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Spanish Point claim AIG Pierce Purcell glory at the 24th - 24 hours later

Niall O'Shea

Spanish Point’s Patrick Hogan celebrates the winning putt of The AIG Pierce Purcell Shield Final at Fermoy Golf Club, Co. Cork .© Golffile | Oisin Keniry)

It took an extra 24 hours but it was well worth the wait as Spanish Point beat Kenmare at the sixth tie hole to claim the Munster title in the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield at Fermoy. 

Spanish Point's Sean McMahon and Patrick Hogan faced Kenmare's Gerald O'Dwyer and Carlie Vaughan in the decisive match.

The match should have been settled on the 21st but Vaughan holed an excellent long putt across the tricky green.  After the par-three fifth was halved in the darkness at 8 pm, Tournament Director David Prendergast was left with no option but to order the teams to return at 4 pm on Sunday to conclude hostilities.

On the resumption of play on Sunday, the two pairs halved the par-five sixth hole before Hogan holed the winning putt for Spanish Point at the seventh which was the sixth sudden-death hole.

It's the first time in six years that the Clare club has won the Munster pennant and they will be hoping to complete the double of 2014 when they head for Donegal GC in October for the AIG Cups & Shields All Ireland Finals from October 28-30.

The Spanish Point team of Sean McMahon, Patrick Hogan, Les Seal, Fergal Hehir and Mervyn Hehir after winning the Munster final of the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield at Fermoy Golf Club, Co. Cork 27/09/2020 Picture: Golffile | Oisin Keniry

AIG Pierce Purcell Shield 2020

Munster Semi-Finals & Final, Fermoy Golf Club, Saturday 26 September

Spanish Point 3, Kenmare 2

  1. Kevin Hynes/Niall Heaney bt Pearse O'Shea/David O'Dwyer 5/4

  2. Sean McMahon/Patrick Hogan bt Gerald O'Dwyer/Charlie Vaughan 1H on 6th tie hole

  3. Fergal Hehir/Michael Hehir lost to John Maye/Micheal O'Sullivan 1 hole

  4. Mervin Hehir/Cillian Duggan bt John Guest/Sean O'Regan 6/4

  5. Mike Donnelly/Michael O'Brien lost to Chris Dale/Robin Clifford 1 up

Semi-finals

Spanish Point 3.5, Cahir Park 1.5

  1. Kevin Hynes/Niall Heaney bt Kevin McGuire/Paddy Farrell 3/2

  2. Seamus McMahon/Michael O'Brien lost to Willie Morrissey/John McGrath 4/3

  3. Fergal Hehir/Michael Hehir bt Thomas Walsh/Barry McCormack 5/4

  4. Mervin Hehir/Cillian Duggan bt Christian Healy/John Ryan 7/6

  5. Patrick Hogan/Sean McMahon -v- Donal Mullane/Thomas Kinane called in

East Cork 2, Kenmare 3

  1. Jack Hayes/Con Kelleher lost to Pearse O'Shea/David O'Dwyer 20th

  2. Ross Keohane/John Greene lost to Gerald O'Dwyer/Charlie Vaughan 6/5

  3. Paul Cashman/Damian O'Donovan bt Padraig O'Shea/Sean Murphy 7/6

  4. Damien Craven/Hans Baumann bt Dan Lucey/Bosco MacGearailt 2 up

  5. Paul O'Donoghue/Tadgh Gilroy lost to Chris Dale/Robin Clifford 1 up