Irish Amateur Close 2026
Sponsored by AIG, Portumna Golf Club (Par 72)
August 14-16
Final
281 Thomas Higgins (Roscommon) 69 73 71 68, Dylan Holmes (Greystones) 69 71 73 68
Higgins won with a par at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff — 18th (Par 3), 18th (Par 3), 17th (Par 5)
Higgins 3 3 5; Holmes 3 3 6
282 Darragh Flynn (Carton House) 70 72 72 68, Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint) 73 69 67 73, Dylan Keating (Seapoint) 66 73 74 69;
283 David Howard (Fota Island) 69 74 70 70, Paul O'Hanlon (Carton House) 73 68 71 71;
284 Thomas Abom (Edmondstown) 70 74 73 67, Liam Abom (Edmondstown) 68 74 72 70, Conor McCarthy (Headfort) 70 71 70 73, Conor Hickey (Dooks) 68 72 74 70;
286 Charlie Mooney (Ballinasloe) 71 72 74 69, William Walshe (Delgany) 72 70 73 71, Jonathan Yates (Kilkenny) 72 75 67 72, Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park) 70 72 72 72;
287 William O’Riordan (Greystones) 74 67 70 76;
288 David Kitt (Athenry) 72 72 75 69, Conor Clarke (Balmoral) 74 67 72 75;
289 Jordan Boles (Carton House) 68 74 72 75, Mark Gazi (Tralee) 71 73 73 72;
290 Morgan Cain (Fota) 72 75 71 72, Keith Egan (Carton House) 71 72 70 77, Patrick Tuffy (Strandhill) 76 69 75 70;
291 Joe O'Neill (Berehaven) 76 70 73 72, Ross Latimer (Clandeboye) 74 71 72 74, David Lally (Blainroe) 75 69 73 74;
292 Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay) 73 73 73 73;
293 Cian O’Connor (Roscommon) 73 73 73 74, Barry Howlin (The Heritage) 74 68 76 75, James O’Rourke (Naas) 70 71 74 78;
294 Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood) 71 75 71 77, Aaron Kearney (Roepark) 71 71 75 77;
295 David Shiel (Enniscrone) 71 73 76 75, Cormac Ó Muirithe (Belmullet) 75 72 73 75;
296 Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay) 73 74 73 76, Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 72 73 75 76;
297 Brendan Mulgrew (Galgorm Castle) 72 75 76 74;
298 Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 73 71 79 75, Evan Farrell (Co. Louth) 72 72 79 75;
299 Gavin Duffy (Edenderry) 73 72 73 81;
301 Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay) 75 72 78 76;
303 James Fox (Portmarnock) 72 75 76 80;
304 Evan Shipp (Headfort) 74 72 78 80, Jonathan Keane (Lahinch) 72 74 79 79;
306 Jamal Sabir (Moate) 71 75 79 81.
After 54 holes
209 Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint) 73 69 67;
211 William O’Riordan (Greystones) 74 67 70, Conor McCarthy (Headfort) 70 71 70;
212 Paul O'Hanlon (Carton House) 73 68 71;
213 David Howard (Fota Island) 69 74 70, Keith Egan (Carton House) 71 72 70, Thomas Higgins (Roscommon) 69 73 71, Conor Clarke (Balmoral) 74 67 72, Dylan Holmes (Greystones) 69 71 73, Dylan Keating (Seapoint) 66 73 74;
214 Jonathan Yates (Kilkenny) 72 75 67, Jordan Boles (Carton House) 68 74 72, Liam Abom (Edmondstown) 68 74 72, Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park) 70 72 72, Darragh Flynn (Carton House) 70 72 72, Conor Hickey (Dooks) 68 72 74;
215 William Walshe (Delgany) 72 70 73, James O’Rourke (Naas) 70 71 74;
217 Thomas Abom (Edmondstown) 70 74 73, Charlie Mooney (Ballinasloe) 71 72 74, Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood) 71 75 71, Aaron Kearney (Roepark) 71 71 75, Ross Latimer (Clandeboye) 74 71 72, Mark Gazi (Tralee) 71 73 73, David Lally (Blainroe) 75 69 73;
218 Morgan Cain (Fota) 72 75 71, Barry Howlin (The Heritage) 74 68 76, Gavin Duffy (Edenderry) 73 72 73;
219 David Kitt (Athenry) 72 72 75, Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay) 73 73 73, Cian O’Connor (Roscommon) 73 73 73, Joe O'Neill (Berehaven) 76 70 73;
220 David Shiel (Enniscrone) 71 73 76, Cormac Ó Muirithe (Belmullet) 75 72 73, Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay) 73 74 73, Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 72 73 75, Patrick Tuffy (Strandhill) 76 69 75;
223 Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 73 71 79, Brendan Mulgrew (Galgorm Castle) 72 75 76, James Fox (Portmarnock) 72 75 76, Evan Farrell (Co. Louth) 72 72 79;
224 Evan Shipp (Headfort) 74 72 78;
225 Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay) 75 72 78, Jamal Sabir (Moate) 71 75 79, Jonathan Keane (Lahinch) 72 74 79.
After 36 holes
139 Dylan Keating (Seapoint) 66 73;
140 Dylan Holmes (Greystones) 69 71, Conor Hickey (Dooks) 68 72;
141 James O’Rourke (Naas) 70 71, Conor McCarthy (Headfort) 70 71, Paul O'Hanlon (Carton House) 73 68, Conor Clarke (Balmoral) 74 67, William O’Riordan (Greystones) 74 67;
142 Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint) 73 69, Aaron Kearney (Roepark) 71 71, Darragh Flynn (Carton House) 70 72, Barry Howlin (The Heritage) 74 68, Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park) 70 72, Liam Abom (Edmondstown) 68 74, Thomas Higgins (Roscommon) 69 73, Jordan Boles (Carton House) 68 74, William Walshe (Delgany) 72 70;
143 Keith Egan (Carton House) 71 72, David Howard (Fota Island) 69 74, Charlie Mooney (Ballinasloe) 71 72;
144 David Kitt (Athenry) 72 72, David Shiel (Enniscrone) 71 73, Thomas Abom (Edmondstown) 70 74, Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock) 73 71, David Lally (Blainroe) 75 69, Mark Gazi (Tralee) 71 73, Evan Farrell (Co. Louth) 72 72;
145 Gavin Duffy (Edenderry) 73 72, Ross Latimer (Clandeboye) 74 71, Patrick Tuffy (Strandhill) 76 69, Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 72 73;
146 Jonathan Keane (Lahinch) 72 74, Evan Shipp (Headfort) 74 72, Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood) 71 75, Jamal Sabir (Moate) 71 75, Joe O'Neill (Berehaven) 76 70, Cian O’Connor (Roscommon) 73 73, Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay) 73 73;
147 Jonathan Yates (Kilkenny) 72 75, James Fox (Portmarnock) 72 75, Brendan Mulgrew (Galgorm Castle) 72 75, Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay) 73 74, Cormac Ó Muirithe (Belmullet) 75 72, Morgan Cain (Fota) 72 75, Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay) 75 72.
Missed the cut
148 Cillian Murray (Stackstown) 74 74, Tadhg Murphy (Millicent) 72 76, Rafael Poli (Holywood) 76 72, Caelan Coleman (Galway Bay) 74 74, Tom Glennon (Kilkenny) 72 76, Cian Harkin (The Island) 75 73, Eoin Sullivan (Portmarnock) 77 71, Conor Stapleton (Westport) 74 74, Matthew Hanlon (Carton House) 73 75, Paul Coughlan (Castleknock) 72 76, Conor Murtagh (The Island) 74 74, Harry Gillivan (Portmarnock) 75 73, Alex Kerins (Carton House) 77 71;
149 Barry McMenamin (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) 73 76, Mark Cadden (Roganstown) 76 73, Jason Rackard (Bunclody) 74 75;
150 Jack McDonnell (Royal Dublin) 75 75, Keith Walsh (Kinsale) 77 73, Ben Cahill (Dundalk) 74 76;
151 Morgan O’Sullivan (Ballyneety) 74 77, Niall Fitzgerald (Shannon) 73 78, Mark Greenwood (Carton House) 78 73, Odhrán McBride (Ballybofey & Stranorlar) 76 75, Evan Monaghan (Tullamore) 77 74, Steven Gilmore (Cregmore Park) 75 76, Quentin Carew (The Heritage) 74 77, David Reddan (Castleknock) 76 75, Ryan Lyons (Blarney) 74 77, Ross Healion (Newforest) 74 77, Dylan Beirne (Carrick on Shannon) 78 73, Darren McCormack (Corrstown) 74 77, Ross McCormack (Palmerstown House Estate) 76 75;
152 Eoin Magill (East Clare) 77 75, Dave Lowry (Corrstown) 77 75, Fergal Coyle (Athenry) 75 77, Jonathan Quinn (The Island) 75 77, Evan Hogg (Belvoir Park) 76 76, Jake Foley (Elm Park) 75 77, Neil Patterson (Baltinglass) 77 75;
153 Shane McGlynn (Portmarnock) 79 74, Samuel Gammell (Naas) 74 79, Seán McLoughlin (County Sligo) 74 79, Adam Challoner (Galway Bay) 74 79, Sean Murphy (Grange) 78 75, Neil Conway (Cill Dara) 80 73, Nigel Colfer (Al Zorah) 77 76, Jamie Butler (Naas) 78 75, Adam Allahbachani (Powerscourt) 79 74, Conor Crudden (Newbridge) 76 77;
154 James Park (County Sligo) 75 79, Valter Andersson (Woodbrook) 79 75, Fionn McCormick (Moyola Park) 75 79, Jonathan Hayden (Royal Dublin) 78 76;
155 Odhran Macshane (Dundalk) 76 79, Ciarán Johnston (Concra Wood) 74 81, Ben O'Mahony (Stackstown) 78 77, Daniel Keogh (Powerscourt) 77 78, Ryan Corrigan (Westport) 80 75, Brendan Farrell (Standard Club, Georgia USA) 78 77, Harley Phipps (Co. Louth) 78 77;
156 Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo) 78 78;
157 James Mitten (Castleknock) 78 79, Scott O'Brien (Nenagh) 78 79, Sean Duffy (Royal Tara) 81 76, Dylan Harbourne (Grange) 80 77;
158 Adrian Lynch (Bray) 80 78, David Cunningham (Galway) 77 81, Eoin O'Carroll (St. Annes) 80 78, Jack McIlhatton (Massereene) 79 79, Matthew Grehan (Tullamore) 73 85;
159 Donnacha Halpin (Shannon) 82 77, Niall Conneely (Ballinasloe) 79 80, Mikey Duignan (The Royal Dublin) 80 79, Sam Kelly (The Island) 81 78;
160 Dylan Smyth (Galway Bay) 80 80, Aaron McNulty (Lahinch) 85 75, Christopher Caulfield (Carton House) 82 78;
161 Luke Woods (Banbridge) 84 77;
162 Oisin Reilly (Straffen) 78 84, Evan Maher (Mountrath) 82 80;
164 Darragh Grehan (Carton House) 78 86;
166 David O'Malley (Black Bush) 83 83;
170 James Fenlon (Bunclody) 85 85;
173 Paraic Connolly (Portumna) 85 88.
After 18 holes
66 Dylan Keating (Seapoint);
68 Liam Abom (Edmondstown), Conor Hickey (Dooks), Jordan Boles (Carton House);
69 Thomas Higgins (Roscommon), David Howard (Fota Island), Dylan Holmes (Greystones);
70 Thomas Abom (Edmondstown), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park), James O’Rourke (Naas), Conor McCarthy (Headfort), Darragh Flynn (Carton House);
71 Keith Egan (Carton House), Charlie Mooney (Ballinasloe), Mark Gazi (Tralee), Aaron Kearney (Roepark), Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood), David Shiel (Enniscrone), Jamal Sabir (Moate);
72 Tom Glennon (Kilkenny), Brendan Mulgrew (Galgorm Castle), Paul Coughlan (Castleknock), Morgan Cain (Fota), Aaron Ryan (Thurles), William Walshe (Delgany), Evan Farrell (Co. Louth), Jonathan Yates (Kilkenny), Jonathan Keane (Lahinch), David Kitt (Athenry), Tadhg Murphy (Millicent), James Fox (Portmarnock);
73 Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay), Matthew Hanlon (Carton House), Padraig O Dochartaigh (Gweedore), Paul O'Hanlon (Carton House), Cian O’Connor (Roscommon), Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock), Matthew Grehan (Tullamore), Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay), Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint), Niall Fitzgerald (Shannon), Barry McMenamin (Ballybofey and Stranorlar), Gavin Duffy (Edenderry);
74 Ross Latimer (Clandeboye), Barry Howlin (The Heritage), Quentin Carew (The Heritage), Ryan Lyons (Blarney), Conor Stapleton (Westport), Conor Murtagh (The Island), Ross Healion (Newforest), Conor Clarke (Balmoral), Darren McCormack (Corrstown), William O’Riordan (Greystones), Jason Rackard (Bunclody), Morgan O’Sullivan (Ballyneety), Samuel Gammell (Naas), Seán McLoughlin (County Sligo), Adam Challoner (Galway Bay), Ciarán Johnston (Concra Wood), Evan Shipp (Headfort), Ben Cahill (Dundalk), Cillian Murray (Stackstown), Caelan Coleman (Galway Bay);
75 Steven Gilmore (Cregmore Park), Cian Harkin (The Island), Jake Foley (Elm Park), Cormac Ó Muirithe (Belmullet), Harry Gillivan (Portmarnock), David Lally (Blainroe), Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay), Jack McDonnell (Royal Dublin), Fergal Coyle (Athenry), James Park (County Sligo), Jonathan Quinn (The Island), Fionn McCormick (Moyola Park);
76 Joe O'Neill (Berehaven), David Reddan (Castleknock), Mark Cadden (Roganstown), Patrick Tuffy (Strandhill), Conor Crudden (Newbridge), Ross McCormack (Palmerstown House Estate), Odhran Macshane (Dundalk), Odhrán McBride (Ballybofey & Stranorlar), Rafael Poli (Holywood), Evan Hogg (Belvoir Park);
77 Nigel Colfer (Al Zorah), Eoin Sullivan (Portmarnock), Alex Kerins (Carton House), Neil Patterson (Baltinglass), Dave Lowry (Corrstown), Eoin Magill (East Clare), Keith Walsh (Kinsale), Daniel Keogh (Powerscourt), David Cunningham (Galway), Evan Monaghan (Tullamore);
78 Jamie Butler (Naas), Brendan Farrell (Standard Club, Georgia USA), Dylan Beirne (Carrick on Shannon), Harley Phipps (Co. Louth), Jonathan Hayden (Royal Dublin), James Mitten (Castleknock), Scott O'Brien (Nenagh), Ben O'Mahony (Stackstown), Mark Greenwood (Carton House), Oisin Reilly (Straffen), Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo), Sean Murphy (Grange), Darragh Grehan (Carton House);
79 Adam Allahbachani (Powerscourt), Jack McIlhatton (Massereene), Shane McGlynn (Portmarnock), Valter Andersson (Woodbrook), Niall Conneely (Ballinasloe);
80 Dylan Harbourne (Grange), Adrian Lynch (Bray), Dylan Smyth (Galway Bay), Ryan Corrigan (Westport), Neil Conway (Cill Dara), Mikey Duignan (The Royal Dublin), Eoin O'Carroll (St. Annes);
81 Sam Kelly (The Island), Jamie Larkin (Naas), Sean Duffy (Royal Tara);
82 Christopher Caulfield (Carton House), Evan Maher (Mountrath), Donnacha Halpin (Shannon);
83 David O'Malley (Black Bush);
84 Luke Woods (Banbridge);
85 James Fenlon (Bunclody), Paraic Connolly (Portumna), Aaron McNulty (Lahinch);
86 Jack Whelan (Limerick)