McDonnell three clear in Munster Youths
Overnight leader Jack McDonnell added a 73 to his opening 66 to take a three shot lead into the final round of the Munster Youths Amateur Open at Monkstown.
McDonnell had three birdies and but the six bogeys saw him finish on three for the day and just three clear of Fortwilliam's Hugh O'Hare (71 71) and Mallow's James Sugrue (71 71) on one under par.
Sugrue was two over after two but recovered with three birdies before the turn. A ball out of bounds on the 17th however cost him and he signed for a 71 to share second place with O’Hare
Hilton Templepatrick's Reece Black and Carlow's Craig Bolger are tied for fourth place on 144 with six golfers tied for sixth place. including Kinsale’s Cathal Butler.
Stefan Greenberg from Tandragree was the only player to break par, signing for a one under par 69.
The cut fell at 12 over par 152 with 47 players making it through to Friday's final 18 holes which will be a shotgun start at 9.00am.
All golfers are asked to be present in Monkstown Golf Club at 8.15am when the starting holes will be assigned.
Munster Youths Amateur Open Championship
After 36 holes - Detailed scores
Qualifiers
139 Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.) 66 73
142 Hugh O'Hare (Fortwilliam Golf Club) 71 71 , James Sugrue (Mallow Golf Club) 71 71
144 Reece Black (Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club) 73 71 , Craig Bolger (Carlow Golf Club) 68 76
145 Alastair McQuillian (Cushendall Golf Club) 74 71 , Cathal Butler (Kinsale) 74 71 , Luke Donnelly (Kilkenny Golf Club) 73 72 , Jason Conway (Donegal Golf Club) 72 73 , Hugh Foley (The Royal Dublin) 71 74 , Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 70 75
146 Karl McCormack (Portarlington Golf Club) 75 71 , Cathal Nolan (Galway Golf Club) 74 72 , John Murphy (Kinsale) 74 72 , Alec Myles (Newlands) 72 74 , Eric Rumley (Kinsale) 70 76
147 Devin Morley (Oughterard Golf Club) 76 71 , Ben Graham (Scrabo Golf Club) 75 72 , Max Thallon (Bangor Golf Club) 74 73 , Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush Golf Club) 71 76 , Jack Hearn (Tramore Golf Club) 71 76
148 Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee Golf Club) 79 69 , Jack Walsh (Castle) 73 75
149 Jack Madden (Dungannon Golf Club) 76 73 , Adam McSweeney (Douglas) 76 73 , Jack Blake (Island) 75 74 , Simon Irwin (Holywood Golf Club) 75 74 , Alan Riordan (Muskerry Golf Club) 74 75 , Michael McGurk (Warrenpoint Golf Club) 73 76
150 Jake Whelan (Newlands) 77 73 , Brian O'Connell (Bandon Golf Club) 77 73 , Andrew Mulhall (Waterford Castle Golf Club) 76 74 , Andrew Hickey (Ballyhaunis Golf Club) 75 75 , Sean Walsh (Carton House Golf Club) 75 75 , Peter Cummins (Lurgan Golf Club) 75 75 , Charlie Dawson (Tramore Golf Club) 74 76 , Peter McKeever (Castle) 72 78
151 Darragh Herlihy (West Waterford Golf Club) 77 74 , Paul Tobin (Cork Golf Club) 76 75 , Liam Grehan (Mullingar Golf Club) 73 78 , Greg O'Mahony (Fota Island Golf Club) 72 79
152 Jamie Dunne (Borris Golf Club) 80 72 , James McVicker (Knock) 77 75 , Darragh O'Connor (Fota Island Golf Club) 76 76 , Oisin Fleming (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 76 76, Mark Healy (Kinsale) 74 78 , John McCarthy (Stackstown Golf Club) 74 78
Non qualifiers
153 Edward Walsh (Mallow Golf Club) 80 73 , T J Ford (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 77 76 , Timothy Broderick (Kinsale) 77 76 , Greg Barrett (Mallow Golf Club) 74 79 , Colm Hughes (Galway Golf Club) 72 81
154 Cian Feeney (Co. Sligo Golf Club) 80 74 , Gary Ward (Kinsale) 77 77 , Conor Roche (Mallow Golf Club) 77 77 , Mark McKenna (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 75 79 , Michael Ryan (New Ross Golf Club) 74 80
155 Ciaran Vaughan (Limerick Golf Club) 79 76 , Robert Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 75 80
156 Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 80 76 , Lorcan O'Sullivan (The Heritage Golf Club) 80 76 , Aaron Cashin (Tramore Golf Club) 79 77
157 Bill Murray (Waterford Castle Golf Club) 81 76 , Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club) 80 77 , Jack Tuohy (Galway Bay Golf Club) 80 77 , Darragh Flynn (Carton House Golf Club) 76 81 , Sean Burke (Galway Golf Club) 74 83
158 Liam Dowling (Mallow Golf Club) 77 81
159 Rory Dineen (Cork Golf Club) 84 75 , Aaron Lennie (Clandeboye) 80 79 , Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park Golf Club) 78 81
162 Ciaran Smyth (Greenore Golf Club) 81 81 , Luke Cummins (West Waterford Golf Club) 80 82
163 Eoin Aherne (Mallow Golf Club) 81 82
164 Craig Foley (Cork Golf Club) 85 79
165 Adam Boland (Mallow Golf Club) 81 84 , Raymond Kelly (Tralee Golf Club) 79 86
166 Gareth Hogan (Island) 84 82 , Eoin Conway (West Waterford Golf Club) 80 86
167 Ronan Cross (Ballybunion Golf Club) 82 85 , Cian Mooney (Faithlegg Golf Club) 82 85
168 Stephen Kelliher (Killarney Golf Club) 83 85
169 Jake O'Riordan (Dungarvan Golf Club) 88 81
170 Darragh Hobbs (Courtown Golf Club) 78 92
174 Jason O'Reilly (Tramore Golf Club) 86 88
180 Daniel Devlin (Fota Island Golf Club) 93 87
WDColin Woodroofe (Blainroe Golf Club) 74 WD , Peter Henry (Fintona Golf Club) 78 WD , Christopher Taylor (Kanturk Golf Club) 80 WD , Michael Cooke (Waterford) 85 WD
