Eggenberger and Stirling take Irish Colleges Invitational
Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling). Picture by Pat Cashman
The University of Stirling romped to victory in the Irish Colleges Invitational Tournament at County Louth Golf Club, taking an 18-shot victory in the team event thanks in no small part to a magnificent performance by Swiss player Mathias Eggenberger, writes the GUI.
Eggenberger, a member of the Swiss team at last month's Eisenhower Trophy in Japan, carded a final round 71 to add to his opening pair of 70s, comfortably taking the individual honours.
Maynooth University took the other two podium spots on 13 over - their B team edging the A team to second place thanks to a countback of the discarded third round card.
Queens University's Jessica Ross took the Ladies individual honours.
Waterford IT finished a creditable fourth, ahead of UCD (A), Ulster (B) and Stirling (B).
Liam Martin (President, Golfing Union of Ireland) presenting the University of Stirling team of Mathias Eggenberger, Marco Iten and Henry Tomlinson with first prize after their victory in the 2014 Irish Colleges Invitational Tournament at County Louth Golf Club (03/10/2014). Also in the picture is Paddy Nelson (Captain, County Louth Golf Club). Picture by Pat Cashman
Individual scores
211 Mathias Eggenberger 70 70 71
220 Gary Hurley 71 79 70
221 Stuart Grehan 75 74 72, Marco Iten 72 77 72, Henry Tomlinson 71 73 77
225 Robin Dawson 73 77 75, William Russell 75 75 75, Jonathan Yates 72 76 77
226 Sean Flanagan 75 78 73, Gavin Young 73 78 75
227 Andrew Keenan 76 75 76, Alex Gleeson 69 80 78
228 Declan Reidy 78 76 74, Alan Lowry 78 76 74, Chris Thursby 78 74 76, Derek Power 76 74 78
229 Craig Howie 80 75 74
230 Shane McGlynn 75 84 71, Nick Wildman 74 78 78
231 Timothy Jordan 73 86 72, Ben Murray 78 75 78
232 Mark Morrissey 83 81 68, Greg O'Mahony 77 71 84, Iain Collins 72 75 85
233 Kyle McCarron 77 80 76, Joe Whitaker 77 79 77, Brian Doran 76 80 77, James Lindsay 80 75 78, Cameron Massey 76 79 78
234 Jack Ryan 80 76 78, Ryan O'Doherty 75 81 78
235 Ted Collins 76 83 76, Jessica Ross 79 79 77
236 Andrew Stokes 76 84 76, Stuart Patrick 78 79 79, Conor Nolan 77 80 79, Darragh O'Sullivan 77 76 83
238 James Wilson 82 80 76, Alastair McQuillan 80 80 78, Gemma Batty 79 76 83
239 Harry McHugh 76 85 78, Enda Craddock 80 79 80
240 Niall O'Connell 75 87 78
241 James Flesher 82 81 78, Peter McKeever 82 80 79, Chris Johnston 75 86 80
242 Gabriel Leacy 82 82 78, Brad Johnson 77 84 81
243 Jonathan O'Driscoll 79 81 83
244 Diarmuid O'Connor 83 78 83
245 Colm Hughes 83 82 80
246 Michael Gielty 81 88 77
247 Jamie Austwicke 85 81 81, David Byrne 80 85 82, Stephen Rowland 80 83 84
248 Dylan O'Connor 89 82 77, Kevin Barry 79 88 81, Kevin Holland 80 86 82
249 Marcus Looby 85 87 77, Owen O'Brien 85 83 81
250 Peter Dolan 82 87 81
251 Andrew Bonham 81 86 84
252 Harry Bradshaw 89 83 80
253 Adrian Lyons 83 86 84
254 Mateo Crowley 83 90 81
256 Aaron D'Arcy 87 81 88
260 Jack Alton 91 87 82
263 Conor Ringland 84 94 85
317 Aideen McGahon 99 105 113
NR/DQ/WD 174 Robert Monroe 90 84 NR, Matthew McClean 83 75 WD, Ryan McKinstry 76 82 DQ, Christopher Morgan 80 77 DQ, Conor Ryan 84 NR 82, Sean McLoughlin 99 NR 91, Thomas Conway 93 NR WD, Sam Devey NR 81 87, Conor McGowan NR 87 85
Final team scores