Dowdall leads at Murvagh; Caldwell three back at Tulfarris; Webb falls
Woodbrook’s Tom Dowdall. Picture: Pat Cashman Photography
Woodbrook’s Tom Dowdall added a magnificent, six-under 67 to his opening 76 to lead the Irish Student Championship by two strokes with one round to play at Murvagh.
Jonny Caldwell
He made eight birdies in his second round to lead on three-under 143 from Carton House’s Darragh Flynn while Mullingar’s Adam Smith, Laytown & Bettystown’s Eoghan Collins and Dun Laoghaire’s Robert Abernethy are lurking on level par
The cut for the top 42 and ties fell at 168.
On the PGA Europro Tour, Jonny Caldwell leads the 33-strong home challenge in the Prem Group Irish Masters at Tulfarris, three shots behind England's Adam Chapman after opening with a four-under 68.
Recently crowned Irish U16 champion Joe Byrne from Baltinglass opened with a creditable 74 on his debut in a professional event with Jamie Fletcher carding a 77.
In the US Senior Women's Amateur, East Berkshire's Laura Webb lost by one hole to Australia's Sue Wooster in the quarter-finals at Cedar Rapids Country Club in Iowa.
Irish Students Championship, Donegal GC (Par 73)
After 36 holes
Qualifiers
143 T Dowdall (Woodbrook) 76 67;
145 D Flynn (Carton House) 74 71;
146 A Smith (Mullingar) 73 73, E Collins (Laytown & Bettystown) 73 73, R Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) 72 74;
148 R McNelis (Fintona) 80 68;
149 P Conroy (Enniscorthy) 79 70;
150 D Brady (Co. Sligo) 75 75, C Hickey (Dooks) 74 76;
151 G Ward (Kinsale) 77 74;
153 C Henry (Strandhill) 79 74, C Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 76 77, K Murphy (Dun Laoghaire) 76 77;
154 R Jennings (Ballinrobe) 75 79;
155 W Eickholt (Portmarnock) 80 75, B Crawford (Greenacres) 74 81;
157 S Dunne (Royal Dublin) 78 79;
158 B O'Connell (Bandon) 83 75, O O'Loughlin (Millicent) 81 77, S Montgomery (Holywood ) 79 79, D Finlay (Dun Laoghaire) 76 82;
159 D McAleenon (Edenmore) 84 75, T Plunkett (Crover House) 84 75;
160 A Riordan (Blarney) 86 74, T Probst (Strandhill) 82 78, J Conway (Donegal) 80 80;
162 R Murphy (Dun Laoghaire) 86 76, F Bannon (Ardglass) 82 80, C Smith (Tullamore) 81 81, P Ó Dochartaigh (Gweedore) 76 86;
163 D Devlin (Powerscourt) 81 82, S Doyle (Athlone) 80 83;
164 J Keane (Lahinch) 83 81, T Geraghty (Donegal) 82 82, D Carton (New Forest) 82 82;
165 C Desmond (Monkstown) 81 84, C O'Carroll (Charleville) 79 86;
166 T Coakley (Bantry Bay) 89 77;
167 P Heeran (Laytown & Bettystown) 79 88, H McGeary (Dungannon) 78 89;
168 J Napier (Scrabo) 86 82, S Herring (Killeen) 84 84.
Non qualifiers
170 L Cully (St. Anne's) 85 85, O Gallagher (Bundoran) 82 88;
171 E Campbell (Cairndhu) 83 88;
172 S Leonard (Mitchelstown) 91 81;
174 D Mealia (Co. Longford) 87 87;
178 M McCaughey (Bundoran) 89 89;
185 J Cooley (Belvoir Park) 94 91;
NR M Fitzsimons (Ardglass) 80, I Witherspoon (Ballyclare) 82, J Murphy (Fota Island) 88;
RTD W Beatty (Greenacres) 83, S Campbell (Greenacres);
NS M Burke (Galway.)
Prem Group Irish Masters, Tulfarris Hotel and Golf Club (Par 72)
65 Adam Chapman
66 Marco Penge
67 Manuel Morugan, Ashley Mansell
68 Daniel Jennevret, Andrew Wilson, Mitch Waite, Sam Locke, Nick Watson, Michael Bullen, Rhys Thompson, George Bloor, Neil Fenwick, Jonathan Caldwell, George Woolgar, Ashton Turner
69 Niall Kearney
70 Michael Hoey, Peter Williamson, Brendan McCarroll
71 Brian Casey, Stuart Grehan, Niall Turner, Simon Thornton
72 Daniel Brennan, Brian McElhinney, Dermot McElroy
73 Neil O'Briain, Tim Rice, John Hickey
74 Declan Loftus, Joe Byrne (a), Michael Dallat, John-Ross Galbraith
75 Owen Crooks, Cameron Raymond
76 Luke Donnelly, Dylan Brophy, Reeve Whitson
77 Jamie Fletcher (a), Simon Bryan, Mark Whelan
78 Jonathan Yates
79 Joe Dillon, Sean Ervine, Brendan O'Neill
80 Thomas O'Neill
86 Andrew Browne
