O'Connor outlasts Leonard in Leinster Mid-Amateur playoff
Winner Brian O'Connor (Hermitage) in action at Headfort. Photo: Ronan Quinlan
Hermitage's Brian O'Connor won the Leinster Mid-Amateur Championship at Headfort's New Course.
The Dubliner beat Rory Leonard in a three-hole playoff after they had tied on two-over-par 146, two strokes ahead of William Smith, Christopher Moulds, Eddie McCormack and Karl Murray.
Former West of Ireland champion Leonard set the clubhouse target when he followed a 74 with a level par 72.
But more than an hour later O'Connor posted a second successive 73 and went on to win over three holes.
Smith from Chambersburg Country Club, USA took third place on countback from Lisburn's Moulds while the best nett over 36 holes went to Andrew Norrby, also from Lisburn, with a score of 143.
Leinster Mid Amateur Open Championship Headfort GC (Par 72)
R1: SSS 75, CSS 75, R2 SSS 75, CSS 76
146 B O'Connor Jnr (Hermitage) 73 73 After 3-Hole Play Off,
146 R Leonard (Banbridge) 74 72
148 W Smith (Chambersburg Country Club) 78 70, C Moulds (Lisburn) 75 73, E McCormack (Galway) 75 73, K Murray (Charlesland) 74 74
149 J Fox (Portmarnock) 73 76
151 S Cullen (Slieve Russell) 76 75, D O'Neill (The Links Portmarnock) 75 76, G Arthur (Carrickfergus) 74 77
152 P Flynn (Tramore) 77 75
153 J Greene (Portmarnock) 78 75, S Miskelly (Knock) 77 76, D Glynn (Galway Bay) 75 78, G Lalor (Killeen Castle) 74 79, A Norrby (Lisburn) 73 80
154 K Kennedy (Thurles ) 76 78, M Buggy (Castlecomer) 74 80, R Fitzpatrick (Naas) 74 80
155 M Dunne (Newlands) 77 78, M O'Brien (Charlesland) 77 78, S Hession (Dundalk) 76 79, C Wilton (Banbridge) 75 80, A Boyle (Hermitage) 74 81
156 D McMenamin (Letterkenny) 80 76, L Mulligan (Edmondstown) 80 76, B O'Brien (Headfort) 79 77, P O'Sullivan (Old Conna) 76 80
157 D Winters (Seapoint) 77 80
158 L Ryan (Thurles) 81 77, D Joyce (Powerscourt) 78 80, J Ward (Banbridge) 77 81, N Mackell (Dundalk) 76 82
160 D McDonald (Old Conna) 83 77, S Moran (Co. Meath) 80 80, P Burke (Mullingar) 79 81, D Kinneen (Galway Bay) 74 86, P Gallagher (Mourne) 73 87
161 C Ryan (Killeen Castle) 84 77, P Murphy (Mourne) 82 79
162 G Cohen (Beaverstown) 83 79, D Shiel (Powerscourt) 82 80, S O'Brien (Fota Island) 80 82
163 M Nicholson (Antrim) 84 79, D Buckley (Co. Meath) 80 83
164 T Hogan (Headfort) 83 81, J O' Sullivan (Co. Louth) 82 82
165 K Lawlor (Beaverstown) 80 85
167 M Davey (Mourne) 85 82, D Tynan (Mullingar) 80 87
168 M Hogan (Tullamore) 88 80, M Gill (Co. Armagh) 84 84, D Basquill (Enniscrone) 78 90
169 J McLynn (Galway Bay) 86 83
170 B Wilde (Corballis Links) 88 82
171 S Lynch (Dunmurry Springs) 84 87
172 C O'Donoghue (Castletroy) 91 81
175 B Dore (Newcastle West) 89 86
176 N O'Connor (Palmerstown House Estate) 83 93
NR 74 P Kirby (Dun Laoghaire)
NR 84 B Duffy (Co. Louth)
NR 80 K Lewis (Skerries)
NR 75 C O'Connor (Corrstown)
NR 76 M Clifford (Lucan), J McLoughlin (Portumna)
WD 79 E Savage (K Club)
NR 80 D Warde (Roganstown), K Canavan (Balbriggan)
RTD 80 A Grant (Dundalk)
NR 82 S Kelly (Ballinasloe), E Brady (Headfort)
RTD 85 R Buckley (Grange)
NR 88 P Higgins (Naas)
NR 0 C Jameson (Wicklow)
RTD 0 N Crawford (Mourne)
