Burke wins Leinster Veterans by three
Bert Burke (Moate) playing from the bunker at the 18th to win the 2014 Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship at Athy Golf Club (10/09/2014). Picture by Pat Cashman
Moate's Bert Burke won his second Leinster Veterans Championship in the space of three years with a three-stroke victory at Athy.
Joe McNamara (Hon Treasurer, Leinster Golf, GUI) presenting Bert Burke (Moate) with the 2014 Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship trophy after his victory at Athy Golf Club (10/09/2014). Also in the picture is Tom Myers (Captain, Athy Golf Club). Picture by Pat Cashman
John Carroll (Bandon) driving from the 7th in the final round of the 2014 Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship at Athy Golf Club (10/09/2014). Picture by Pat Cashman
Leading by four strokes overnight from Cork's Peter Cowley and Tipperary's John O'Donoghue, he closed with a 77 to finish on five over 149 for his second win since capturing the title at Tullamore in 2012.
Lisheen Spring's Hugh Donnelly shot a joint best of the day 75 to finish second on count back from Bandon's John Carroll (75) and Cowley (76).
Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship 2014, Athy GC (Par 72)
Final - Detailed scores
149 Bert Burke (Moate) 72 77
152 Hugh Donnelly (Lisheen Springs) 77 75, John Carroll (Bandon) 77 75, Peter Cowley (Cork) 76 76
153 Tony Goode (Lucan) 78 75, Mervyn Eager (Lucan) 77 76
155 Nigel Woods (Bangor) 77 78
156 John Noonan (Grange) 78 78
157 John McCann (Co. Louth) 80 77
158 Gerry O'Keeffe (Waterford) 80 78, John O'Donoghue (Tipperary) 76 82
159 Joseph P O'Grady (K Club) 82 77, John Cuffe (Monkstown) 81 78, Joe Crowley (Athy) 78 81
160 Paddy Harrington (Muskerry) 81 79
161 Tom McLoughlin (Curragh) 81 80, Mike Hennessy (Lahinch) 78 83
Michael Foley (Faithlegg) driving from the 17th in the final round of the 2014 Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship at Athy Golf Club (10/09/2014). Picture by Pat Cashman
162 Eamon Connolly (Blainroe) 80 82, Dick Croke (Portlaoise) 79 83, P.J. Phelan (Cahir Park) 78 84, Michael Foley (Faithlegg) 78 84
163 Alistair Smith (Blainroe) 85 78, Joe Keegan (Courtown) 83 80, Richard Cotter (Delgany) 80 83
164 Tom Myers (Athy) 81 83
165 Tadg Mannion (Athlone) 84 81
166 Tony McGlynn (Craddockstown) 84 82, Sean F. Hosty (Galway) 79 87
167 Daniel Cash (Rosslare) 85 82, Nick Brittan (Carton House) 81 86
168 Ken Newens (Castlerock) 83 85, Joe Llewellyn (The Heath) 81 87
169 Philip O'Hara (Corballis Links) 88 81, Eddie Condren (Greystones) 88 81, Paul Hautz (Delgany) 86 83, Brian Grieve (Scotland) 84 85
170 John Mulhall (Rush) 83 87
172 Patrick Kavanagh (Craddockstown) 93 79, Michael O Brien (Moate) 92 80, Podge Dolan (Rush) 86 86
174 David Micks (Lisheen Springs) 86 88, Tom Campion (Athlone) 84 90, Tom Ledwidge (The Heritage) 83 91
175 William Leggett (The Island) 89 86, Larry Cullen (Rush) 85 90
176 John Martin (Carrick-on-Shannon) 87 89, Sean Corcoran (Tralee) 86 90
177 Patrick Reidy (Curragh) 89 88, Patrick Coyne (Dun Laoghaire) 86 91
179 Kevin Raftery (Forrest Little.) 88 91
182 David Lindsay (Strandhill) 88 94
184 Frank Quinn (Galway) 90 94, Gerry Mulholland (Antrim) 88 96
187 Arthur Bell (Greencastle) 94 93
188 Serge Bruzzi (Galway) 94 94
191 Joe Carney (Athlone) 94 97
81 John Ryan (Waterford) 81 WD
86 Thomas Cuffe (Moate) 86 WD
101 Michael Rabbitte (Moate) 101 WD
Hugh Donnelly (Lisheen Springs) driving from the 17th in the final round of the 2014 Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship at Athy Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman
