McKinstry wins by two at Laytown and Bettystown
Ryan McKinsstry (centre) with club professional and sponsor Scott Kirkpatrick (left) and club captain, Denis Taylor.
Cairndhu's Ryan McKinstry showed the kind of form that brought him to the semi-finals of the South of Ireland in 2013 when he claimed the Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup on Sunday.
The Queens graduate opened with a two-over-par 73 in a cold east wind but surged back in the afternoon, carding a four-under-par 67 on slick, true greens to win by two shots on two-under from Royal Dublin's Barry Anderson.
Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty and Newlands' Jake Whelan also finish on level par to take third and fourth place respectively.
Former Irish Close and North of Ireland winner John Ross Galbraith (143) took fifth while fellow Irish international Colm Campbell, the reigning Irish Amateur Open champion, closed with a 69 to finish on two over and edge out Cian Geraghty, Robbie Cannon, Noel Crawford and Eoghan Collins for sixth on countback.
Cairndhu's Ryan McKinstry with the Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup trophy
Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup 2017
Sponsored by Scott Kirkpatrick, Sunday March 26
Laytown & Bettystown GC (Par 71)
- Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu) 73 67 140
- Barry Anderson (Royal Dublin) 73 69 142
- Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 71 71 142
- Jake Whelan (Newlands) 68 74 142
- John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 70 73 143
- Colm Campbell Jnr. (Warrenpoint) 75 69 144
- Cian Geraghty(Laytown and Bettystown) 74 70 144
- Robert Cannon (Laytown and Bettystown) 72 72 144
- Noel Crawford (Mourne) 71 73 144
- Eoghan Collins (Laytown and Bettystown) 71 73 144
- CSS Rd 1 73
- CSS Rd 2 73
1 Ryan McKinstry 73 67 140
2 Barry Anderson 73 69 142
3 Caolan Rafferty 71 71 142
4 Jake Whelan 68 74 142
5 JOHN ROSS GALBRAITH 70 73 143
6 COLM JNR CAMPBELL 75 69 144
7 Cian Geraghty 74 70 144
8 Robert Cannon 72 72 144
9 Noel Crawford 71 73 144
10 Eoghan Collins 71 73 144
11 Mark Morrisey 69 75 144
12 Gerard Dunne 72 73 145
13 Andrew Hickey 72 73 145
14 Thomas Mulligan 71 74 145
15 Thomas O’Connor 73 73 146
16 DAVID KITT 72 74 146
17 John D McGinn 70 76 146
18 Ronan Mullarney 75 72 147
19 ALLAN HILL 71 76 147
20 John McCarthy 75 73 148
21 Stephen Coulter 74 74 148
22 Eanna Griffin 78 71 149
23 Neil McKinstry 78 71 149
24 Colin Woodroofe 75 74 149
25 Evan Farrell 75 74 149
26 Daniel Coyle 75 74 149
27 JOHN MURPHY 73 76 149
28 Paul Coughlan 72 77 149
29 Eddie McCormack 72 77 149
30 Frank Flynn 76 74 150
31 Marc Nolan 74 76 150
32 Conor O’Rourke 73 77 150
33 Tiarnan McLarnon 72 78 150
34 Gareth Bohill 77 74 151
35 Aaron Stack 77 74 151
36 Michael Dallat 77 74 151
37 Stephen Barker 75 76 151
38 Peter Kirby 74 77 151
39 Eugene Smith 73 78 151
40 Cathal Butler 75 77 152
41 Paraic Connolly 78 75 153
42 Annraoi Collins 80 74 154
43 Dave Lowry 76 78 154
44 ALLAN KIERNAN 79 76 155
45 Jonathan Keane 79 76 155
46 Scott Jones 75 80 155
47 Sean Broe 79 77 156
48 David Foy 78 78 156
49 Eoin Murphy 78 78 156
50 Dale Jackson 77 79 156
51 Dan Hughes 85 72 157
52 Richard KNIGHTLY 79 78 157
53 Dave Murray 75 82 157
54 Eoghan O’Donovan 81 78 159
55 Sam Devey 78 84 162
56 Declan O’Neill 85 79 164
57 Jack McDonnell 81 83 164
58 Ryan McCullough 86 80 166
59 McCormac Karl 79 — 79
- Aaron Grant NR — NR
- Daniel Murphy NR — NR
- C O’CONNOR 76 NR NR
- Liam Power NR 81 NR
- Par-SSS-CSS
- AM - 71 71 73
- PM - 71 71 73
