Lyons roars again to take Munster Strokeplay in sudden-death
Joe Lyons and his wife Vera are all smiles after the playoff. Picture via Niall O’Shea/Twitter
Galway's Joe Lyons (47) beat Waterford's Eanna Griffin with a par four at the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the Munster Strokeplay Championship at Cork Golf Club.
Seven strokes behind Lyons on two-over after a third round 71, Griffin closed with a 70 to Lyon's 77 to leave them a shot clear of Carton House's Keith Egan on level par 288.
They shared the par-four first in par and moved to the 17th where Griffin chipped to seven feet but missed for par and Offaly native Lyons, winner of the West of Ireland title in 2007, two-putted from 25 feet for victory.
Keith Egan was third on 289 with defending champion Alan Fahy fourth, two shots outside the playoff on 290.
Fahy also won the Carr-Bruen Trophy for the leading player under 25.
Munster Strokeplay Championship, Cork GC (Par 72)
Detailed scores
288 E Griffin (Waterford) 73 74 71 70, *J Lyons (Galway) 70 71 70 77 (*Lyons won with a par at 2nd extra hole);
289 K Egan (Carton House) 71 73 70 75;
290 A Fahy (Dun Laoghaire) 76 68 74 72;
291 G Dunne (Co. Louth) 73 74 76 68;
292 G O’Flaherty (Cork) 79 66 70 77;
293 J Fox (Portmarnock) 77 77 66 73, D Reddan Jnr (Nenagh) 76 69 73 75;
294 S Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 80 69 74 71, S Walsh (Portmarnock) 73 74 73 74;
295 R Cannon (Balbriggan) 74 73 74 74;
296 R Latimer (Knock) 76 72 74 74;
297 D McMahon (Castletroy) 76 74 73 74, J McDonnell (Forrest Little) 73 72 77 75;
298 P Murray (Clontarf) 77 74 73 74, P O’Hara (Kilkenny) 73 76 77 72;
299 G O’Mahony (Fota Island) 77 77 75 70, J Ryan (Castletroy) 76 78 74 71, N Carroll (Athlone) 74 74 73 78;
301 S Desmond (Monkstown) 75 78 72 76, D Flynn (Carton House) 75 77 77 72, S Hogan (Nenagh) 75 73 75 78, TJ Ford (Co. Sligo) 74 75 77 75, L Grehan (Mullingar) 73 78 79 71;
303 R O’Connor (Co. Sligo) 78 75 76 74, F O’Sullivan (Tralee) 77 76 78 72, R Dutton (Tandragee) 76 77 76 74, M Deasy (Lee Valley) 76 71 81 75;
304 K Murphy (Dun Laoghaire) 79 73 75 77, J O’Sullivan (Cork) 76 76 75 77, E Murphy (Dundalk) 74 77 78 75, I O’Rourke (Cork) 73 78 75 78, T O’Connor (Athlone) 73 76 75 80;
305 B Doran (Baltinglass) 76 72 81 76, B Murray (Waterford Castle) 75 79 71 80;
307 J Knipe (Royal Portrush) 77 76 78 76;
308 K Murphy (Cork) 77 72 74 85, K Bornemann (Douglas) 73 75 82 78;
315 M O’Sullivan (The International) 78 76 80 81;
317 D Reidy (Cork) 80 74 82 81.
CUT
MC O'Brien, Scott Nenagh +11 82 73 155
MC Small, William Tandragee +11 81 74 155
MC Flynn, Paul Tramore +11 75 80 155
MC Collins, Mark Killeencastle +11 75 80 155
MC Kennedy, Fergal The Island +11 74 81 155
MC Connolly, Paraic Killeen Castle +12 83 73 156
MC Long, Eoghan Monkstown +12 80 76 156
MC Shanahan, Mark West Waterford +12 78 78 156
MC Buckley, Paul Memorial Golf Club Houston +12 78 78 156
MC Knightly, Richard Royal Dublin +12 78 78 156
MC McCormack, Andrew Castletroy +13 82 75 157
MC Ryan, Aaron Thurles +13 81 76 157
MC O'Flynn, Ian Cork +13 77 80 157
MC McClean, Matthew Malone Golf Club +13 77 80 157
MC McLoughlin, James Portumna +13 77 80 157
MC Gillivan, Harry Westport +14 80 78 158
MC Fitzpatrick, Keith Kinsale +14 79 79 158
MC Ward, Gary Kinsale +15 78 81 159
MC McGlynn, Shane Portmarnock +15 78 81 159
MC Lynch, Ian Rosslare +16 82 78 160
MC Butler, Cathal Kinsale +16 80 80 160
MC Greene, John Portmarnock +17 78 83 161
MC Farrell, Evan Ardee +18 81 81 162
MC O'Brien, Eoin Clontarf +18 77 85 162
MC Brady, David Co. Sligo +19 83 80 163
MC Whelan, Jake Newlands +19 81 82 163
MC Smith, Adam Mullingar +20 83 81 164
MC Milne, Rory Faithlegg +21 82 83 165
MC McDowell, Conor Cobh +27 85 86 171
RTD Lenehan, Geoff Portmarnock +7 79 79
NR Greenberg, Stefan Tandragee Par
NS Williamson, Rory Holywood Par
NS O'Leary, Jason Dromoland Par
