Sharvin strides towards Walker Cup side with third place in Scottish Strokeplay
Ardglass' Cormac Sharvin is making it almost impossible for the GB&I selectors to deny him a Walker Cup spot after his third top-three finish in a row.
Moynihan six back in Scotland; Sexton best at St Andrews
The Island's Gavin Moynihan is the best of the Irish, six shots behind Australia's Geoff Drakeford in the Carrick Neill Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship at Panmure.
Dermot McElroy. Picture www.golffile.ieDermot McElroy and Richard O’Donovan did their chances of a Walker Cup call up no harm at all when they finished joint second behind the impressive Englishman Garrick Porteous in the Scottish Amateur Open Strokeplay at a blustery Southerness.
Richard O’Donovan is just one stroke off the lead with two rounds ot play in the Scottish Open Strokeplay at Southerness. Picture: Thos Caffrey www.golffile.ieLucan’s Richard O’Donovan birdied the last to lie just a shot off the lead entering today’ two rounds of the Carrick Neill Scottish Stroke Play Championship at Southerness.
Richard O’Donovan at Royal Dublin last month. Picture: Eoin Clarke www.golffile.ieRichard O’Donovan is hoping to put four solid rounds together and give his Walker Cup hopes a boost after an opening 68 left him just two shots behind England’s Nathan Kimsey in the Scottish Amateur Open Strokeplay at Southerness.