Maynooth University captured the AIG Senior Cup for the first time in the club’s history when Jake Whelan bravely holed a nine-foot putt on the 18th to give them a 3-2 win over Ulster champions Knock at Carton House.

It was a tough day for Munster golf as Muskerry and Douglas crashed out in their respective semi-finals of the AIG Cups and Shields National Finals at Carton House.

Defending champion Declan Loftus heads a huge Maynooth entry for the Irish Intervarsity Championship at The European Club this week.

More than 4,000 golfers have so far received an exclusive BOSS watch for holing an ace during a club competition, but Buncrana's Kyle McCarron has claimed the longest hole-in-one to date - on a monster 360-yard par-four.

North West's Kyle McCarron came from five shots off the lead at halfway, following a morning 72 in tough conditions with the only sub-par round of the entire day — a one under 69 — to win the Irish Youths Amateur Close Championship by a stroke at Ardglass.