnon (Fortwilliam Golf Club) 80 76, Randolph Loney (Tandragee Golf Club) 77 79, Gary McDowell (Rathmore) 76 80, Sean Clancy (Carton House Golf Club) 76 80, Eamon Lynch (Lurgan Golf Club) 74 82, Darren Donohoe (Slieve Russell Golf Club) 74 82, Jake Whelan (Newlands) 74 82, Peter Crawley (Castleknock) 74 82, Mark Sutton (Castletown Golf Club) 73 83, Mark MacGrath (Limerick Golf Club) 73 83, Nial O'connor (Castlerock Golf Club) 73 83
157 Paul McCarthy (Mallow Golf Club) 85 72, Christopher Morgan (Dunmurry) 78 79, Barry Stevens (Spa) 78 79, Andrew Lowe (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 78 79, Derek Turkington (Massereene Golf Club) 77 80, Michael McHugh (Castleblayney Golf Club) 77 80, Andrew Montgomery (Old Conna Golf Club) 77 80, Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 76 81, Jonathan Heaslip (Ballyclare Golf Club) 76 81, Lee Crawford (Scrabo Golf Club) 76 81, Mervyn Kelly (Massereene Golf Club) 75 82, Gary Flynn (Delgany Golf Club) 75 82, Ian Smyth (Clandeboye) 74 83, Ciaran Corcoran (Royal Tara Golf Club) 74 83, Declan Mcconville (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 72 85, Sean Denny (Castleblayney Golf Club) 72 85
158 Daryl Callister () 80 78, Michael Rae (Rowany Golf Club) 79 79, Cameron Mills (Shandon Park Golf Club) 78 80, Christian Kennedy (Lisburn Golf Club) 77 81, Joseph Rafferty (Castle Hume Golf Club) 76 82, Gary Clarke (Lurgan Golf Club) 75 83, Gary Hamill (Ardglass Golf Club) 75 83, Gary Mcgrane (The Royal Dublin) 74 84, Ben Best (Rathmore) 72 86
159 Conal Patterson (Lurgan Golf Club) 82 77, Stephen Hamill (Massereene Golf Club) 78 81, David McAleenon (Edenmore Golf Club) 77 82, Pat Fitzpatrick (Kanturk Golf Club) 76 83, Barry Daly (Edmondstown Golf Club) 76 83, Adam Price (Delgany Golf Club) 76 83, Daniel Reilly (Galgorm Castle Golf Club) 76 83, Ryan Cunningham (Rathmore) 75 84, John Maguire (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 75 84, Adam Cromwell (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 74 85, Steven Kelly (Silverwood Golf Club) 74 85
160 Sean Quigg (City of Derry Golf Club) 79 81, Marty Monaghan (Killymoon Golf Club) 79 81, Conor Curran (Dundalk Golf Club) 78 82, Andrew Keenan (Dundalk Golf Club) 77 83, Karl Murray (Delgany Golf Club) 76 84, Ryan K. Gordon (Donaghadee Golf Club) 75 85, Christopher Hull (Massereene Golf Club) 75 85, Bruno Lupo (Malahide Golf Club) 72 88
161 Ryan Thompson (Greenacres Golf Club) 78 83, Jack McElroy (Dungannon Golf Club) 78 83, Andrew Miller (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 77 84, Arran Smith (Ardglass Golf Club) 74 87
162 Marc Mccusker (Shandon Park Golf Club) 85 77, Karl Eccles (Clandeboye) 80 82, Philip Gibb (Massereene Golf Club) 78 84, Kenny Topping (Carrickfergus Golf Club) 78 84, Shea Brady (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 77 85, James Rodgers (Knock) 75 87, Keith Walker (Portadown Golf Club) 75 87, Darragh Flynn (Carton House Golf Club) 71 91
163 Donald Beggs (King Edward Bay Golf Club) 81 82, Liam Doran (Ardee) 80 83, Jarlath McReynolds (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 80 83, Michael McGarry (Ballymena Golf Club) 78 85, Anthony Doyle (Littlestone Golf Club) 78 85, Ronan Doyle (Chart Hills Golf Club) 76 87, Bobby Rice (Ardee) 74 89
164 Colin Hull (Massereene Golf Club) 82 82, Michael Sinclair (Knock) 82 82, Andrew Porter (Rathmore) 79 85, Simon Corey (Whitehead Golf Club) 78 86, Aaron Darragh (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 76 88, Jamie Foley (Letterkenny Golf Club) 74 90
165 Matthew Kiernan (Glen of the Downs Golf Club) 79 86, Stewart Stevenson (Co. Armagh Golf Club) 77 88
166 Glenn Managh (Knock) 82 84, Peter Henry (Fintona Golf Club) 80 86
167 Adam Mcintyre (Ballyclare Golf Club) 84 83, Jamie Hore (Roganstown G & CC Golf Club) 83 84, Colin Rayfus (Knightsbrook) 82 85, Scott Campbell (Ballyclare Golf Club) 81 86, Ciaran Henry (Strandhill Golf Club) 80 87, Peter Wallace (Mullingar Golf Club) 80 87
168 Conor McGurgan (Foyle) 79 89
169 Mark Wehrly (Strandhill Golf Club) 82 87
172 Steven Hughes (Killymoon Golf Club) 80 92
180 Bert Lamar (USA) 88 92
NR/DQ/WD Conal Cooke (Strabane Golf Club) NR 79, Adam Mcateer (Whitehead Golf Club) 81 NR, Bill McCormack (Thurles) 79 NR, Conor Rankin (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 85 NR, John Hickey (Cork Golf Club) 78 NR, Alastair Mccully (Mannan Castle Golf Club) NR, Darragh Hobbs (Courtown Golf Club) 76 DQ, Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park Golf Club) WD 88, Jamie Richardson (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 72 WD, Patrick Neville (Bearna Golf Club) 77 WD, Jonathan Greer (Greenisland Golf Club) WD
80 Mark Rooney (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 80
83 Rory O'connor (Strandhill Golf Club) 83 , Aaron Taylor (City of Derry Golf Club) 83
91 Robert Kelly (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 91
