South of Ireland 2000
99th South of Ireland Championship, sponsored by Irish Shell, Lahinch Golf Club
July 29 - August 2
Final
Graeme McDowell (Rathmore) beat Ken Kearney (Galway) 3/2
Semi-finals
K Kearney (Galway) bt A Morrow (Portmarnock) 6/5
G McDowell (Rathmore) bt T Rice (Limerick) 3/2
Quarter-finals
A Morrow (Portmarnock) bt N Fox (Portmarnock) 19th
K Kearney (Galway) bt J Kehoe (Birr) 3/2
T Rice (Limerick) bt Colm Moriarty (Athlone) 5/4
G McDowell (Rathmore) bt G McGimpsey (Bangor) 4/3
Fifth Round
A Morrow (Portmarnock) bt M Kelly (Killeen) at the 20th
N Fox (Portmarnock) bt M Sheridan (Tramore) 4/3
K Kearney (Galway) bt P Murray (Kinsale) 1 hole
J Kehoe (Birr) bt R De Lacy Staunton (Hong Kong) 5/4
Colm Moriarty (Athlone) bt J Foster (Ballyclare) 5/4
T Rice (Limerick) bt K McCarthy (Kinsale) 5/4
G McGimpsey (Bangor) bt JG Kavanagh (Castletroy) 1 hole
G McDowell (Rathmore) bt S Moloney (Castletroy) 1 hole
Fourth round
M Kelly (Killeen) bt D Basquill (Enniscrone) 5/4
A Morrow (Portmarnock) bt D Kelleher (Portmarnock) 6/5
M Sheridan (Tramore) bt K Bornemann (Douglas) 3/2
N Fox (Portmarnock) bt J Curran (Elm Park) 1 hole
P Murray (Kinsale) bt A McCormick (Scrabo) 3/2
K Kearney (Galway) bt S McTernan (Co Sligo) 4/3
J Kehoe (Birr) bt M McGeady (City of Derry) 1 hole
R De Lacy Staunton (Hong Kong) bt M Kemmy (Limerick) 2/1
J Foster (Ballyclare) bt D Snow (Portmarnock) 2/1
Colm Moriarty (Athlone) bt C Martin (Nenagh) 4/2
T Rice (Limerick) bt E Haugh (Westmanstown) 4/3
K McCarthy (Kinsale) bt M Collins (Sutton) 3/2
G McGimpsey (Bangor) bt N Howley (Ballinasloe) 4/2
JG Kavanagh (Castletroy) bt Chris Moriarty (Clandeboye) 2 holes
S Moloney (Castletroy) bt P Lyons (Cork) 3/2
G McDowell (Rathmore) bt R Elliott (Royal Portrush) 3/2
Third round
D Basquill (Enniscrone) bt G Cullen (Beaverstown) 1 hole
M Kelly (Killeen) bt DW Coyle (Dundalk) 3/2
D Kelleher (Portmarnock) bt M O’Sullivan (Galway) 5/4
A Morrow (Portmarnock) bt P Killeen (Claremorris) 5/4
K Bornemann (Douglas) bt Peter Cowley (Cork) 1 hole
M Sheridan (Tramore) bt C Brown (Royal Portrush) 5/4
J Curran (Elm Park) bt D Sugrue (Killarney) 3/2
N Fox (Portmarnock) bt R McCrabbe (Castlerock) 3/2
A McCormick (Scrabo) bt D Finn (Mallow) 2/1
P Murray (Kinsale) bt P Gaw (Foxrock) 1 hole
K Kearney (Galway) bt T Crawley (The London Golf Club) 2 holes
S McTernan (Co Sligo) bt D O’Brien (Laytown & Bettystown) 6/5
J Kehoe (Birr) bt J Mitchell (Tramore) 1 hole
M McGeady (City of Derry) bt M Horan (Birr) 19th
R De Lacy Staunton (Hong Kong) bt J Lyons (Birr) 2/1
M Kemmy (Limerick) bt A Lynch (Northamptonshire) 6/5
D Snow (Portmarnock) bt M Hoey (Shandon Park) 2/1
J Foster (Ballyclare) bt M O’Kelly (Limerick) 3/2
C Martin (Nenagh) bt A Harty (West Waterford) 2/1
Colm Moriarty (Athlone) bt P Dooley (Cork) 5/3
E Haugh (Westmanstown) bt M McDermott (Stackstown) 2 holes
T Rice (Limerick) bt M Owens (Mallow) 1 hole
K McCarthy (Kinsale) bt J Semelsberger (UCLA) 1 hole
M Collins (Sutton) bt E Brady (Royal Dublin) 1 hole
G McGimpsey (Bangor) bt N Goulding (Portmarnock) 2/1
N Howley (Ballinasloe) bt L Hynes (Blainroe) 6/4
Chris Moriarty (Clandeboye) bt S Keenan (Bearna) 5/3
JG Kavanagh (Castletroy) bt M Murphy (Waterville) 1 hole
P Lyons (Cork) bt S Browne (Hermitage) 2/1
S Moloney (Castletroy) bt G McNeill (Waterford) 3/2
R Elliott (Royal Portrush) bt H Hanley (Grange) 5/4
G McDowell (Rathmore) bt T Cleary (Cork) 3/2
Second Round
First quarter
G Cullen (Beaverstown) bt P Wallace (Mullingar) 1 hole
D Basquill (Enniscrone) bt McParland (Greenore) 4/2
M Kelly (Killeen) bt S Nayagam (Tullamore) 6/5
DW Coyle (Dundalk) bt M Coote (Tralee) 3/2
D Kelleher (Portmarnock) bt MM Barrett (Mitchelstown) 1 hole
M O’Sullivan (Galway) bt P Byrne (Portmarnock) 19th
P Killeen (Claremorris) bt G Dickson (Holywood) 5/4
A Morrow (Portmarnock) bt C Waters (Loughrea) 2/1
Peter Cowley (Cork) bt S Paul (Tandragee) 26th
K Bornemann (Douglas) bt P Mclnerney (Lahinch) 5/4
C Brown (Royal Portrush) bt C Donovan (Killeen) 1 hole
M Sheridan (Tramore) bt R Leonard (Banbridge) 2/1
D Sugrue (Killarney) bt S McSweeney (East Cork) 2/1
J Curran (Elm Park)) bt G Lunny (Rathsallagh) 2 holes
R McCrabbe (Castlerock) bt P Power (Tramore) 3/2
N Fox (Portmarnock) bt L Russell Owens (Royal Dublin) 2/1
Second quarter
A McCormack (Scrabo) bt G Bray (Co Louth) 6/5
D Finn (Mallow) bt K Sheehy (Athlone) 2/1
P Gaw (Foxrock) w/o J Law (East Cork)
P Murray (Kinsale) bt C Finn (Mallow) 1 hole
Ken Kearney (Galway) bt D McDonald (Kilkenny) 3/2
T Crawley (The London Golf Club) bt P McDonald (Woodbrook) 2/1
S McTernan (Co Sligo) bt J Mulready (Castle) 20th
D O’Brien (Laytown & Bettystown) w/o Peter Martin (Balmoral)
J Kehoe (Birr) bt E McCartan (Greenore) 6/5
J Mitchell (Tramore) bt C Cassidy (Portmarnock) 19th
M Horan (Birr) bt P Collier (Lahinch) 21st
M McGeady (City of Derry) bt P Murphy (Portmarnock) 22nd
J Lyons (Birr) bt R Maher (Nenagh) at the 19th
R De Lacy Staunton (Hong King Golf Club) bt J McHugh (Carlow) 4/3
A Lynch (Northamptonshire) w/o P McLaughlin (Ballyliffin)
M Kemmy (Limerick) bt M Campbell (Stackstown) 2/1
Third quarter
M Hoey (Shandon Park) bt B Ronan (Co Louth) 2/1
D Snow (Portmarnock) bt D Synnott (Delgany) 2/1
M O’Kelly (Limerick) bt S McEnery (Ennis) 3/2
J Foster (Ballyclare) bt D O’Donovan (Muskerry) 5/4
C Martin (Nenagh) bt E Power (Kilkenny) 2/1
A Harty (West Waterford) bt M King (Galway Bay) at the 19th
P Dooley (Cork) bt P Sheehan (Castletroy) 3/1
C Moriarty (Athlone) bt G Bohill (Co Louth) 4/3
M McDermott (Stackstown) bt C Conaty (Ashbourne) 6/5
E Haugh (Westmanstown) bt MF Morris (Portmarnock) 4/3
M Owens (Mallow) w/o J Carr (Sutton)
T Rice (Limerick) bt D Conway (Portmarnock) 4/2
J Semelsberger (UCLA) bt B Hickey (Adare Manor) 5/4
K McCarthy (Kinsale) bt C Cunningham (Mullingar) 1 hole
M Collins (Sutton) bt A Dowling (Hermitage) 1 hole
E Brady (Royal Dublin) bt M Feane (Lahinch) 4/3
Fourth quarter
G McGimpsey (Bangor) bt K Canty (Douglas) 4/3
N Goulding (Portmarnock) bt R Conway (Lahinch) 2/1
N Howley (Ballinasloe) bt B Loftus (Ennis) 3/2
L Hynes (Blainroe) bt J Morris (Mullingar) 2 holes
Chris Moriarty (Clandeboye) bt I Cooke (Clandeboye) 1 hole
S Keenan (Bearna) bt l Stuart (Curragh) at the 21st
JG Kavanagh (Castletroy) bt D Carroll (Grange) 4/3
M Murphy (Waterville) bt D Morgan (Mullingar) 7/6
S Browne (Hermitage) bt L Halpin (Shannon) 5/4
P Lyons (Cork) bt C Hurst (The London Golf Club) 1 hole
S Moloney bt A H Maharaj (Bloomingdale) 6/4
G McNeill (Waterford) bt J Sugrue (Killarney 6/5
H Hanley (Grange) bt G Mallon (Northwest) 2 holes
R Elliott (Royal Portrush) bt G McGranaghan (Galway) 1 hole
T Cleary (Cork) bt E McCormack (Elm Park) 2/1
G McDowell (Rathmore) bt D Ryan (Grange) 5/4
First Round
First quarter
P Wallace (Mullingar) bt M McHugh (Ballinasloe) 5/4
S McParland (Greenore) bl S Caul (Malahide) 3/1
S Nayagam (Tullamore) bt P Bray (Metropolitan, Australia) 3/2
MJ Coote (Tralee) bt F 0' Donoghue (Belvoir Park) 3/2
D Kelleher (Portmarnock) bt J Joyce (Borris) 6/5
P Byrne (Portmarnock) bt N Pyne (Ennis) 3/2
G Dickson (Holywood) bt R Coleman (Tullamore) 3/2
C Waters (Loughrea) bt P 0' Keeffe (Douglas) 1 hole
Peter Cowley (Cork) bt Graham Smith (Vartry Lakes) 2/1
P Mclnerney (Lahinch) bt D Maguire (Douglas) 19th
C Donovan (Killeen) bt T Hayes (The K Club) 4/3
M Sheridan (Tramore) bt D Crowe (Dunmurry) 3/2
S McSweeney (East Cork) bt T Lennon (Carlow) 20th
J Curran (Elm Park) bt P Maguire (Bantry Bay) 2/1
R McCrabbe (Castlerock) bt A MesKell (Tipperary) 3/2
L Russell Owens (Royal Dublin) bt M Pierse (Grange) 2/1
Second quarter
G Bray (Co Louth) bt G Purtilll (Shannon) 3/2
K Sheehy (Athlone) bt D Connolly (Douglas) 19th
P Gaw (Foxrock) bt D 0’ Sullivan (Limerick) 1 hole
C Finn (Douglas) bt N Beirth (Co Louth) 4/2
D McDonald (Kilkenny) bt D Gannon (Co Louth) 3/1
P McDonald (Woodbrook) bt P 0’Rourke (Kilkenny) 3/2
J Mulready (Castle) bt S Kyle (Greenisland) 4/3
D O’Brien (Laytown & Bettystown) bt G Young (Kilrush) 1 hole
E McCartan (Greenore) bt B Begley (Elm Green) 2/1
C Cassidy (Portmarnock) bt R Hennessy (Ennis) 3/1
P Collier (Lahinch) bt M Parlon (Roscrea) 7/5
P Murphy (Killarney) bt A Gallagher (Shannon) 2/1
R Maher (Nenagh) bt O Grogan (Moate) 6/5
J McHugh (Carlow) w/o BV Reddan (Co Louth)
A Lynch (Northamptonshire) bt D Loughnane (Galway) 4/3
M Kemmy (Limerick) bt D Fitzgerald (Dromoland) 2/1
Third quarter
B Ronan (Co Louth) bt R Walsh (Tralee) 1 hole
D Snow (Portmarnock) bt M Canty (Tramore) 2/1
S McEnery (Ennis) bt K Purcell (Old Conna) 1 hole
D O’Donovan (Muskerry) bt P Nolan (Limerick) 6/5
C Martin (Nenagh) bt E McMahon (Lahinch) 7/5
A Harty (West Waterford) bt P Morris (Douglas) 4/3
P Dooley (Cork) bt D Roche (Blainroe) 3/2
G Bohill (Co Louth) bt N Lavin (Royal Dublin) 3/1
C Conaty (Ashbourne) bt S Short (Strandhill) 4/3
MF Morris (Portmarnock) bt D Briden (Gold Coast) 3/2
M Owens (Mallow) bt P Burke (Nenagh) 5/4
D Conway (Porlmarnock) bt T Brannock (Newlands) 3/2
B Hickey (Adare Manor) bt M Collins (Doneraile) 2/1
C Cunningham (Mullingar) bt K Roche (Ballinasloe) 1 hole
A Dowling (Hermitage) bt W Blackwood (Bright Castle) 5/4
M Feane (Lahinch) bt M Rowe (Athlone) 5/4
Fourth quarter
K Canty (Douglas) btJ Fitzgerald (Limerick) 6/5
R Conway (Lahinch) bt J Murray (Tipperary) 1 hole
B Loftus (Ennis) bt S Carter (Mountrath) 2/1
L Hynes (Blainroe) bt B Kilgallon (Ballina) 2/1
I Cooke (Clandeboye) bt P McGrath (Dromoland) 5/4
I Stewart (Curragh) bt P Brennan (Old Conna) 4/3
D Carroll (Grange) btJ Fox (Portmarnock) 1 hole
D Morgan (Mullingar) bt J Flood (Woodbrook) 3/2
L Halpin (Shannon) bt M F Galvin (Limerick) 2/1
C Hurst (The London Golf Club) bt K Kennedy (Thurles) 4/3
SD Moloney (Castletroy) bt L Dalton (Waterford) 3/2
J Sugrue (Killarney) bt D Morris (Limerick) 2/1
G Mallon (Northwest) bt B Fay (South Beds) 3/2
G McGranaghan (Galway) bt F Costelloe (Castletroy) 4/3
E McCormack (Elm Park) w/o W Jones (Youghal)
D Ryan (Grange) bt D Connolly (Douglas) 2/1