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Murphy retains Munster Boys title
Jack Murphy (Douglas) pictured during the Irish Boys Close Championship at Monkstown Golf Club. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Douglas golfer Jack Murphy created a little bit of history last week, he became the first person to retain the Munster Boys title in 50 years. The defending champion picked up his first win of the season in Tipperary Golf Club thanks to some impressive play in the 54 hole event.
After an uneventful opening round, Murphy shot the low round of the event with a five under par 67 to take him two shots clear of the field going into the final round. But he didn’t have it all his own way and found himself two behind the local Donnacha Cleary halfway through the front nine. Four birdies took the holder clear of the challenger and Murphy Continue reading
Murphy wins Munster Boys in Fermoy
Jack Murphy (Douglas) who won the Munster Boys title at Fermoy Golf Club. Pic: Niall O’Shea
Jack Murphy claimed his third win of 2022 when he put on an impressive display in Fermoy last week. The 16-year-old Douglas member won the Munster boys Under 18 Open Championship, adding his name to a prestigious list of winners going back over 50 years. Murphy had already secured the Leinster Boys Under 16 and Munster Boys Under 16 titles earlier in the season, and he led from the start in Fermoy when he was the only player under par after the opening round. He increased his lead after a second round 68. At that stage it was unlikely that he would be caught but he still needed a solid final Continue reading
Cain Claims Munster Boys Title
Morgan Cain (Cork Golf Club), Winner of the Munster Boys U18 Amateur Open Championship 2021 at Nenagh Golf Club
Picture Brendan Gleeson/Golffile
Morgan Cain is the 2021 Munster Boys champion after a super display of golf in Nenagh. The Cork golfer finished on -7, three shots clear of Douglas’ Mel Deasy to claim his first major title.
Three under par rounds of 71, 68, 70 saw him come home with plenty to spare. Cain was tied for the lead with Deasy starting today’s final round, and started in the worst possible fashion with a double bogey on the opening hole. But he battled back brilliantly with birdies in three of his next four holes to retake the lead from Deasy on the fifth. It was a lead he wouldn’t surrender, with another two birdies on the back nine. The only other blemish on his card was a bogey on 17, when his lead was five shots on the penultimate Continue reading
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Cassidy goes low in Ballybunion
Kinsale’s Eoghan Cassidy broke 70 in Ballybunion today as he took advantage of better weather conditions. The youngster shot a 69 which included five birdies after a double bogey on the fifth. Cassidy came home in 32 strokes thanks to three birdies in is last five holes. The impressive round, the second lowest of the day, saw him jump from 36th place up to 12th place. The teenager also found a sum of money on the course which he handed in to the tournament committee at the end of his round.
Fionn Hickey carded a second successive 76 to drop back to a tie for third, although the Muskerry golfer is now eight shots off the lead. Seapoint’s Dylan Keating was dialled in today, shooting a very impressive 65 to take the lead. With the wind and rain gone, Ballybunion’s Cashen course was a fair test for the field today, and Keating delivered. He was four under at the halyway stage, thanks to birdies on the first and eight, and an eagle on the 9th to go out in 33 strokes. He dropped a shot on the Continue reading
Gallery: Munster Boys 2018, R2
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Gallery: Munster Boys 2017, Faithlegg Golf Club
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Murphy’s dramatic finish to win Munster Boys
Con Woods, Captain, John Murphy, Kinsale and John Moloughney, GUI Munster Golf at Dromoland Castle Golf Club Co Clare.Pic Arthur Ellis. http://www.golffile.ie
Kinsale’s John Murphy won the Munster Boy’s title in dramatic fashion with two birdies on the final holes to win by one shot. Murphy had a three shot lead going into the final round but a triple bogey on the 8th cut his lead. Fortwilliam’s Hugh O’Hare jumped into the lead after Murphy bogeyed the 15th and 16th. Murphy produced a strong finish however, birdieing the 17th and 18th at Dromoland Castle to capture the title. Murphy finished the championship on -5 after signing for a final round 74. Hugh O’Hare was a shot behind on -4 and Andrew Mulhall (Waterford Castle) was third on -3. Ross Kelly from Tuam Golf Club shot the low round of the day, his 70 saw him finish in the top ten.
Monkstown’s Sean Desmond finished in 8th place, a final round 78 saw him finish on +6. Mark Healy was 24th and Adam Boland had a disappointing final round to finish in 33rd spot. Jack Egan had a final round 78, this will have been agreat learning experience for the young Muskerry player
Munster Branch Chairman John Moloughney thanked all of the Continue reading
Butler named on Irish Boys Team
Kinsale’s Cathal Butler was last night confirmed as a member of the Irish Boys team for the Home Internationals. It will be Butler’s second time Continue reading
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