Dunne fires blistering 64 to lead East of Ireland
County Louth’s Gerard Dunne fired a blistering eight-under 64 to claim the first-round lead in the Pharmaher Healthcare-sponsored East of Ireland Championship at Baltray.
(Dunne is pictured above in the Flogas Irish Men's Amateur Open Championship. Photo: Tom Maher / Inpho.)
The school teacher made an eagle and six birdies to lead by two shots from Fota Island’s reigning Irish Boys Open and Munster Strokeplay champion, John Doyle.
Dunne finished tied for fourth in the Irish Amateur Open at Seapoint earlier this month and continued his hot form on familiar terrain.
He birdied the 12th and 18th to turn in 33 before coming home in six-under 31 as he sandwiched an eagle at the second between birdies at the first, third, fourth and fifth.
Doyle made seven birdies in a 66, while Oslo’s Leon Sebastian Hauger was alone in third after a 67.
East of Ireland Amateur Open, Co Louth (Par 72)
64 Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth)
66 John Doyle (Fota Island)
67 Leon Sebastian Hauger (Oslo GK)
68 David Reddan (Castleknock), John William Burke (Ballyhaunis), David Kitt (Athenry)
69 Ciaran Gregan (Forrest Little), Dylan Keating (Seapoint), David Howard (Fota Island)
70 Colin Woodroofe (Dun Laoghaire), Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay), Seán McLoughlin (County Sligo), Adam Buchanan (Royal Portrush), Keith Egan (Carton House), Mikkel Bergum Johansen (Drøbak GK), Gary Collins (Rosslare), Gavin Tiernan (County Louth)
71 Thomas Abom (Edmondstown), Oscar Bach (Oslo Golf Club), Barry Howlin (The Heritage), Jamie Butler (Naas), Kevin Robinson (Castlewarden), Shane McDermott (PGA National Slieve Russell), Eoin Murphy (Dundalk), Joshua Hill (Galgorm Castle), Matthew Giles (Greenore), Stuart Grehan (Co. Louth), James Fox (Portmarnock), Cornelius Farhang (Oslo), Adam Fahey (Portmarnock), Tomás Pepper (Ardee), Luke Kelly (Dunfanaghy), Fionn Dobbin (Malone)
72 Conor Clarke (Balmoral), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), Aaron Marshall (Lisburn), Greg O’Mahony (Fota Island), Gavin O’Neill (Malahide), Matthew Grehan (Tullamore), Darragh Flynn (Carton House), Daniel O'Brien (Co. Louth)
73 Simon Walker (Roscommon), Alan Fahy (Dun Laoghaire), Joseph Stevenson (Portadown), Jack McDonnell (The Royal Dublin), Benjamin Doggett (Co. Louth), Benjamin Oberholzer (Clandeboye), David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown), Eoin O’Carroll (St Anne’s), Jordan Boles (Charleville), Conor Hickey (Dooks), Ross Latimer (Knock), Ciaran Murphy (Grange), Steven Gormley (Blainroe);
74 Frederik Richardson (Byneset GK), Ben Phipps (Taylormade Golf Club), Sean Reddy (Douglas Golf), Ian Lynch (Rosslare), Mark Cadden (Roganstown) Eoin Sullivan (Portmarnock), Lewis Gowdy (Bangor), Brian Lane (Muskerry), Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint), Rían Carvill (Warrenpoint), Graham Donohoe (Enniscorthy), Jack Phipps (Ardee), Ben Cahill (Dundalk), Liam Abom (Edmondstown), Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone), Harry Gillivan (Portmarnock), Darren McCormack (Corrstown), Oscar Murphy (Royal Portrush), Ross McCormack (Palmerstown House Estate), Conor McCarthy (Headfort);
75 Jack McKenna (Co. Louth), Marcus Goosen (Sunnfjord GC, Norway), Jake Whelan (Grange), Ben Hanratty (Donabate), Mikie Grealy (Galway Bay), Robert Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire), Adam Allahbachani (Powerscourt), Robbie Cannon (Balbriggan), Jamie Larkin (Palmerstown), Mark Gazi (Tralee), Danny Lyne (Lahinch);
76 Morgan Cain (Fota Island), Ryan Murray (Balmoral), Mathias Aase (Sola Golfklubb), Aodhagan Brady (Co Sligo), Quentin Carew (Castleknock), Valdemar Hundeboll (Silkeborg), Niall Hearns (Mountrath), Andrew Gavin (Black Bush), Fridtjof Farhang (Oslo Golf Club), David Lally (Blainroe), Adam Smith (Mullingar), Adam McCormick (Scrabo);
77 Cathal Penney (Athenry), Daniel McKennA (Co. Louth), Caelan Coleman (Galway Bay), Jonathan Keane (Lahinch), Karl Bornemann (Douglas), David Shiel (Enniscrone), Ruairi O'Connor (Co Sligo), Lucas Lyons (Limerick), Robert Walsh (Douglas), John Moran (Portmarnock)
78 Simon Ward (Belvoir Park), Mark Shanahan (Rosslare), Daniel Werner Nilsson (Oslo Golfclub), Jamie Kelly (Ardee), Gareth Bohill (Co. Louth), Ian O’Connell (Castleknock);
79 Luke Mitchell (Portmarnock), James Walsh (Douglas), Lorcan O'Connor (Edmondstown), Robert Galligan (Elm Park), Brian Doran (Millicent), Harry McArdle (Warrenpoint);
80 Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay), Tóla Gormley (Austin Golf Association), Liam Hutchinson (The Royal Dublin), Neil Patterson (Baltinglass), Cian Dullaghan (Greenore);
81 David O'Malley (Black Bush), Paul O’Hanlon (Carton House), Theodor M Bjørge (Aalesund Golf), Aaron Foley (Edmondstown), Allan Hill (Roscommon);
84 Ryan Griffin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar/Royal Dublin);
86 Sean Downes (The Royal Dublin);
NR Patrick Curran (Edmondstown).
