Murray reclaims his throne and takes fourth Munster Mid-Am by six
(Left-right) Pat Reddan, (sponsor, Maldron Hotels) Pat Murray (Limerick) and Peter English (GUI Munster Golf) at the Munster Mid Amateur Championship.
Local favourite Pat Murray closed with a 69 to romp to a six-shot win and his fourth Munster Mid-Amateur title at Limerick on Saturday.
The former Irish Close and South of Ireland champion, runner up for the last four years, finished on eight under par 208 with Killeen Castle's Mark Collins his nearest rival on 214 after a 72.
Murray, who is Secretary-Manager of the club, won the title three times in a row from 2008 to 2010.
He opened with a 70 to be one behind Carlow's Pat Bevins but then made six birdies in a second round 69 to lead by three from Collins and by four from Bandon's David McCarthy and Dungarvan's Alan Thomas.
Vice-captain Frank O’Mahony welcomed all the players to the club and thanked the course staff for the preparation of the course, Pat Reddan on behalf of the sponsors, Maldron Hotels, and congratulated all the participants, and wished Limerick Golf Club all the best in the finals of the Senior Cup at Carton House later on this month.
Peter English on behalf of the Munster Branch, thanked Limerick Golf Club and the championship committee for all the work they did over the weekend, he also thanked a number of players who travelled from afar for number of years to support the tournament.
- Winner Pat Murray (Limerick Golf Club) 208
- Runner Up Mark Collins (Killeen Castle) 214
- Third Alan Thomas (Dungarvan Golf Club) 217
- Fourth Joe Lyons (Galway Golf Club) 218
- Fifth David McCarthy (Bandon Golf Club) 220,
- Sixth Jim Carvill (Banbridge Golf Club 220
- Overall Gross Dermot O'Donoghue (East Clare) 214
Winner Pat Murray (Limerick) with Frank O’Mahony (Vice Captain, Limerick Golf Club) and Peter English (GUI Munster Golf).
Munster Mid Amateur Open Championship 2015, Limerick Golf Club (Par 72)
Sponsored by Maldron Hotel (CS R1 72, R2 73, R3 73)
208 Pat Murray (Limerick Golf Club) 70 69 69
214 Mark Collins (Killeen Castle) 72 70 72
217 Alan Thomas (Dungarvan Golf Club) 72 71 74
218 Joe Lyons (Galway Golf Club) 72 75 71
220 David McCarthy (Bandon Golf Club) 72 71 77, Jim Carvill (Banbridge Golf Club) 70 75 75
223 Michael Reddan (Limerick Golf Club) 72 78 73
224 Pat Bevins (Carlow Golf Club) 69 74 81
225 Kevin Condren (Greystones Golf Club) 74 79 72, Eddie McCormack (Galway Bay Golf Club) 71 73 81
226 Paul Burke (Mullingar Golf Club) 76 76 74, Tony Cleary (Woodstock Golf Club) 73 76 77
227 David Hunt (Nenagh Golf Club) 76 75 76
228 Peter Sheehan (Ballybunion Golf Club) 78 77 73, Paul Flynn (Tramore Golf Club) 77 77 74, Tony McClements (Holywood Golf Club) 73 80 75, Dermot Morris (Limerick Golf Club) 73 75 80
229 Peter Meaney (Cahir Park Golf Club) 80 77 72, Colm McIlroy (Holywood Golf Club) 77 76 76
230 Alan Doherty (Corrstown Golf Club) 76 78 76, Eoghan O' Loughlin (Spanish Point Golf Club) 74 76 80
231 Dermot O'Donoghue (East Clare Golf Club) 75 81 75
232 Eamonn Haugh (Castletroy Golf Club) 80 74 78, Lewy Halpin (Shannon) 79 75 78, Conn O'Driscll (Cahir Park Golf Club) 77 78 77
233 Michael M Murphy (Castletroy Golf Club) 84 74 75, Gerard Vaughan (Limerick Golf Club) 79 75 79, Peter Hennessy (Lahinch Golf Club) 76 79 78
234 Mark Coleman (Limerick Golf Club) 78 74 82
235 David Kelleher (Portmarnock) 81 73 81, Michael Kemmy (Limerick Golf Club) 78 73 84, Billy Donlon (Birr Golf Club) 77 78 80, Frank Flynn (Laytown & Bettystown) 77 77 81
236 Joe Crangle (Cliftonville Golf Club) 78 80 78, Ronan Maher (Mullingar Golf Club) 75 83 78
237 Fergus Harrold (Castletroy Golf Club) 79 79 79, Bryan Dore (Newcastle West Golf Club) 76 79 82, Randal Cross (Enniscrone Golf Club) 76 76 85
239 Gerry Reeves (Limerick Golf Club) 76 81 82
245 Adrian Lonergan (Cahir Park Golf Club) 80 78 87
NR Alan Condren (Greystones Golf Club) 72 73 NR, Cathal Walsh (Limerick Golf Club) 80 75 NR, Damian Gleeson (Limerick Golf Club) 83 74 NR, Gary Purtill (Dromoland Golf Club) 75 82 NR, Denis O'Brien (Limerick Golf Club) 87 NR , Michael Barrett (Slievenamon Golf Club) 78 76 WD, Nicholas O'Riordan (Cobh) 79 79 WD,
Non-qualifiers
154 Peter Kane (Ashbourne) 76 78
155 Gerard Ahern (Youghal Golf Club) 80 75
157 Diarmuid Linehan (Muskerry Golf Club) 83 74 , Bob Loftus (Lahinch Golf Club) 76 81
160 Mike Whelan (East Clare Golf Club) 80 80 , Damien Coyne (Tuam Golf Club) 78 82 , Thomas Hogan (Headfort Golf Club) 77 83
161 Peter Rogers (Dundalk Golf Club) 80 81
162 Joe O'Keeffe (Muskerry Golf Club) 81 81 , Rory Timlin (Galway Golf Club) 78 84
163 Donncadh Nagle (Kilrush Golf Club) 80 83 , Conor Williams (Adare Manor Golf Club) 76 87
164 Nicky Duggan (Dromoland Golf Club) 85 79 , Robert O' Donoghue (Castletroy Golf Club) 83 81
165 Steven Murray (Tipperary Golf Club) 82 83 , David Donnelly (Ashbourne) 81 84 , Joe Hammond (Craddockstown Golf Club) 77 88
166 Daniel Mc Grath (Tuam Golf Club) 86 80 , Declan O'Carroll (Castlegregory Golf Club) 82 84 Paul Reilly (Co. Louth Golf Club) 81 85 , Darran Walsh (Limerick Golf Club) 81 85
169 Aidan Mulcahy (Woodstock Golf Club) 83 86
175 John O'Neill (Rathbane Golf Club) 94 81
176 William O Brien (East Clare Golf Club) 86 90
178 Mark Barry (Limerick Golf Club) 87 91
WD Robert J Cotter (East Cork Golf Club) 94 WD
