The North West Golf Club, situated at Lisfannon, was shorn of its usual defence of wind and the facile nature of any links course devoid of wind was reflected in the scoring by North Western Alliance members on Saturday.
It was a tough day for Munster golf as Muskerry and Douglas crashed out in their respective semi-finals of the AIG Cups and Shields National Finals at Carton House.
More than 4,000 golfers have so far received an exclusive BOSS watch for holing an ace during a club competition, but Buncrana's Kyle McCarron has claimed the longest hole-in-one to date - on a monster 360-yard par-four.
