Staunton and McDermott one clear in Irish PGA
Co-leader Mark Staunton. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ieBallinasloe’s Mark Staunton and Leopardstown’s Michael McDermott will take a one stoke lead into the final round of the Cassidy Golf 103rd Irish PGA Championship at Roganstown.
The pair shot two under 69s on Saturday to lead on six under par from Ballyliffin’s Damian Mooney, who shot a sensational 66, Monkstown’s Cian McNamara ((68) and Derry’s Mick McGeady (70).
Michael Collins, Neil O’Briain, Peter Martin, Noel Murray and Colm Moriarty are just four shots off the pace on two under.
The Cassidy Golf 103rd Irish PGA Championship, Roganstown Golf & Country Club (Par 71)
T1 Mark Staunton Ballinasloe Golf Club -6 70 68 69 207
T1 Michael McDermott Pure Golf Leopardstown -6 65 73 69 207
T3 Damian Mooney Ballyliffin Golf Club -5 73 69 66 208
T3 Cian McNamara Monkstown Golf Club -5 70 70 68 208
T3 Michael McGeady -5 66 72 70 208
T6 Michael Collins Mallow Golf Range -2 74 68 69 211
T6 Neil O’Briain Old Conna Golf Club -2 70 71 70 211
T6 Peter Martin Colin Park Golf Academy -2 74 67 70 211
T6 Noel Murray Massereene Golf Club -2 70 70 71 211
T6 Colm Moriarty Glasson Hotel & Golf Club -2 70 70 71 211
11 Niall Kearney Royal Dublin Golf Club -1 74 67 71 212
T12 Ciaran Molloy E 74 71 68 213
T12 Brian McElhinney Foyle Golf Centre E 73 71 69 213
T12 Glen Robinson St Helen’s Bay Golf Resort E 73 69 71 213
T12 David Mortimer Galway Golf Club E 69 73 71 213
T16 John Dwyer Ashbourne Golf Club +2 76 68 71 215
T16 Brendan McGovern Headfort Golf Club +2 74 69 72 215
T18 Gary Wardlow American Golf +3 74 73 69 216
T18 Dara Lernihan Elm Park Golf Club +3 76 70 70 216
T18 Michael Allan Pure Golf Leopardstown +3 71 72 73 216
T21 Tim Rice +4 73 76 68 217
T21 Donal Gleeson Old Conna Golf Club +4 79 69 69 217
T21 Jimmy Bolger Kilkenny Golf Club +4 74 71 72 217
T24 Patrick Devine Royal Dublin Golf Club +5 72 77 69 218
T24 Wayne O’Callaghan Fernhill Golf & Country Club +5 73 73 72 218
T24 Daniel Sugrue Killarney Golf & Fishing Club +5 73 71 74 218
T24 David Foley Dromoland Castle GC +5 71 73 74 218
28 Geoffrey Loughrey Roganstown Golf & Country Club +6 70 76 73 219
T29 Padraig Dooley Drive Golf Performance Limited +7 75 73 72 220
T29 Kenny Fahey GUI National Academy +7 73 74 73 220
T31 Daniel Beattie Deer Park Hotel, Golf & Spa +8 77 74 70 221
T31 John Dignam Slade Valley Golf Club +8 76 72 73 221
T33 James Quinlivan Mullingar Golf Club +9 74 74 74 222
T33 Peter McCarroll Allen Park Golf Centre +9 75 72 75 222
T33 Eamonn Brady Clontarf Golf Club +9 73 73 76 222
T36 David Reilly Westmanstown Golf Club +10 78 74 71 223
T36 Graeme Dunlea Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resor +10 73 78 72 223
T36 Brian Kerley Green Life Golf Centre +10 73 77 73 223
T36 Jussi Pitkanen Dave Pelz Scoring Game School +10 75 75 73 223
T40 Hazel Kavanagh Carr Golf Services +11 78 74 72 224
T40 Brendan Walton Island Golf Club +11 76 74 74 224
T42 Patrick Small Galway Golf Club +12 76 76 73 225
T42 Peter Jones Coollattin Golf Club +12 75 77 73 225
T44 Conor Deegan Dun Laoghaire Golf Club +13 78 74 74 226
T44 Noel Callan Faughan Valley Golf Club +13 78 73 75 226
T44 Gerry Burke Curragh Golf Club +13 72 78 76 226
T44 Paul Stevenson Portadown Golf Club +13 77 72 77 226
T44 Ronan Collins Callaway Golf Europe Ltd +13 74 74 78 226
T44 Michael O’Shea Rathsallagh Golf Club +13 73 75 78 226
50 Roderick Park Park Consulting Services +15 78 72 78 228
T51 Martin McTernan Co. Sligo Golf Club +16 72 79 78 229
T51 Shane Deegan Spawell Driving Range +16 74 76 79 229
T51 Conor Thornton Dundalk Golf Club +16 76 71 82 229
54 Paul Masterson Coollattin Golf Club +22 73 76 86 235