Finnish-ing birdie gives Papunen Irish Boys Under 15 crown
Liam Martin (President, Golfing Union of Ireland) presenting Perre Papunen (Finland) with the Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Championship trophy after his victory at Castlewarden Golf Club (20/08/2014). Also in the picture is Bill Moran (Captain, Castlewarden Golf Club). Picture by Pat Cashman
Finland’s Perre Papunen produced a grandstand finish to clinch the Irish Under 15 Boys title in a dramatic conclusion, writes the GUI.
Perre Papunen (Finland) with the Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Championship trophy. Picture by Pat Cashman
Leading by one shot playing the last, but with Laytown & Bettystown's Thomas Mulligan breathing down his neck, Papunen rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt to seal victory.
Mulligan, the first round leader along with Newlands' Cameron Raymond, had fallen back, and was two over for the day before he rolled in a birdie at the 16th.
With Papunen two under for the day, that meant he held a one-shot advantage, but with the powerful Mulligan highly likely to birdie the last, and Papunen 100 yards short in two, the Championship looked as though it would be decided by a three-hole playoff.
That was until Papunen rolled his putt into the centre of the hole for a winning birdie.
Beaverstown's Sean Dowling finished third after a second round of 72.
Thomas Mulligan (Laytown & Bettystown) driving at the first hole during the Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Championship final day at Castlewarden.Picture by Pat Cashman
Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Championship, Castlewarden Golf Club,
Final Scores
143 Perre Papunen (Finland) 74 69
144 Thomas Mulligan (Laytown & Bettystown) 71 73
145 Sean Dowling (Beaverstown) 73 72
146 Valentin Smits (Germany) 75 71, Cameron Raymond (Newlands) 71 75
148 Eemeli Jarvinen (Finland) 76 72, AJ McCabe (Malahide) 76 72, Charlie Denvir (Milltown) 75 73
149 Mark Power (Kilkenny) 79 70
150 Pierre Pineau (France) 78 72, Jake Rowe (Tandragee) 77 73, Eoin Griffin (Galway) 75 75
151 John Brady (Rosslare) 78 73, Jack Doherty (Westmanstown) 78 73, Thomas Harrison (England) 78 73, Rene Schwenk (Germany) 77 74, Zach Glynn (Bray) 75 76, Luke Boore (Lucan) 75 76, Reece Black (Cairndhu) 73 78
152 Andrew Gavin (Black Bush) 79 73, Liam Nolan (Galway) 78 74, Paul Louis Gachet (France) 77 75, Jack McGarry (Rosslare) 76 76
153 Charlie Dawson (Faithlegg) 78 75, Caolan Dunn (Foyle) 77 76, Sean Kestell (Charlesland) 75 78, Brian Staunton (Mount Juliet) 74 79
154 Sean Enright (Doneraile) 80 74, Harry Gillivan (Westport) 77 77, Jack Hearn (Tramore) 77 77, Jonathan Albert (Belgium) 77 77, Andrew Mulhall (Waterford Castle) 76 78, Andrew Hickey (Ballyhaunis) 76 78
155 Jordan Logue (Hilton Templepatrick) 81 74, Scott Murray (Wentworth) 80 75, Ian Halpin (Cahir Park) 78 77, Ward Farrell (Dunmurry) 77 78, Jeff Hogan (Castletroy) 77 78, Edward Walsh (Mallow) 76 79, Allan Hill (Roscommon) 76 79, Conor McDonald (Lurgan) 75 80
Cameron Raymond (Newlands) reacts to his missed putt at the 16th during the Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Championship final day at Castlewarden. Picture by Pat Cashman
156 Connor Mulholland (Mount Juliet) 81 75, Ronan Mc Cambridge (Cushendall) 79 77, Cian McCormack (Ashbourne) 78 78, Adam Boland (Mitchelstown) 78 78, Robert Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) 76 80, Darragh Monaghan (England) 75 81, Ross Kelly (Tuam) 75 81
157 Eamonn McAleer (Omagh) 84 73, Ryan Brady (Newbridge) 81 76, Patrick Cunnane (Malone) 81 76, Joseph Keyes (Co. Sligo) 80 77, Ryan Thompson (Greenacres) 79 78, Harry Kelly (Castle) 79 78, Richard Duggan (Kilkenny) 77 80, Brendan Rossiter (Rosslare) 75 82
158 Aaron Lennie (Clandeboye) 85 73, Leopold Benze (Germany) 83 75, Greg Barrett (Mallow) 81 77, James Temple (Forrest Little.) 81 77, Christoffer Kuechler-Weiss (Germany) 80 78, Ross Murphy (Clandeboye) 80 78, Lucas Koehler (Germany) 79 79, Seamus Burke (Carrick-on-Suir) 79 79, Jack Duffy (Buncrana) 78 80
159 Robert Galligan (Elm Park) 84 75, Jack Small (Elm Park) 79 80, Sean Doyle (Black Bush) 78 81
160 George Morgan (Grange) 83 77, Shane Kearney (Esker Hills) 80 80, Casper Ahtola (Finland) 80 80, Patrick Somers (Grange) 78 82
161 Evan Henry (Ballyhaunis) 82 79, Anton Albers (Germany) 80 81, Sean Carroll (Castle Dargan) 80 81, Eoghan O'Shea (Mahon) 79 82, Roy Whelan (Mallow) 76 85
162 Eoin Murphy (Dundalk) 80 82
163 Pier Francesco De Col (Italy) 86 77, Evan Hollowed (Newlands) 86 77, Brian McGuinness (Claremorris) 84 79, Shane Cummins (Edenderry) 81 82, Niall Grant (The Island) 80 83, Brian Houston (Edenmore) 79 84
164 David O'Reilly (Hollystown) 83 81, David Cunningham (Tandragee) 77 87
165 Mark Travers (Carton House) 87 78, Joshua Robinson (Lisburn) 85 80, Conor Twomey (Mahon) 84 81, Aaron Mee (Royal Tara) 84 81, Aaron Donnelly (Forrest Little.) 83 82, Liam Dunphy (Woodbrook) 81 84, Eoin Mallon (Killymoon) 80 85
166 Paddy Culhane (Galway) 86 80, Ciaran Gregan (Forrest Little.) 83 83, Kyle Patton (Lisburn) 81 85
167 Conor Ruane (Cregmore Park) 90 77, Glenn McCreery (Knock) 86 81, David Duggan (Highfield) 85 82, Oliver Pearson (Cahir Park) 84 83, John Murphy (Esker Hills) 83 84, Donal Groome (Edenderry) 83 84, Niall Hearns (Mountrath) 83 84, Maximillian Mosch (Germany) 83 84
168 David Kitt (Mountbellew) 89 79, Oisin O'Meara (Glasson) 88 80, Darren Scott (Clandeboye) 86 82, Paddy Bird (Co. Sligo) 83 85, Liam Dowling (Mallow) 79 89
169 Eoin McCarthy (Faithlegg) 93 76, Tom Armstrong (Co. Sligo) 87 82, Daniel Tully (Royal Tara) 85 84
170 Joseph Hanney (The Island) 89 81, Lorenz Straubinger (Germany) 87 83, Fergal Collery (Castle Dargan) 82 88
171 Calum Beggs (Royal Portrush) 88 83, Scott Jones (Belvoir Park) 86 85, Matthew Stainsby (North West) 84 87, Karl Byrne (Grange) 83 88, Adrian O'Connor (Milltown) 83 88, Conor Meade (East Clare) 82 89
172 Darren Quinn (Edenderry) 83 89
174 Peter Byrne (Grange) 84 90
175 Ross Latimer (Knock) 86 89
180 Michael Bowes (Omagh) 95 85
181 Mark Duggan (Highfield) 86 95
182 Gavin Downey (Ballykisteen) 94 88, Conor Glennon (Glasson) 94 88
185 Padraig Fallon (Dundalk) 96 89.
Richard Duggan (Kilkenny) reacts to a missed putt on the 3rd green during the Irish Under 15 Boys Amateur Open Championship final day at Castlewarden Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman
