After 11 qualifying competitions and entries from all over the country, 33 golfers will do battle today in Fota Island to try to win a place in the Irish Open Pro-Am. The weekly qualifying competition has been running since March and each week the top three golfers qualified for the final. Qualifying scores ranged from 37 points to 43 points and the handicaps ranged from scratch to 19.
All 33 qualifiers listed below have been invited back to Fota today, the top three will play alongside a European Tour Professional in the tournament Pro-Am on Wednesday 18th June.
Fota Island Irish Open Pro-Am Qualifier
Padraig Greaney – Fota (8)
David Keating – Kinsale (0)
Barry Eagan – Frankfield (12)
Brian O’Neill – Muskerry (19)
Jack Howard – Fota Island Resort (3)
Robert O’Keeffe – Macroom (13)
David McCarthy – Fota Island Resort (25)
James O’Mahony – Cork Golf Club (1)
Adrian O’Donovan – Bandon (12)
Derek Hayes – East Cork (10)
Seamie O’Connor – Killarney (10)
Gerard McEvoy – Mahon (12)
Con O’Donnell – East Cork (10)
Conor Philpott – Fota (5)
Cian Mahony – (-) (12)
Tomas Butler – (-) (7)
Niall O’Mahony – Fota Island (6)
Sean Falvey – Monkstown (9)
Brendan Melody – Cahir Park (15)
Tom Manley – Blarney (12)
John T Keating – Fota Island GC (2)
Bernard Rohan – East Cork GC (15)
Cillian Moloney – Fota Island (5)
Michael O’Donoghue – Gold Coast GC (6)
G. Howard Nenagh (19)
John O’Mahoney Tipp Town (10)
Stuart Bowes Frankfield (11)
Leo Hassett (-) (9)
Andrew Cooke (-) (11)
Michael O Leary (-) (8)
James Murray – East Cork
Brian O Connor – Kinsale
Brian Cooney – Monkstown