Ciarndhu's Marc McKinstry cruised to a massively impressive eight-stroke, wire-to-wire victory in the Connacht Under 18 Championship at a pristine Roscommon Golf Club.

After opening with rounds of 68 and 70 to lead on six under, he closed with four birdies and just two bogeys in a final round 70 to win on eight under par 208 from Tramore's Jack Hearn (70).

Kinsale's Cathal Butler, Carton House's Marc Boucher and Kilkenny's Kevin Power were the best of the bunch on the final day, carding three under 69s.

Boucher tied for third on two over 218 with Tralee's Joseph O'Neill (70) and Royal Portrush's Peter Kerr (74).

Connacht U18 Boys, Roscommon Golf Club (Par 72)

Detailed scores

208 Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club) 68 70 70

216 Jack Hearn (Tramore Golf Club) 76 70 70

218 Marc Boucher (Carton House Golf Club) 77 72 69, Joseph O'Neill (Tralee Golf Club) 72 76 70, Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 72 72 74

219 Cathal Butler (Kinsale) 74 76 69, Kevin Power (Kilkenny Golf Club) 74 76 69, Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass Golf Club) 71 74 74

220 Devin Morley (Oughterard Golf Club) 73 75 72, John Murphy (Kinsale) 74 73 73

221 Allan Hill (Roscommon Golf Club) 78 73 70, Marc Norton (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 76 74 71, Adam McCormick (Scrabo Golf Club) 75 74 72, Ryan Corry (Clandeboye) 74 74 73

222 Louis O'Hara (Athenry Golf Club) 71 80 71, Shane McDermott (Co. Cavan Golf Club) 77 72 73, Cillian Moloney (Fota Island Golf Club) 73 76 73, Harry Gillivan (Westport Golf Club) 76 73 73, Mark Power (Kilkenny Golf Club) 76 73 73, Paddy Culhane (Galway Golf Club) 74 72 76, Darragh Smith (Castle) 72 72 78

223 Jordan Logue (Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club) 75 76 72, Luke Cummins (West Waterford Golf Club) 78 72 73, Sean Desmond (Monkstown Golf Club) 80 69 74, Mark Healy (Kinsale) 75 73 75, Gary Ward (Kinsale) 75 73 75, Ross Kelly (Tuam Golf Club) 72 72 79

224 William Small (Tandragee Golf Club) 74 75 75

225 Dean Cafferty (Carton House Golf Club) 77 76 72, Alan Fahy (Bray) 80 73 72, Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick Golf Club) 79 74 72

226 Cian Henry (Ballyhaunis Golf Club) 77 76 73, David Brady (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 73 80 73, David Hill (Roscommon Golf Club) 74 79 73, Jack Doherty (Carton House Golf Club) 77 74 75

227 Aaron Howard (Palmerstown Stud) 78 75 74, John Molyneaux (Ballybunion Golf Club) 77 76 74, Nathan McCann (Lurgan Golf Club) 77 76 74, Jake Vickers (Balbriggan Golf Club) 74 74 79

229 David Clince (Craddockstown Golf Club) 76 77 76

230 Sean Burke (Galway Golf Club) 80 72 78, Aaron Bagnall (Millicent Golf Club) 74 77 79

231 Michael O'Farrell (Galway Golf Club) 73 79 79

232 Paul Kelly (Glasson Golf Club) 78 75 79

233 Stuart McCaw (Royal Belfast Golf Club) 71 82 80, Mikey Burke (Galway Golf Club) 76 75 82

CUT

154 Rory Hill (Tralee Golf Club) 82 72 , Mark Doogue (Baltinglass Golf Club) 80 74 , Matthew Grehan (Tullamore Golf Club) 80 74 , Harry Duggan (Kilkenny Golf Club) 80 74 , Christopher Duffy (Letterkenny Golf Club) 79 75 , Conor Kavanagh (Newbridge Golf Club) 79 75 , Chris Black (Dunmurry) 78 76 , Michael McGurk (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 78 76 , Charlie McDonnell (Castleblayney Golf Club) 78 76 , Michael Kennelly (Athenry Golf Club) 77 77 , Eric Rumley (Kinsale) 76 78 , Ian Halpin (Cahir Park Golf Club) 74 80 

155 David Kitt (Mountbellew Golf Club) 81 74 , Brian Jnr Fehily (Newlands) 80 75 , Timothy Howes (Mount Juliet Golf Club) 78 77 , Darren Hourihan (Douglas) 75 80 

156 Joseph Rafferty (Castle Hume Golf Club) 79 77 , Owen Crooks (Bushfoot Golf Club) 79 77 , Conor Rice (Athlone Golf Club) 78 78 , Jack Tuohy (Galway Bay Golf Club) 78 78 , Cian Feeney (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 77 79 , Robert Nevin (Headfort Golf Club) 77 79 , Eamonn O'Driscoll (Killarney Golf Club) 77 79 , Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 76 80 , Gareth Carr (Mullingar Golf Club) 76 80 , Daniel McNally (Carton House Golf Club) 73 83 

157 Michael Shiel (Athenry Golf Club) 84 73 , Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 83 74 , Alex Murray (Island) 81 76 , Anton Brennan (Athenry Golf Club) 81 76 , Michael Young () 79 78 , Stephen Kelliher (Killarney Golf Club) 79 78 , Robert Moran (Castle) 79 78 , Eoghan O'Neill (Limerick Golf Club) 76 81 

158 Eoin Griffin (Galway Golf Club) 82 76 , Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 81 77 , Bill Hannan (Carton House Golf Club) 80 78 , Oisin Devereux (Carton House Golf Club) 79 79 , Eoin Conway (West Waterford Golf Club) 78 80 , Gareth Hogan (Island) 78 80 , Colm Beakey (Galway Bay Golf Club) 78 80 , David Burns (Cushendall Golf Club) 77 81 , Eanna Melville (Gort Golf Club) 76 82 , Jack Patton (Letterkenny Golf Club) 75 83 

159 Harry McGeary (Dungannon Golf Club) 82 77 , Andrew Mays (Portmarnock) 80 79 , Conor McDonald (Lurgan Golf Club) 79 80 , Jack Johnston (Clandeboye) 78 81 

160 Ryan Gibbons (Castlebar Golf Club) 87 73 , Darragh Herlihy (West Waterford Golf Club) 84 76 , Enda Kennedy (Black Bush) 84 76 , Sean Doyle (Athlone Golf Club) 83 77 , Andrew Hickey (Ballyhaunis Golf Club) 80 80 , Barry Fitzpatrick (Castle) 77 83 

161 Seán Dowling (Beaverstown Golf Club) 82 79 , Peter Cummins (Lurgan Golf Club) 81 80 , George Morgan (Grange) 80 81 , Cathal Hastings (Castlebar Golf Club) 78 83 , Aaron O'Donnell (Athenry Golf Club) 78 83 

162 Eoin Ahern (Mallow Golf Club) 84 78 , Enda Cahill (Carton House Golf Club) 83 79 , Danny Madden (Dungannon Golf Club) 82 80 , Ryan Sheerin (Tullamore Golf Club) 79 83 

163 Daniel Devlin (Fota Island Golf Club) 86 77 , Brian Crowdle (Kilkenny Golf Club) 80 83 , William Eickholt (Portmarnock) 78 85 , Evan Henry (Ballyhaunis Golf Club) 77 86 

164 Cillian Lawless (Athenry Golf Club) 88 76 , Daragh Coleman (Skerries Golf Club) 88 76 , Tommy Doran (Balbriggan Golf Club) 83 81 , Callum Slater (Headfort Golf Club) 81 83 , Mark Burke (Tuam Golf Club) 80 84 

165 Jack Madden (Dungannon Golf Club) 84 81 , John Corbett Jnr (Thurles) 82 83 , Ross Murphy Sweeney (Glasson Golf Club) 82 83 , Conor Ruane (Galway Bay Golf Club) 81 84 

166 Evan Hollowed (Newlands) 86 80 , Aodan Comerford (Bearna Golf Club) 80 86 , Luke O'Brien Jnr (Limerick Golf Club) 79 87 

167 Seamus Og O'Neill (Co. Cavan Golf Club) 89 78 , Joseph Keyes (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 86 81 

168 Ryan Timlin (Castlebar Golf Club) 92 76 , Ben Graham (Scrabo Golf Club) 88 80 , Dylan Craig (Tubbercurry Golf Club) 81 87 

169 Liam Nolan (Galway Golf Club) 88 81 , Eoin Ruane (Mullingar Golf Club) 80 89 

171 Dylan McHugh (Castlebar Golf Club) 91 80 , Cian Hutchinson (Carton House Golf Club) 84 87 , Sean Dunne (The Royal Dublin) 82 89 

172 Sean McHugh (Enniscrone Golf Club) 83 89 

174 Ross Moore (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 86 88 

WD/NR Campbell Rodgers (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 80 NR , Ciaran McCabe (Dungannon Golf Club) 92 NR , Conor Keown (Greystones Golf Club) 87 WD , Brian McGuinness (Claremorris Golf Club) 88 W