Amateur golfBrian KeoghStuart Grehan, Jones Cup Invitational, Gavin Tiernan, South American Amateur Championship, Kate Dillon, Katie Poots, Fionn Dobbin, Joshua HillComment

Grehan and Tiernan set for Jones Cup Invitational; Irish quartet at South American Amateur

Amateur golfBrian KeoghStuart Grehan, Jones Cup Invitational, Gavin Tiernan, South American Amateur Championship, Kate Dillon, Katie Poots, Fionn Dobbin, Joshua HillComment
Grehan and Tiernan set for Jones Cup Invitational; Irish quartet at South American Amateur

Ludo de Jong, Manager Anantara The Marker Dublin with 2025 IGWA Amateur of the year. Stuart Grehan and AIG’s Aidan Connaughton at the Irish Golf Writers Association Awards, held at Anantara The Marker Dublin. 16/12/2025. Picture Fran Caffrey / Golffile.ie

Stuart Grehan and Gavin Tiernan begin their quests for spots on the 2026 Walker Cup team in the Jones Cup Invitational in Georgia today.

The County Louth duo, who played on the Great Britain and Ireland side that lost to the USA at Cypress Point last September, will be hoping to make the side that will take on the Americans at Lahinch Golf Club in Co Clare from September 5-6.

Scores

There are 17 GB&I competitors in the 84-man field at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, including 2025 GB&I Walker Cup team mates Niall Shiels Donegan, Eliot Baker, Luke Poulter and Tyler Weaver.

Meanwhile. Kate Dillon (Oughterard), Katie Poots (Knock), Fionn Dobbin (Malone) and Joshua Hill (Galgorm Castle) tee it up in the South American Amateur at Nordelta Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Scoring: https://golfireland.biz/4qdo5DB

Amateur golfBrian KeoghFlogas Irish Amateur Open, County Sligo GC, Gavin Tiernan, Liam Nolan, Matthew McClean

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Amateur golfBrian KeoghFlogas Irish Amateur Open, County Sligo GC, Gavin Tiernan, Liam Nolan, Matthew McClean
Schoolboy Tiernan swaps books for birdies and grabs Flogas Irish Amateur Open lead
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Amateur golfBrian KeoghSouth American Amateur Championship, Olivia Mehaffey, Chloe Ryan, Colin Fairweather, Tiarnan McLarnonComment
Peru start for Irish amateur quartet; another eight set for South Africa next week