Mullarney 37th in Red Sea Little Venice Open
Alessandro Pia (Deputy Director of Tour Operations and Tournament Director); Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela (winner Red Sea Little Venice Open); Ali Mohamed (Sokhna Golf Club Director). Photo: Alps Tour Golf
Ronan Mullarney tied for 37th in the Red Sea Little Venice Open and fell to fifth in the Alps Tour rankings after the first two events in Egypt.
The former Alps Tour number one made two birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey seven in a five-over 77 to finish on three-over-par at Sokhna Golf Club.
He was 14 strokes behind Spain’s Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela, who closed with a three-under 69 to win by a shot from Frenchman Quentin Debove at Sokhna Golf Club on 11-under.
Hernandez Cabezuela earned €6,200 and 6,525 Order of Merit points to top the Order of Merit race for five cards on the HotelPlanner Tour.
Irish positions in OOM (Red Sea result)
5. Ronan Mullarney (T37)
29. Hugh Foley (MC)
37. Robert Moran (MC)
T40 John Murphy (MC)
- Marc Boucher (MC)
The five-strong Irish contingent now travels to Cairo for the 2025 New Giza Open at the New Giza Golf Club course from Saturday, March 1 to Monday, March 3.
