Galway's Ronan Mullarney got some competitive practice ahead of his first Alps Tour start later this month when he shot a level par 71 to win the gross in the TaylorMade Winter Series at Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.

Irish Amateur Close champion last year and now a professional, he mixed birdies at the fourth and 13th with bogeys at the sixth and 12th to win after a countback from Portmarnock Links' Declan O'Neill.

Gary Cullen took the third gross with a 72 while another home player, three-handicapper Eamonn Keane, shot a 70 to win the nett by one stroke from Grange's Roy Connolly and Fortwilliam's Conor McErlane.

Keane's two-over 73 gross was an excellent effort, comprising a solitary birdie at the 13th against bogeys at the fifth, 10th and 18th.

TaylorMade Winter Series, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links (Par 71, CSS 75)

Nett

1. Eamonn Keane (3) Portmarnock Links 70

2. Roy Connolly (1) Grange 71

3. Conor McErlane (5) Fortwilliam 71

Gross

1. Ronan Mullarney (Pro) Unattached   71

2. Declan O’Neill (+1) Portmarnock Links 71

3. Gary Cullen (+3) Portmarnock Links 72