Pat Murray. Picture by Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ieLimerick’s Pat Murray closed with a 74 to finish 23rd in the Portuguese International Amateur Open at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort near Lisbon.

Rhys Pugh of Wales proudly shows off the trophy at Carton House. Picture by Pat CashmanWelsh teenager Rhys Pugh showed why he was such a heart-breaker for the United States in last year’s Walker Cup when he defied winds gusting over 20mph and closed with a sensational six under 66 to win the Chartis sponsored European Individual Amateur Championship by a shot at a windswept Carton House.