Lally beats par to win Leinster Under 16 Boys crown

Winner David Lally (Blainroe) won the Leinster Boys Under 16 Close 2019 at Ashbourne Golf Club. Photo: Ronan Quinlan/Cashman Photography

Blainroe’s David Lally shot the only sub-par score of the day to win the Leinster Boys Under 16 Close Championship at Ashbourne.

He made three birdies and two bogeys in a one-under 70 to edge out Malahide’s Gavin O’Neill by one stroke as Edmondstown’s Thomas Abom and Newlands’ Oisin Reilly posted one-over 72s to share third place.

Lally bogeyed the first but birdied the second before picking up shots at the par-five sixth and short seventh to turn in two-under 34. He then reeled off seven pars in a row before following a six at the long 17th with what turned out to be a winning par at the last.

James Quinn (Castle)

James Quinn (Castle) Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

Alex Byrne (Waterford)

Alex Byrne (Waterford) Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

James Kelly (Dun Laoghaire)

James Kelly (Dun Laoghaire) Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

David Lally (Blainroe)

David Lally (Blainroe) with Joe McNamara, Chairman of Leinster Golf and David Doolan, Captain of Ashbourne Golf Club following his win in the Leinster Boys Under 16 Close 2019 at Ashbourne. Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

winner David Lally (Blainroe) at the Leinster Boys Under 16 Close 2019 at Ashbourne Golf Club

David Lally (Blainroe) shows off the 2019 Leinster Boys Under 16 Close trophy. Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

David Lally (Blainroe)

Leinster Boys Under 16 Close 2019 at Ashbourne Golf Club, winner David Lally (Blainroe) Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

Michael Fitzgibbon (Portmarnock)

Michael Fitzgibbon (Portmarnock) Photo: Ronan Quinlan www.cashmanphotography.ie

Leinster Boys U16 Close Championship (Sponsored by Titleist FJ Ireland) , Ashbourne GC (Par 71)

Detailed scores

70 D Lally (Blainroe)

71 G O'Neill (Malahide)

72 T Abom (Edmondstown); O Reilly (Newlands)

73 J La Cumbre (Portarlington); L McKeen (Co. Louth); D McKenna (Laytown & Bettystown); A O'Carroll (Powerscourt)

74 L Mitchell (Portmarnock)

75 D McNicholl (Westmanstown); R O'Shea (Elm Park); J Mitten (Westmanstown)

76 B Scully (Portarlington); A Bolger (Castle); C Sheridan (Craddockstown); O Foley (Ashbourne); M Giles (Greenore)

77 M Holohan (Seapoint); M Fitzgibbon (Portmarnock); P Gogarty (Laytown & Bettystown); S Varian (Dun Laoghaire)

78 J Cunningham (Carton House); C Quinn (Castle); E Freeman (Naas); B Caffrey (Ardee); D Lawley (Newlands); C Ward (Carton House); L Giblin (Carton House); B Nolan (Woodbrook)

79 A McGettrick (Island); P Curran (Edmondstown); A Byrne (Waterford); J McNulty (Headfort); N McGowan (Woodbrook); M O'Brien (Elm Park); S Inglis (Killiney)

80 D Smyth (Castle); E O'Sullivan (Heritage); J Kelly (Dun Laoghaire); M Cully (Royal Tara); T Lanigan (Carton House)

81 C Sullivan (Forrest Little); T Deering (Baltinglass); J Foley (Elm Park); A Murray (Roganstown)

82 A Allabachani (Powerscourt); C McFadden (Headfort); A Armitage (Carrickmines); D Sullivan (Forrest little); J Heavey (Carton House)

83 C Murphy (Dundalk); B Hanratty (Donabate); C Reilly (Royal Tara)

84 C Clarke (Dundalk); M Pippet (Blainroe); A Fraser (Dun Laoghaire); S Harty (Woodbrook)

85 M Furlong (Wexford); R Carolan Maher (Laytown & Bettystown); M O'Connor (Lucan); B O Neill (Waterford); G Tiernan (Co. Louth); M McKeown (Dun Laoghaire)

87 J Quinn (Castle); D Noonan (Dun Laoghaire); A Moran (Castle)

88 N Patterson (Baltinglass); B Bracken (Portmarnock)

89 D Hickey (Portarlington); L McCarroll (Portmarnock); A Kelly (Castle Barna)

92 L Flaherty (Roganstown); Z Kirby (Dun Laoghaire)

95 J Larkin (Powerscourt)

NR 0 A Garvey (Co. Louth); C Mohan (Seapoint)