Michael Connaughton (Chairman, Connacht Branch, Golfing Union of Ireland) presenting Patsy Lavery (Vice Captain, Belvoir Park Golf Club) with the Fred Daly trophy while team and supporters celebrate their victory in the All Ireland Fred Daly trophy final at Claremorris Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman/www.cashmanphotography.ie Belvoir Park clinched the Fred Daly Trophy in a brilliant exhibition of golf, edging out a valiant Greystones side in a high-quality final, writes the GUI.

Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) holes his birdie putt on the 18th green to win the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman Just five years after taking up the game, 20-year old Cormac Sharvin from Ardglass Golf Club beat Greytsones’ Paul Dunne by 1 hole to claim the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara, writes the GUI.

Paul Dunne (Greystones) pitching from the rough at the 16th in the quarter final of the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara Golf Club. Picture by Pat CashmanRecently crowned East of Ireland champion Paul Dunne booked his place in the semi-finals of the AIG sponsored Irish Close Championship after seeing off Kieran Lynch and Simon Bryan in what were two very different encounters at Connemara, writes the GUI.