Castle’s Robert Moran made three birdies in a one-under par 70 to win the gross in the TaylorMade Winter Series at Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.

The plus two-handicapper sandwiched a bogey at the fifth between birdies at the fourth and sixth to turn in one-under par before coming home in level as he followed a birdie at the 11th with a bogey at the 12th.

He won the gross by one stroke from professional Steve Quinlan, who turned in level by following a birdie at the second with a bogey at the fifth, then made nine pars on the back nine.

Elm Park’s Charlie Denvir played with nett winner Michael McDermott and carded a one-over 72 to take the third gross prize as 74 players teed it up in a fresh, southerly breeze.

Denvir bogeyed the fifth but birdied the next and then came home in one-over as he recovered from bogeys at the 11th, 12th and 13th with birdies at the 14th and 18th.

Grange professional McDermott won the nett with a level par 71, edging out Black Bush’s Rick Weldon after a countback.

The former Stackstown star went out in one-over but birdied the 11th and 14th before dropping a shot at the par-three 17th.

Weldon started with two bogeys but then birdied the third and eighth to turn in level before following a bogey at the 12th with a birdie on the 14th.

Portmarnock Links’ Daniel Mulligan won the third nett as he carded a one-over 72 alongside gross winner Moran.

After a bogey-bogey start, he birdied the eighth before following bogeys at the 11th and 13th with a birdie at the 14th

TaylorMade Winter Series, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links (Par 71, SSS 73, CSS 73)

Nett

1. Michael McDermott (Pro) Grange 71

2. Rick Weldon (Pro) Black Bush 71

3. Daniel Mulligan (1) Portmarnock Links 72

Gross

1. Robert Moran (+2 Castle 70

2. Steven Quinlan (Pro) SQ Golf 71

3. Charlie Denvir (+2) Elm Park 72

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