Burke wins Munster Veterans by two
(L-R) Munster Golf Chairman John Moloughney, Gerry Pierse, Vice Captain Lahinch GC, winner Bert Burke and Donal Curtin, President of Lahinch GC
Moate’s Bert Burke won the Munster Veterans Championship by two strokes over the Castle course at Lahinch.
He added a 74 to his opening 70 to win on six over 144 from Cork's Peter Cowley with Greg Young third on 147.
Munster Veterans Amateur Open Championship, Lahinch Golf Club (Castle, Par 69)
CSS Round One 67; Round Two 68
- WINNER Bert Burke (Moate) 144
- RUNNER UP Peter Cowley (Cork) 146
- THIRD Greg Young (Lahinch) 147
- BEST NETT 36 Tadg Mannion (Athlone) 129
- 2ND NETT 36 Jim McMahon (Woodstock) 134
- 3RD NETT 36 Pat Holland (Galway) 135
- BEST GROSS 1ST 18 John O’Donoghue (Tipperary) 72
- BEST NETT 1ST 18 Frank Holland (Galway) 66
- BEST GROSS 2ND 18 Paddy Harrington (Muskerry) 73
- BEST NETT 2ND 18 Rory Kennedy (Woodstock) 63
144 Bert Burke (Moate Golf Club) 70 74
146 Peter Cowley (Cork Golf Club) 70 76
147 Gregory Young (Lahinch Golf Club) 70 77
150 William Mernagh (Kanturk Golf Club) 76 74, John O'Donoghue (Tipperary Golf Club) 72 78
151 Paddy Harrington (Muskerry Golf Club) 78 73, Thomas Mernagh (Spanish Point Golf Club) 76 75
153 John Cuffe (Monkstown Golf Club) 77 76, Noel Pyne (Ennis Golf Club) 77 76, Paul Hautz (Delgany Golf Club) 76 77, Richard Cotter (Delgany Golf Club) 74 79
154 Gerry O'Keeffe (Waterford) 80 74, Denis Creedon (Lahinch Golf Club) 79 75
155 Tadg Mannion (Athlone Golf Club) 78 77, Tony Goode (Lucan) 77 78
156 Sean F. Hosty (Galway Golf Club) 79 77
157 Martin Barrett (Lahinch Golf Club) 78 79, Ray Smith (Galway Golf Club) 75 82
160 Tom Campion (Athlone Golf Club) 82 78, Tony McGlynn (Craddockstown Golf Club) 79 81, A W Smith (Blainroe Golf Club) 78 82, John Doyle (Lahinch Golf Club) 77 83, William J O Brien (Ballykisteen Golf Club) 75 85
161 Noel McGuckin (Mallow Golf Club) 78 83, Frank Holland (Galway Golf Club) 77 84
162 Liam Long (East Cork Golf Club) 82 80, John Moloughney (Templemore Golf Club) 80 82, Jim McMahon (Woodstock Golf Club) 80 82, Dennis O'Regan (Kanturk Golf Club) 79 83
165 Larry Cullen (Rush) 83 82, Eamon Connolly (Blainroe Golf Club) 81 84
166 Frank Hickey (Mallow Golf Club) 82 84
167 Michael O'Brien (Moate Golf Club) 84 83, Pat Holland (Galway Golf Club) 80 87
168 Bryan O'Donnell (Douglas) 87 81, M Marshall (Mahee Island Golf Club) 82 86, Sean Mc Namara (Killorglin Golf Club) 78 90
169 David Lindsay (Strandhill Golf Club) 89 80
170 Jim Brown (Belmullet Golf Club) 84 86, Patrick Coyne (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 83 87
171 Thomas O'Connell (Doneraile Golf Club) 81 90
172 Rory Kennedy (Woodstock Golf Club) 92 80, William Leggett (Island) 86 86, Sylvie Murphy (Kanturk Golf Club) 82 90
178 Paddy Gyves (Mallow Golf Club) 88 90
195 Seamus Rush (Lahinch Golf Club) 100 95
NR/WD Podge Dolan (Rush) 83 NR, Michael Vaughan (Lahinch Golf Club) 79 WD, Declan Harty (East Cork Golf Club) WD 94, Brian McGranaghan (Galway Golf Club) WD 80, Michael Foley (Faithlegg Golf Club) WD 84
