Byrne wins Irish U16 Boys by one stroke
Joseph Byrne (Baltinglass) winner of the 2019 Irish Boys Under 16 Amateur Open Championship at Donabate Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman
Baltinglass' Joseph Byrne had enough with a par-five at the 18th to win the Irish U16 Boys Championship by one stroke at Donabate.
Tied for the overnight lead with Roscommon's Thomas Higgins on three-under-par, it all came down to the 433m finishing hole.
Higgins and England's Frank Kennedy had birdied the 17th to tie with playing partner Byrne on level par. But they both dropped a shot at the last and Byrne made par to add a three-over 74 to rounds of 71 and 68 to win the title on level par.
Kennedy took the U15 Trophy after his round of 72 and tied for second with Higgins, who shot a 75.
Ulster U16 champion Morgan O'Sullivan from Ballyneety tied for fourth on five-over with Galgorm Castle's Joshua Hill, who was selected for the Jacques Léglise Trophy earlier in the week.
Irish Boys U16 Championship Donabate GC (Par 213)
213 J Byrne (Baltinglass) 71 68 74;
214 F Kennedy (England) 70 72 72, T Higgins (Roscommon) 69 70 75;
218 M O’Sullivan (Ballyneety) 74 71 73, J Hill (Galgorm Castle ) 71 76 71;
219 M Deasy (Lee Valley) 75 73 71, F Dobbin (Malone) 75 73 71, Z Collins (Muskerry) 75 72 72;
220 T Abom (Edmondstown) 78 69 73, L Cunningham (Galway Bay) 74 73 73, P McGrath (Cregmore Park) 69 75 76;
221 C Kelly (Athlone) 75 68 78, P Ulmrich (Germany) 72 77 72, B Wilson (Warrenpoint) 71 75 75;
222 D Strachan (France) 78 72 72;
223 J Walsh (Kinsale ) 78 72 73, D Lally (Blainroe) 76 73 74, D McNicholl (Westmanstown) 75 75 73, A Mercie de Soultrait (France) 75 72 76, J Murphy (Douglas) 75 71 77, E Simonsen (Denmark) 73 74 76, C Mons (Germany) 71 80 72;
224 H Griesheimer (Germany) 76 75 73, J Strang (Royal Portrush) 74 75 75, P Keeling (Roganstown ) 74 74 76;
225 D Hogg (Belvoir Park) 74 75 76;
226 A Byrne (Waterford) 75 74 77, A King (Faithlegg) 74 78 74, M Cully (Royal Tara) 74 74 78, L Abom (Edmondstown) 73 78 75;
227 M Sandoz (Wales) 79 71 77, R Campbell (Greenacres) 77 75 75, E Garvey (Laytown & Bettystown) 77 72 78, J Foley (Elm Park) 76 74 77, P Ó Dochartaigh (Gweedore) 76 74 77, A Bolger (Castle) 75 69 83, E Freeman (Naas) 74 74 79, K Anderson (Galgorm Castle) 73 75 79, A Murray (Roganstown) 73 71 83, L Lyons (Limerick) 71 79 77;
228 M Carson (Royal Belfast) 79 73 76, E Cassidy (Kinsale) 78 72 78, B St.John (Portmarnock) 74 77 77, E McArthur (Royal Portrush) 73 77 78, C O'Connor (Roscommon) 72 79 77;
230 J Quinn (Castle) 78 73 79, T Lanigan (Carton House) 75 75 80, N Gohm (Germany) 73 79 78;
231 L Flaherty (Roganstown) 76 76 79, B Hanratty (Donabate) 75 76 80;
232 G O'Neill (Malahide) 71 77 84;
238 S Inglis (Killiney) 77 75 86.
Non Qualifiers
153 C Reilly (Royal Tara) 79 74, F Hoare (Roscommon) 79 74, B Caffrey (Ardee) 78 75, R Donnellan (Galway Bay ) 77 76, M O'Brien (Elm Park) 75 78;
154 L Dutartre (France) 79 75, B Nolan (Woodbrook) 75 79, L McKeen (Co Louth) 75 79, S Novotny (Germany) 74 80, M Ball (Rathmore) 72 82;
155 B Hanratty (Donabate) 81 74, C Quinn (Castle) 81 74, L Winter (Germany) 80 75, R Link (Germany) 78 77, D Behan (Naas) 77 78, A Papaziani (France) 77 78, R Fives (Faithlegg) 72 83;
156 C Keenan (Balmoral) 81 75, P Gogarty (Laytown & Bettystown) 80 76, D Mulligan (Laytown & Bettystown) 79 77, L Kelly (Belvoir Park) 78 78, R Govan (The Island) 78 78, R McHugh (Baltinglass) 77 79, A Darrah (Royal Portrush) 76 80, J Cunningham (Carton House) 76 80, J McMaster (Holywood) 75 81;
157 C McFadden (Headfort) 81 76, S Sex (Portmarnock) 79 78, R Davidson (Knock) 77 80, C Parke (Knock) 75 82;
158 H O'Connell (Royal Dublin) 83 75, A Foley (Edmondstown) 81 77, A Luddy (Mitchelstown) 81 77, C Rice (Doneraile) 81 77, M Whelan (Ennis) 80 78, L Murdoch (Scotland) 80 78, R O'Shea (Elm Park) 80 78, J Mitten (Westmanstown) 77 81;
159 T Dodds (Rathmore) 84 75, J Kelly (Bray) 83 76, F Farrell (Carrick-on-Shannon) 79 80, L Mitchell (Portmarnock) 78 81, H Ardle (Warrenpoint) 77 82;
160 M Holohan (Seapoint) 85 75, T Jago Byrne (Palmerstown House Estate) 82 78, D Cronin (Co Sligo) 82 78, C Collins (Bermuda) 82 78, N McGowan (Woodbrook) 78 82, M Burns (Ardglass) 77 83, D Finn (Loughrea) 77 83;
161 C Sullivan (Forrest Little) 85 76, C Rowe (Tandragee) 84 77, J McArthur (Royal Portrush) 84 77, C O'Sullivan (Killiney) 81 80, J McNulty (Headfort) 80 81, K Connaughton (Roscommon) 78 83, S Spicer (Dromoland) 77 84, C Ward (Carton House) 76 85;
162 M Fitzgibbon (Portmarnock) 81 81, E Magill (East Clare) 80 82;
163 E Rowe (Lisburn) 85 78, A Fraser (Dun Laoghaire) 81 82, S Deasy (Lee Valley) 77 86;
164 A Moran (Castle) 88 76, C Flavin (Youghal) 85 79, O Reilly (Newlands) 85 79, P Curran (Edmondstown) 84 80, D McDonogh (Oughterard) 84 80, T Morrison (Carrickfergus) 84 80, J Adler (Nenagh) 82 82;
165 L Kilfeather (Galway) 80 85;
166 S Varian (Dun Laoghaire) 85 81;
167 C Feeney (Enniscrone) 84 83;
168 J Higgins (Donabate) 88 80, L Giblin (Carton House) 88 80, L Freeman (Ballaghaderreen) 87 81, D Sullivan (Forrest little) 86 82, B Bracken (Portmarnock) 83 85;
169 T Bischoff (Germany) 89 80, R O'Keeffe (Monkstown) 82 87, J O'Sullivan (Malone) 81 88;
170 A Kelly (Castle Barna) 86 84;
171 E O'Sullivan (The Heritage) 81 90;
172 R Murray (Roganstown) 89 83, N McCormack (Palmerstown House Estate) 87 85
NR 77 I Winn (Ballyneety);
RTD 78 C Sheridan (Craddockstown), RTD 82 S Calvert (Ballyneety), RTD 85 M McKeown (Dun Laoghaire), RTD A Curran (Craddockstown), C Diggin (Omagh), A Valery (France).
