Irish Amateur Close 1975
Cork Golf Club
August 9-13
Final
MD (Martin) O'Brien (New Ross) bt JA (Joey) Bryan (Edmonstown) 5/4
Semi-finals
JA Bryan (Edmonstown) bt RJ Moran (Arklow) 3/2
MD O'Brien (New Ross) bt RN Baker (Cork) 1 hole
Quarter-finals
JA Bryan (Edmonstown) bt JK Murray (Macroom) 1 hole
RJ Moran (Arklow) bt H MacKeown (Cork) 4/3
RN Baker (Cork) bt P Caul (Malahide) 2 holes
MD O'Brien (New Ross) bt IA Elliott (Belvoir Park) 4/3
Third round
JA Bryan (Edmonstown) bt P Mulcare (Woodbrook) 3/2
JK Murray (Macroom) bt J Heggarty (Massereene) 1 hole
RJ Moran (Arklow) bt M Burns (Tramore) 2 holes
H MacKeown (Cork) bt DF O'Sullivan (Cork) 3/2
RN Baker (Cork) bt S O'Donoghue (Cork) 2/1
P Caul (Malahide) bt AJ Heverin (Woodbrook) 2/1
MD O'Brien (New Ross) bt D Branigan (Laytown & Bettystown) 1 hole
IA Elliott (Belvoir Park) bt L MacNamara (Woodbrook) 5/3
Second round
JA Bryan (Edmondstown) bt D Kiely (Cork) at 20th
P Mulcare (Woodbrook) bt GD Pierse (Tipperary) 3/2
JK Murray (Macroom) bt WC Thompson (Sutton) 2/1
J Heggarty (Massereene) bt PAA Walsh (Limerick) 1 hole
M Burns (Tramore) bt P O'Doyle (Sutton)at 19th
RJ Moran (Arklow) bt B Wilson (Clandeboye) 2/1
D O'Sullivan (Cork) bt BP Malone (Portmarnock) 2/1
H Mackeown (Cork) bt J Kelleher (Douglas) at 20th
RN Baker (Cork) bt L Rogers (Island) 2 holes
S O'Donoghue (Cork) bt B Begley (Castletroy) 1 hole
P Caul (Malahide) bt V Nevin (Limerick) 2/1
A Heverin (Woodbrook) bt P McNally (Edenderry) 3/1
D Branigan (Laytown & Bettystown) bt J Harrington (Adare Manor) 1 hole
MD O'Brien (New Ross) bt M Morris (Portmarnock) 3/2
I Elliott (Belvoir Park) bt MCI Morris (Limerick) at 21st
L MacNamara (Woodbrook) bt JJ Carr (Sutton) 2/1
First round
First quarter
JA Bryan (Edmondstown) bt D Cross (Castletroy) 5/4
D Kiely (Cork) bt B Pollin (Royal Portrush) 2/1
P Mulcare (Woodbrook) bt J Brett (Douglas) 5/4
GD Pierse (Tipperary) bt A Bradley (Galway) 2/1
JK Murray (Macroom) bt P O'Rourke (Naas) 1 hole
WC Thompson (Sutton) bt P O'Sullivan (Monkstown) 1 hole
J Heggarty (Massereene) bt KP Barry (Douglas) 6/5
PAA Walsh (Limerick) bt F Wright (East Cork) 3/2
Second quarter
M Burns (Tramore) bt N Lehane (Cork) 3/1
P O'Doyle (Sutton) bt T Egan (Monkstown) at the 20th
B Wilson (Clandeboye) bt N Pyne (Ennis) 3/2
RJ Moran (Arklow) bt D Mahon (Galway) at the 20th
D O'Sullivan (Cork) bt G O'Keeffe (Waterford) 5/3
BP Malone (Portmarnock) bt V Twohig (Cork) 1 hole
H Mackeown (Cork) bt M Guerin (Killarney) 1 hole
J Kelleher (Douglas) bt G Walsh (Waterford) 1 hole
Third quarter
RN Baker (Cork) bt H Smyth (City of Derry) 1 hole
L Rogers (Island) bt JF O'Reilly (Monkstown) 3/1
B Begley (Castletroy) bt RJ Howlett (New Ross) 2/1
S O'Donoghue (Cork) bt E Dunne (Athlone) 1 hole
V Nevin (Limerick) bt E Higgins (Cork) 2/1
P Caul (Malahide) bt JC Morris (Douglas) 1 hole
A Heverin (Woodbrook) bt J Bowen (Cork) 2/1
P McNally (Edenderry) bt L Goulding (Cork) 3/2
Fourth quarter
D Branigan (Laytown & Bettystown) bt B Finn (Mallow) 1 hole
J Harrington (Adare Manor) bt P Soden (Tramore) 4/3
M Morris (Portmarnock) bt AC Morrow (Hermitage) 4/3
MD O'Brien (New Ross) bt AD Pierse (Tipperary) 4/3
MCI Morris (Limerick) bt D McLoughlin (Curragh) 1 hole
I Elliott (Belvoir Park) bt T McDonald (Skerries) 2/1
L MacNamara (Woodbrook) bt S Hosty (Galway) 3/2
JJ Carr (Sutton) bt D Nagle (Kilrush) 1 hole
Qualifiers (Par 72)
144 N Pyne (Ennis) 69 75, H Smyth (City of Derry) 73 71 (leading qualifier)
146 P O'Sullivan (Monkstown) 73 73
147 RJ Howlett (New Ross) 70 77, E Higgins (Cork) 75 72
148 A Heverin (Woodbrook) 82 66, AC Morrow (Hermitage) 76 72, A Pierse (Tipperary) 77 71
149 D Kiely (Cork) 74 75, BP Malone (Portmarnock) 77 72, L Rogers (Island) 74 75, D O'Sullivan (Cork) 79 70, H McKeown (Cork) 75 74
150 D Branigan (Laytown & Bettystown) 75 75, DP Mahon (Galway) 76 74, K Murray Macroom) 76 74, F Wright (East Cork) 74 76, L McNamara (Woodbrook) 75 75, M Morris (Portmarnock) 73 77, P McNally (Edenderry) 80 70, J Heggarty (Massereene) 77 73
151 J Kelleher (Douglas) 79 72, PA Walsh (Limerick) 79 72, AJ Bradley (Galway) 77 74, RJ Moran (Arklow) 76 75 G Walsh (Waterford) 78 73, MD O'Brien (New Ross) 79 72, P Caul (Malahide) 75 76
152 B Begley (Castletroy) 75 77, J Harrington (Adare Manor) 76 76, B Wilson (Clandeboye) 79 73, J Brett (Douglas) 79 73, I Elliott (Belvoir Park) 76 76, L Goulding (Cork) 78 74
153 S Hosty (Galway) 74 79, JC Morris (Douglas) 79 74 V Nevin ( Limerick) 80 73, JJ Carr (Sutton) 78 75, R Pollin (Royal Portrush) 77 76, T Egan (Monkstown) 80 73, B Finn (Mallow) 78 75, GD Pierse (Tipperary) 81 72, MG Morris (Limerick) 81 72, J Bowen (Cork) 80 73; TP McDonald (Skerries) 77 76
154 D Cross (Castletroy) 75 79, JF O'Reilly (Monkstown) 77 77, P O'Boyle (Sutton) 75 79, JA Bryan (Edmondstown) 79 75, P O'Rourke (Naas) 75 79, E Dunne (Athlone) 80 74, WC Thompson (Sutton) 76 78
155 D Nagle (Kilrush) 80 75, S O'Donoghue (Cork) 80 75, M Burns (Tramore) 78 77, D McLoughlin (Curragh) 80 75, P Mulcare (Woodbrook) 79 76
156 RN Baker (Cork) 79 77, N Lehane (Cork) 81 75, P Soden (Tramore) 80 76, KP Barry (Douglas) 81 75, G O'Keeffe (Waterford) 80 76, V Twohig (Cork) 81 75, M Guerin (Killarney) 82 74
Non-qualifiers
156 JA Boston (Royal County Down) 77 79, T Cleary (Fermoy) 79 77, D Clifford (Youghal) 78 78, D Heather (Sutton) 79 77
157 JL Bamford (Warrenpoint) 78 79, S Meaney (Castletroy) 76 81, A Spring (Tralee) 79 78, P Mulford (Delgany) 84 73, T Finn (Cork) 75 82, P Bunbury (Portmarnock) 80 77, W Ferguson (Malone) 81 76
158 T Craddock (Malahide) 81 77, TP Higgins (Cork) 78 80, A Pierce (Rosslare) 84 74, M Twohig (Cork) 83 75, PG Shillington (Royal Co Down) 80 78, G McCormack (Castletroy) 85 73, S Flanagan (Co Sligo) 84 74, R McDonnell (Laytown & Bettystown) 83 75
159 P Duggan (Shannon) 80 79, J Mathews (Chapman) 79 80, J Phelan (Waterford) 83 76, R Staunton (Castlerea) 84 75, GN Fogarty (Royal Dublin) 80 79
160 D Kelly (Tipperary) 84 76, D Pyne (Killarney) 86 74, J Whyte (Fermoy) 77 83, B Reddan (Co Louth) 84 76, G Crosby (Cork) 82 78, A Webster (Portmarnock) 79 81, T B Malone (Belvoir Park) 83 77, J Givens (Co Louth) 79 81
161 H Dunne (Carlow) 83 78, J Fitzpatrick (IAGA) 86 75, K Rogers (Island) 81 80, WA Kelleher (Douglas) 78 83
162 JF Coyne (Portmarnock) 84 78, R Fleury (Portmarnock) 83 79, J Loughnane (Killarney) 77 85
163 T Campbell (Foxrock) 82 81, R Maher (Youghal) 85 78, H Shine (Muskerry) 79 84, C Moylan (Kilkenny) 85 78, PJ O'Donoghue (Muskerry) 85 78, D McConologue (City of Derry) 81 82
164 P Bray (Hermitage) 84 80 M Hally (Cork) 83 81
165 N Colfer (Waterford) 86 79, D Higgins (Cork) 84 81, D Weir (Cork) 88 77, T Lenehan (Castle) 86 79, F Hayes (Bandon) 85 80, N O'Farrell (Woodbrook) 82 83, C O'Brien (Muskerry) 82 83, M Bowe (Tramore) 87 78, AV Murray (St Anne's) 84 81
166 J Morrison (Fermoy) 85 81, TP O'Brien (Wyke Green) 89 77, JS McCarthy (Portmarnock) 86 80, JL Fives (Cork) 85 81, R Dineen (Muskerry) 86 80, O Gough (Tramore) 92 84, J Mehigan (Bandon) 82 84, D Sheppard (Castle) 86 80
167 S Nolan (Woodbrook) 89 78, DW Morris (Limerick) 81 86
168 CP Smith (Sutton) 86 82, P McAuley (Laytown & Bettystown) 82 86, D McAuley (Royal County Down) 84 84, T Hamilton (Cork) 83 85, P Coyne (Dun Laoghaire) 87 81, M Power (Cork) 86 82
169 J McKenna (Muskerry) 88 81, JB Carr (Sutton) 84 85, L Kelly (Castletroy) 88 81, TC Dwyer (Macroom) 91 78
170 JA Mahon (Cork) 85 85, B Hogan (Portmarnock) 87, 83, J Beale (Monkstown) 91 79
171 D Casey (Skibbereen) 95 76, PA Linehan (Muskerry) 87 84, DA Fleury (Portmarnock) 89 82, D Somers (Laytown & Bettystown) 88 83
172 R Fullam (Portmarnock) 85 87, N Coleman (Cork) 84 88, J Skerritt (Waterford) 92 80, F Bowen (Cork) 90 82, B Sweeney (Malahide) 89 83
173 P O'Donovan (Laytown & Bettystown) 85 88, MC McAuley (Royal County Down) 86 87, G Dwyer (Cork) 91 82
175 S Duffy (Malahide) 89 86
176 A Weir (Co Louth) 90 86, R Jacob (New Ross) 88 88
178 S Glennon (Hermitage) 90 88, PA McCarthy (Cork) 94 84
After 18 holes
69 N Pyne (Ennis)
70 RJ Howlett (New Ross
73 HB Smyth (City of Derry)
74 G Kiery (Cork), P O'Sullivan (Monkstown), M Morris (Portmarnock)
74 SF Hosty (Galway), L Rogers (The Island), F Wright (East Cork)
75 E Higgins (Cork), P M O'Boyle (Sutton), P O'Rourke (Naas), T Finn (Cork), D Cross (Castletroy), B Begley (Castletroy), HN MacKeown (Cork), L MacNamara (Woodbrook), D Branigan (Laytown & Bettystown), P Caul (Malahide)
76 JK Murray (Macroom), RJ Moran (Arklow), J Harrington (Adare Manor), C Morrow (Hermitage), S Meaney (Castletroy), B Finn (Mallow), I Elliott (Belvoir Park), WC Thompson (Sutton)
77 J Heggarty (Massereene), T Cleary (Fermoy), TP McDonald (Skerries), A Pierse (Tipperary), BP Mullane (Portmarnock), J Loughnane (Killarney, J Boston (Royal Co Down), RK Pollin (Royal Portrush), AJ Bradley (Galway), JF O'Reilly (Monkstown), JN Whyte (Fermoy)
78 DJ Clifford (Youghal), LD Goulding (Cork), JJ Carr (Sutton), JL Bamford (Warrenpoint), J Walsh (Waterford), WA Kelleher (Douglas), TP Higgins (Cork)
79 A Webster (Portmarnock, R Wilson (Clandeboye), I Matthews (Champman), AG Spring (Tralee), PA Walsh (Limerick), RN Baker (Cork), JJ Gibbons (Co Louth), MD O'Brien (New Ross), JC Morris (Douglas), H Shine (Muskerry), I Kelleher (Douglas), J Brett (Douglas), JA Bryan (Edmondstown), D Heather (Sutton), DF O'Sullivan (Cork), P Mulcare (Woodbrook)
80 MP Hickey (Castletroy), S O'Donoughue (Cork), JE Bowen (Cork), PG Shillington (Royal Co Down), P McNally (Edenderry), TW Egan (Monkstown), DF Nagle (Kilrush), V Nevin (Limerick), P Bunbury (Portmarnock), D McLoughlin (Curragh), GN Fogarty (Royal Dublin), P Duggan (Shannon), P Soden (Tramore), T Higgins (Douglas), E Dunne (Athlone)
81 MGI Morris (Limerick), K Rogers (The Island), DW Morris (Limerick), V Twohig (Cork), T Craddock (Malahide), N Lehane (Cork), GD Pierse (Tipperary), KP Barry (Douglas), WJ Ferguson (Malone)
82 PJ Hederin (Woodbrook), GF Crosbie (Cork), N O'Farrell (Woodbrook), T Campbell (Foxrock), OJ Gough (Tramore), J Mehigan (Bandon), C O'Brien (Muskerry), D McConologue (City or Derry), M Guerin (Killarney)
83 R Fleury (Portmarnock), T Hamilton (Cork), DA Fleury (Portmarnock), J Phelan (Waterford), CM Haly (Cork), HV Dunne (Carlow), M Twohig (Cork), PB Malone (Belvoir Park), R McDonnell (Laytown & Bettystown)
84 S Flanagan (Co Sligo), BM Reddan (Co Louth), P Mulford (Delgany), A Pierse (Rosslare), M Coleman (Cork), P McAuley (Laytown & Bettystown), L McAuley (Royal Co Down), P Bray (Hermitage), AV Murray (St Anne's), D Kelly (Tipperary), CD Black (Warrenpoint), D Higgins (Cork), JF Coyne (Portmarnock), R de Lacey Staunton (Castlerea)
85 JA Mahon (Cork), L Kelly (Castletroy), JA Vaughan (Cork), J Morrison (Fermoy), RJ Fullam (Portmarnock), DP Mahon (Galway), JV Lynch (Limerick), PJ O'Donoghue (Muskerry), C Moylan (Kilkenny), JB Carr (Sutton), JL Fives (Cork), G H McCormick (Castletroy), F Hayes (Bandon), P O'Donovan (Laytown & Bettystown), R Maher (Youghal), M Holohan (Kilkenny)
86 D Sheppard (Castle), J Fitzpatrick (IAGA), N Colefor (Waterford), CP Smith (Sutton), MC McAuley (Royal Co Down), IS McCarthy (Portmarnock), M Power (Cork), H Mescall (Castletroy), D Pyne (Killarney), RA Dineen (Muskerry), J Lenehan (Castle)
87 MG Bowe (Tramore), J Clynch (Laytown & Bettystown), WJ O'Donoghue (Castletroy), PJ Coyne (Dun Laoghaire), PA Linehan (Muskerry), B Hogan (Portmarnock), F Cronin (Muskerry)
88 DC Weir (Cork), JJ McKenna (Muskerry), PN Hayes (Muskerry), D Somers (Laytown & Bettystown), R Jacob (New Ross)
89 JG McErvel (Royal Co Down), S Nolan (Woodbrook), TP O'Brien (Wyke Green), B Sweeney (Malahide), S Duffy (Malahide)
90 H Lilburn (Limerick), A Weir (Co Louth), F Bowen (Douglas), S Glennon (Hermitage), PV Buckley (Cork)
91 TC Dwyer (Macroom), G Dwyer (Cork), J Beale (Monkstown)
92 J Skerritt (Waterford), J Harnett (Portmarnock)
93 P Grimes (Skerries)
95 D Casey (Skibbereen)
NR P Hanley (Newlands), G Grace (Clonmel)