Moran 21st in Portuguese Amateur
Robert Moran (Castle). Picture by Pat Cashman
Castle’s Robert Moran showed his quality as he finished tied for 21st despite closing with a disappointing 76 in the final round of the Portuguese Amateur Championship at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort.
Just four strokes off the pace at halfway after a brace of 70’s, he was six strokes behind entering the final round but mixed three birdies with five bogeys and a double bogey to end the week on one-under par.
He finished 12 strokes behind 16-year old Portuguese star Daniel da Costa Rodrigues, who led by two strokes from England’s Laurie Owen after rounds of 69, 67 and 69 before closing with a 70 to win by three strokes from Owen and France’s Lucas Abrial on 13-under-par.
Castleknock’s Paul Coughlan tied for 28th on level par after a 74 with Dun Laoghaire’s Alan Fahy 44th on six-over after a 74.
89th Portuguese Internacional Amateur Championship, Montado (Par 72)
1 Daniel da Costa Rodrigues POR -13 275 69 67 69 70
2 Lucas Abrial FRA -10 278 71 69 70 68
2 Laurie Owen ENG -10 278 68 70 69 71
4 Bard Bjoernevik Skogen NOR -9 279 69 74 69 67
5 Charles Almeida FRA -8 280 67 73 69 71
5 Bailey Gill ENG -8 280 71 70 67 72
7 Ben Schmidt ENG -7 281 71 67 71 72
7 Alex Hietala FIN -7 281 73 71 68 69
7 Matty Lamb ENG -7 281 72 70 70 69
10 Charlie Thornton ENG -6 282 66 70 74 72
10 Dan Brown ENG -6 282 71 71 71 69
T21 Robert Moran IRL -1 287 70 70 71 76
T28 Paul Coughlan IRL PAR 288 71 70 73 74
44 Alan Fahy IRL +6 294 70 77 72 75
