Carter wins shortened Munster Strokeplay; two in a row for Royal Dublin
Munster Strokeplay champion Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) pictured at Cork Golf Club with Robin Turnbull, President, Lady President Ann Kos, Captain Fergal Deasy, Lady Captain Katherine O'Kelly Lynch and Liam Harkin, GUI Munster Branch. Picture: Niall O'Shea/Cork Golf News
Shaun Carter was a model of consistency as he posted two round of 70 to win the weather shortened Munster Strokeplay Championship by two strokes on four under 140 at Cork Golf Club.
In succeeding Barry Anderson as champion, Carter became the second successive winner from The Royal Dublin as he finished two strokes ahead of Paul Murphy and Mark Shanahan in what was once the Cork Scratch Cup but is now a 72-hole provincial strokeplay championship,
Sadly for the players and the organisers, torrential rain forced the cancellation of Saturday's golf but those who turned up on Sunday were treated, by all accounts, to some outstanding golf with Carter also taking the Jimmy Bruen Trophy awarded to the best player under 25.
Munster Strokeplay Championship, Cork GC (Par 72)
1 Shaun Carter 70 70 140
2 Paul Murphy 74 68 142
3 Mark Shanahan 74 68 142
4 Evan Farrell 70 73 143
5 Eanna Griffin 68 75 143
6 Jeff Hopkins 75 71 146
7 Shane McGlynn 75 71 146
8 Stephen Healy 74 72 146
9 Ian O'Rourke 72 74 146
10 Gary O'Flaherty 73 74 147
11 Kieran McCarthy 72 75 147
12 Alex Gleeson 77 71 148
13 Paul McCarthy 75 73 148
14 Jonathan Yates 75 73 148
15 Dave O'Donovan 76 73 149
16 Mark Collins 75 74 149
17 Joe Lyons 76 74 150
18 Padraic Connolly 76 74 150
19 Alan Thomas 75 75 150
20 Jack Pierce 73 77 150
21 Mark MacGrath 72 78 150
22 Ronan Twomey 78 73 151
23 Conor O'Rourke 77 74 151
24 Emmet Leahy 76 75 151
25 Fergal Deasy 78 74 152
26 Gerard Dunne 75 77 152
27 Keelan McDonagh 75 77 152
28 Niall Gorey 73 79 152
29 Thomas Neenan 79 74 153
30 Cian Geraghty 77 76 153
31 Pat Fitzpatrick 76 77 153
32 John Greene 75 78 153
33 Stephen Brady 76 78 154
34 Eoghan Long 76 78 154
35 John Hickey 75 79 154
36 David McMahon 80 75 155
37 Tony O'Leary 79 76 155
38 James Monaghan 79 76 155
39 Robbie Pierce 78 77 155
40 Kevin Stack 73 82 155
41 Ryan Berkeley 78 78 156
42 Ian Spillane 72 84 156
43 Paul Flynn 73 84 157
44 Declan McInerney 84 74 158
45 Gary McGrane 81 78 159
46 Kieran Murphy 79 80 159
47 Mark Ford 78 81 159
48 Steffan O'Hara 76 83 159
49 Colum Kenny 84 77 161
50 Cathal Butler 82 79 161
51 Kieran Canty 85 77 162
52 Sean Burns 85 77 162
53 Shane Whooley 83 79 162
54 Barry Daly 82 80 162
55 Sean Barry 79 83 162
56 Daniel Brennan 79 83 162
57 Daniel Hallissey 76 86 162
58 Mark O'Sullivan 81 82 163
59 Ruairi Kennelly 84 81 165
60 Declan Reidy 89 80 169
61 William Hanna 77 -- 77
62 Simon Bryan 78 -- 78
63 James Sugrue 79 -- 79
64 Conor Coyne 80 -- 80
65 Ian Lynch 80 -- 80
66 Paul O'Neill 80 -- 80
67 Kenny McGarry 81 -- 81
68 Greg O'Mahony 81 -- 81
69 Caolan Rafferty 81 -- 81
70 Stephen Walsh 85 -- 85
- Keith Fitzpatrick NR 82 NR
- Aaron Grant 72 NR NR
Competition Scratch Score (CSS):
03 May 2015: CSS = 75 [Par = 72, SSS = 72].
03 May 2015 (PM): CSS = 74 [Par = 72, SSS = 72].
