John Murphy became the only golfer to win the Munster Junior Golfer of the Year in November. Murphy picked up his second successive award from Munster Golf having also won the Boys Order of Merit. Having competed in all of the provincial events at Boys and Youths levels, Murphy gave himself every chance of performing well in the Order of Merit. He scored well in the Irish Youths and the Irish Boys which ultimately separated him from the other contenders.
Murphy was delighted to be the first golfer to win the award more than once. “It was a great honour to receive this award once, not to mind twice” said John. “This time two years ago I was playing off about five and had been pretty unsuccessful in championships, with no real status on the boys scene. I am delighted with how far I have come in the last 2 years. Winning this award twice was something that was far from my thoughts in 2014. It is great to see that the Muster GUI have acknowledged my golf with this award in the last two years, and I am very grateful for this. It is very special for me that I was the first ever person to win this award twice in a row, and I will never forget Continue reading
John Murphy eagled his second last hole of the day today to jump into the lead after two rounds of strokeplay qualifying at the European Boys Team Championships in Czech Republic. After opening with a bogey, John added two birdies to turn on -1. He played steady par golf all the way back until a great eagle on the par five 17th saw him move to -3 and jump into the lead. It was another good day for Ireland as they took four of the first five spots, and finished 23 shots ahead of second placed.
John Murphy (Kinsale) shot a level par 72 on the opening day of the European Boy’s Team Championships today. The competition is taking place in Czech Republic and Murphy was one of the later starters this morning and opened with birdie. He had three bogies on the front nine but turned on +1, two birdies and a bogey on the back nine meant that he signed for a level par 72 to lie in 5th place. It was a very good day for Ireland, Kevin leBlanc holds the lead on -4 and all six Irish golfers are in the top 20. Tomorrow will be an important day for the Irish, the second round of strokeplay qualifying will determine the matchplay draws with the top four countries playing-off for the Championship title.
Neither James Sugrue or John Murphy managed to overcome Neil McKinstry’s lead in the Irish Youths yesterday although they both finished inside the top ten. Murphy was in second place, two shots off the lead going into the final round and Sugure was just one shot behind Murphy.
Kinsale’s John Murphy shot the low round of the day in Galway today to move into second place at the Irish Youths. Murphy shot a one under par 69 to see him finish on level par after 36 holes, and two off the lead held by Neil McKinstry. Murphy had plenty of colour on his card with four bogies and five birdies, but it was enough to jump him 10 spots up the leaderboard. Munster’s Robin Dawson also matched Murphy’s 69 and he’s one shot back on +1. Mallow’s James Sugrue is also within touch of the lead, he added a 73 to his opening 68 and is tied with Dawson on +1 in 4th place. Darragh O’Connor (Fota Island) added another 72 and he’s in 14th place, six shots off the lead. Cathal Butler (39th) is currently 10 shots off the lead and 
Cathal Butler is the last Cork golfer left in the Irish Close at Ballyliffin, winning both of his matches today. The Irish international and Munster Strokeplay winner beat Jonathan Yates 3&2 this morning and followed that with a 19th hole win over John Cleary. Butler faces Jake Whelan in the second match tomorrow morning and is off at 8.09am.
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