Munster Strokeplay looks wide open
Lucan's Richie O'Donovan is one of the favourites for the Munster Strokeplay at Cork Golf Club this weekend. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ie
Corks' Gary O'Flaherty won't be far away in the Munster Strokeplay. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ie
Three-time winner Niall Gorey might be the bookies' favourite but any one of a dozen played could win this weekend's Munster Stroke Play Championship at magnificent Cork Golf Club.
Gorey, now playing out of Palmerstown Stud in Dublin, missed the West due to work commitments but Pat Murray, recent Douglas Scratch Cup winner Alan Thomas and Cork's Gary O'Flaherty are just three of a host of potential victors at Little Island.
Claremorris' Stephen Healy, Portmarnock's James Fox and defending champion Kieran McCarthy from Kinsale are also more than capable of landing the silverware, as is Royal Dublin's Jeff Hopkins, who showed signs of a return to form at Rosses Point.
Munster Stroke Play Championship 3rd & 4th May 2014
07:30 12:30 K Crowley Fota Island E Murphy Cork R Twomey Muskerry
07:38 12:38 S Barry Fota Island A Harrington Cork D McCarthy Bandon
07:46 12:46 D Hallissey Muskerry B Kelleher Cork E Long Fota Island
07:54 12:54 D Burke Lahinch E Hannon Kanturk I O'Flynn Cork
08:02 13:02 I Spillane Mallow P O'Hara Kilkenny J Hopkins The Royal Dublin
08:10 13:10 D Coghlan Portmarnock E Leahy Thurles M Nolan Delgany
08:18 13:18 F Deasy Cork D Hogan Killeen House S Walsh Portmarnock
08:26 13:26 J Greene Portmarnock D O'Donovan Muskerry R Mullarney Galway
08:42 13:42 P Lyons Cork B McCormack Thurles A McCormack Newcastle West
08:50 13:50 A McDaid Douglas P Neville Bearna R Kennelly Portmarnock
08:58 13:58 J O'Sullivan Castletroy J Hickey Cork S Whooley Muskerry
09:06 14:06 T Cleary Cork D Holland Castle D McInerney Lahinch
09:14 14:14 S Healy Carton House N Gorey Palmerstown Stud J Fox Portmarnock
09:22 14:22 P Murray Limerick S McSweeney Cork K McCarthy Castlemartyr
09:38 14:38 G O'Flaherty Cork S Hogan Nenagh M Collins Killeen Castle
09:46 14:46 S McGlynn Carton House M Shanahan Castlemartyr S Bryan Delgany
09:54 14:54 B Anderson The Royal Dublin C Carroll Shandon Park A Thomas Dungarvan
10:02 15:02 K Lynch Skibbereen D McMahon Tralee B Daly Edmonstown
10:10 15:10 P O'Connor Malahide C Coyne Youghal N McGlynn Carton House
10:18 15:18 E Farrell Ardee B Best Rathmore S Loftus Lahinch
10:26 15:26 A Grant Dundalk R Lester Hermitage D Brennan Shannon
10:34 15:34 R Knightly The Royal Dublin M Richards Roganstown E Griffin Waterford
10:42 15:42 G O'Connor Malahide T Fay Rush S Poucher Limerick
10:50 15:50 D O'Sullivan Youghal T O'Rourke Nenagh C Kenny Royal Curragh
10:58 15:58 C Butler Kinsale E O'Donnell Tralee J O'Mahony Cork
Past winners
- 2006 Connor Doran, Banbridge
- 2007 Niall Gorey, Lee Valley
- 2008 Niall Gorey, Lee Valley
- 2009 Pat Murray, Limerick
- 2010 Rory Leonard, Banbridge
- 2011 Niall Gorey, Muskerry
- 2012 Brian Casey, Headfort
- 2013 Kieran McCarthy, Kinsale
