Cian McNamara followed up his good pro-am performance yesterday with an opening 69 at the first round of the PGA Irish Championship.  It was a second successive 69 for the Monkstown professional, with birdies on the 12th, 15th and 16th.  He had a steady round of 15 pars to go with the three birdies.  Davey Barry is two shots back on -1.   He’s tied for 12th place after a round that featured four birdies and three pars.  The lead is held by Simon Thornton who  is three clear of the field after an opening 69.  The 106th staging of the Championship is being hosted by Moyvalley Hotel and Golf Resort.

Cork interest is high with several golfers in line to make the cut.  Ciaran McKenna is inside the top 30 on +2, and Conor Coyne is one behind on +3.  Padraig Dooley, David Ryan, Stephen Hayes and Ronan Collins have some work to do to ensure they make the cut.  Dooley, Hayes and Ryan are inside the top 50 while Collins is just outside it.

Round two gets underway tomorrow with the cut for the final 36 holes taking place tomorrow evening.

106th PGA Irish Championship – Round 1 Scores

Pos	Player	Thru	Total	R1
1	Simon Thornton	18	-7	65
T2	Keith Shannon	18	-4	68
T2	Eamonn Brady  Clontarf Golf Club	18	-4	68
T4	Andy Hogan  Edmondstown Golf Club	18	-3	69
T4	Christopher Carvill  Belvoir Park Golf Club	18 *	-3	69
T4	Cian McNamara  Monkstown Golf Club	18	-3	69
T7	Mark O’Mahony  Titleist National Fitting Cent	18	-2	70
T7	Niall Kearney  Royal Dublin Golf Club	18	-2	70
T7	Colm Moriarty  Drive Golf Performance Limited	18	-2	70
T7	Richard Kilpatrick  Banbridge Golf Club	18	-2	70
T7	James Quinlivan  Mullingar Golf Club	18	-2	70
T12	Eddie Doyle  The Eddie Doyle Golf Academy	18	-1	71
T12	David Barry  Douglas Golf Club	18	-1	71
T12	David Higgins  Waterville Golf Links	18	-1	71
T12	Michael McDermott  Pure Golf Leopardstown	18	-1	71
T12	Glen Robinson	18	-1	71
T17	Steven Quinlan	18	E	72
T17	Brian McElhinney  North West Golf Club	18	E	72
T17	Neil O’Briain  Old Conna Golf Club	18	E	72
T17	Daniel Beattie  Deer Park Hotel Golf & Spa	18	E	72
T17	Matthew Dunmore  Bundoran Golf Club	18 *	E	72
T22	Jerry Scullion  Kilkeel Golf Club	18	1	73
T22	Shaun Donnelly  Castle Hume Golf Club	18 *	1	73
T22	Kenny Fahey  GUI National Academy	18	1	73
T22	Damien McGrane	18	1	73
T22	Brendan McGovern  Headfort Golf Club	18	1	73
T22	Damian Mooney  Nevada Bobs Belfast	18	1	73
T28	Mark Whelan  Castlewarden Golf & Country Cl	18	2	74
T28	John Dignam  Slade Valley Golf Club	18 *	2	74
T28	Tara Delaney  The Eddie Doyle Golf Academy	18 *	2	74
T28	Scott Wilson  Co. Louth Golf Club	18 *	2	74
T28	Brendan Walton  Island Golf Club	18 *	2	74
T28	Ciaran Mckenna  Mallow Golf Club	18 *	2	74
T34	Shane Jenkinson  St Margaret’s Golf & Country C	18	3	75
T34	Conor Coyne  Lisheen Springs Golf Club	18 *	3	75
T34	David Foley  Dromoland Castle GC	18	3	75
T34	Padraig McGrath  P & M Golf Superstore Ltd	18 *	3	75
T34	Paul Stevenson  Portadown Golf Club	18 *	3	75
T34	Brian Doheny  Mount Juliet Golf Club	18 *	3	75
T34	Mark Staunton  Delgany Golf Club	18	3	75
T34	Ciaran Molloy  Blackwood Golf Centre	18	3	75
T42	Padraig Dooley  Drive Golf Performance Limited	18	4	76
T42	Tony O’Regan  Galway Bay Golf Resort	18 *	4	76
T42	Dara Lernihan  Elm Park Golf Club	18	4	76
T42	Adam Dunmore  Bundoran Golf Club	18	4	76
T46	Stephen Hayes  Douglas Golf Club	18 *	5	77
T46	Diarmaid Fraser  Killarney Golf & Fishing Club	18	5	77
T46	William Noble  County Cavan Golf Club	18 *	5	77
T46	Brian Sweeney  Naas Golf Club	18 *	5	77
T46	Michael O’Shea  Rathsallagh Golf Club	18 *	5	77
T46	Peter O’Hagan  Luttrellstown Castle Golf Club	18 *	5	77
T46	Mark Murphy  McGuirks Golf	18 *	5	77
T46	Michael McGeady	18	5	77
T46	Patrick Sheehy  McGuirks Golf	18 *	5	77
T46	Brian Jnr McCormack  Edenderry Golf Academy	18 *	5	77
T46	Gary Chambers  Killymoon Golf Club	18 *	5	77
T46	Hazel Kavanagh  Carr Golf Centre at Spawell	18 *	5	77
T46	David Ryan  Cahir Park Golf Club	18	5	77
T46	Jimmy Bolger  Kilkenny Golf Club	18	5	77
T60	Ronan Collins  Halpenny Golf Club	18	6	78
T60	Mark Beckett  Killarney Golf & Fishing Club	18 *	6	78
T60	Dan Hinds  City of Derry Golf Club	18	6	78
T60	Brian O’Reilly  Glenlo Abbey Golf Club	18 *	6	78
T60	Michael Kelly  Dun Laoghaire Golf Club	18 *	6	78
T60	Paul Masterson  Macreddin Golf Club	18 *	6	78
T66	Christopher Loughrey  Castlerock Golf Club	18 *	7	79
T66	Bernard Quigley  Tullamore Golf Club	18	7	79
T66	Graham Byrne  Palmerstown Stud Golf Club	18 *	7	79
T66	Patrick Small  Galway Golf Club	18 *	7	79
T70	Mark Heinemann  Beaufort Golf Club	18 *	8	80
T70	Kevin Foy  Stepaside Golf Centre	18	8	80
T70	Thomas Johnston  Castlerock Golf Club	18 *	8	80
T70	Stephen McCarthy  Black Bush Golf Club	18 *	8	80
T70	David Mortimer  Galway Golf Club	18	8	80
T75	Alan Staunton  Hollywood Lakes Golf Club	18	9	81
T75	Kyle Cannon  Portmarnock Golf Club	18 *	9	81
T75	Josh Adams  Unattached	18 *	9	81
T75	David Leathem  Nevada Bobs Belfast	18 *	9	81
T75	Robert Giles  Greenore Golf Club	18	9	81
T75	Thomas Niland  Tuam Golf Club	18 *	9	81
T75	Ryan Madigan  Waterford Castle Golf Club	18	9	81
82	Conor Gorevan  Hermitage Golf Club	18 *	10	82
T83	Ross Young  Carr Golf Centre at Spawell	18	11	83
T83	Jim Robinson  Co. Sligo Golf Club	18	11	83
T83	Lynn McCool  Lough Erne Golf Resort	18	11	83
T86	Fintan Lacey  Roganstown Golf & Country Club	18 *	12	84
T86	Peter Hanna  Lurgan Golf Club	18 *	12	84
T88	Corey Doherty  Athlone Golf Club	18 *	13	85
T88	Donard MacSweeney  Mullingar Golf Club	18 *	13	85
T88	Roy O’Neill  Galway Golf Club	18 *	13	85
T91	Ciaran Hegarty  Castleknock Golf Club	18	16	88
T91	Peter Hickey  Cork Golf Club	18	16	88
T91	Daniel Crowley  Fota Island Golf Club	18 *	16	88