Walsh wins Lee Valley Scratch Cup by two

Walsh wins Lee Valley Scratch Cup by two

Robbie Walsh (Douglas) pictured after winning the BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup. Picture: Niall O'Shea

Douglas’ Robbie Walsh had enough with a final round 76 to win the BoyleSports Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup by two strokes from Nenagh’s David Redddan.

Winner of the Connacht Boys title in 2018, he opened with a theee-under 69 to lead by a shot from Reddan and after adding a level par 72 to go into the final round three clear, he completed a wire-to-wire win with a closing 76.

He finished on one-over 217 as Reddan recovered from a second-round 78 with a 71 to finish second on three-over.

Walsh Jnr, who turns 21 next weekend, birdied his first two holes in the final round and while he would turn in three-over 39 after a series of three-putts, a one-over back nine was enough to secure a memorable win.

Fellow Douglas man Jack Murphy was third on four-over with Luke Cunningham, David Marshall, Caolan Rafferty and Eoin Murphy tied for fourth on six-over.

Walsh will tee it up in this weekend’s Munster Men’s Amateur Open Championship at Cork Golf Club with high hopes.

BoyleSports Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2023, Lee Valley GC (Par 72)

Detailed scores

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1R2R3Gross
1Robbie Walsh Jnr (Douglas)1697276217
2David Reddan (Nenagh)3707871219
3Jack Murphy (Douglas) 4737473220
T4Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay)6807171222
T4David Marshall (Naas)6757473222
T4Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk)6737574222
T4Eoin Murphy (Dundalk)6786975222
T8Olan Kelleher (Muskerry)8747773224
T8Keith Crowley (Fota Island)8757574224
T8Joe O'Sullivan (Cork)8757376224
T8Gary O'Flaherty (Cork)8727280224
12Padraig O'Connor (Macroom)9757575225
T13Dean O'Riordan (Fermoy)10757477226
T13Morgan Cain (Cork)10737578226
T15James Walsh (Douglas)11767576227
T15Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay)11727580227
T17Michael Greene (Greenore)12777477228
T17Pat Power (Lee Valley)12737778228
19Keelan McCarthy (Lee Valley)13767776229
T20Alan Moriarty (Lee Valley)14777677230
T20Ben Murray (Lee Valley)14777578230
T22Paddy Quill (Cork)15757878231
T22Dave O'Donovan (Muskerry)15787479231
T22Jordan Boles (Charleville)15787182231
T25James Murray (Lee Valley)16747781232
T25John O'Neill (Lee Valley)16727783232
T27Ian Bohane (Lee Valley)17767681233
T27Harry Duggan (Kilkenny)17767582233
T29John Waldron (Muskerry)18737982234
T29Wayne O'Callaghan (Douglas)18807282234
31Scott O'Brien (Nenagh)20777683236
MISSED CUT
CUTJohn Doyle (Fota Island)107678154
CUTMark Shanahan (Gold Coast)107678154
CUTShane Galvin (Bandon)107678154
CUTDavid Howard (Fota Island)117976155
CUTMark Behan (Lee Valley)117877155
CUTJack Murphy (Fota Island)127779156
CUTJack Egan (Muskerry)128175156
CUTAdam Challoner (Galway Bay)128175156
CUTBrian Lane (Muskerry)137780157
CUTFionn Hickey (Muskerry)137582157
CUTDylan Beirne (Carrick On-Shannon)137681157
CUTSean Reddy (Douglas)137780157
CUTDarren Hourihan (Lee Valley)137879157
CUTMel Deasy (Douglas)147979158
CUTSenan Carroll (Ballybunion)147880158
CUTPhilip Byrne (Ballybunion)148078158
CUTDarren Kelleher (Blarney)148078158
CUTFinbarr Fouhy (Lee Valley)147583158
CUTJohn O'Brien (Castlemartyr)158277159
CUTJake Adler (Nenagh)157980159
CUTPhilip Spratt (West Waterford)157980159
CUTColin Maguire (Douglas)157782159
CUTRoy O'Riordan (Fermoy)167882160
CUTGavin Sloane (Castlemaytyr)168179160
CUTConor Curran (Dundalk)178378161
CUTFrankie Walsh (Cork)177883161
CUTDaniel Devlin (Fota Island)187983162
CUTMark Ford (Cork)188181162
CUTStephen Riordan (Muskerry)187686162
CUTThomas O'Flynn (Fota Island)197885163
CUTBarry Curtin (Youghal)198875163
CUTAlan Hayes (Castlemartyr)198380163
CUTDean Browne (Blarney)208381164
CUTAnthony Nash (Lee Valley)208381164
CUTTom Tupper (Muskerry)208084164
CUTNeal MacKell (Dundalk)228086166
CUTJohn Corcoran (Muskerry)238483167
CUTSean O'Deisigh (Douglas)238582167
CUTCharlie Flavin (Cork)288884172
CUTEoghan McCarthy (Fermoy)308292174
NRZach Devlin (Cobh)-74NRNR
NREvan Farrell (Co.Louth)-77NRNR
NRSean Deasy (Douglas)-77NRNR
NRJason Galway (Lee Valley)-79NRNR
NRAaron McNulty (Lahinch)-79NRNR
NRZak Collins (Muskerry)-81NRNR
NRSean Duggan (Castlemartyr)-81NRNR
NRJamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint)-82NRNR
NRNiall Doonan (Cobh)-82NRNR
NRShane Concannon (Athenry)-82NRNR
NRCon O'Callaghan (Kanturk)-83NRNR
NRGavin Lynch (Cobh)-NRNSNR
NRStephen Galvin (Ballybunion)-NRNRNR