Desmond wins Munster Students title by two
Sean Desmond (Monkstown) pictured with the Munster Students trophy at Tipperary Golf Club. Picture: William O'Brien
Monkstown’s Sean Desmond dug deep in difficult conditions to win the Munster Students Amateur Open at Tipperary and his maiden title.
Leading by a shot after the rain-soaked opening day, he closed with a one-over 73 to win by two strokes from Enniscorthy’s Paul Conroy on one-over par 217.
Woodbrook’s Tom Dowdall was third place on six over as Maynooth A, represented by Darragh Flynn, Aaron Ryan and Robert Abernethy, won the team prize.
Sean Desmond (Monkstown) receiving the Munster Students trophy from Jim Long, Chairman Munster Golf, at Tipperary Golf Club on Thursday, 6 June 2019. Picture: William O'Brien
Munster Students Amateur Open, Tipperary GC (Par 72)
Detailed scores
CSS R1 74, R2 73, R3 75
217 S Desmond (Monkstown) 75 69 73
219 P Conroy (Enniscorthy) 77 70 72
222 T Dowdall (Woodbrook) 76 73 73, J Bolger (Jnr) (Courtown) 75 71 76, J Cleary (Elm Park) 75 70 77
224 R Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) 73 77 74
225 C Vaughan (Limerick) 75 76 74, H Duggan (Kilkenny) 72 75 78
226 D Flynn (Carton House) 77 72 77
227 G Ward (Kinsale) 74 74 79
228 J Quinn (The Island) 81 79 68, A Ryan (Thurles) 79 75 74, J Temple (Portmarnock) 76 74 78
231 P Tobin (Douglas) 78 77 76, I Witherspoon (Ballyclare) 76 76 79
232 M Healy (Kinsale) 77 78 77, M Lenihan (Gold Coast) 75 77 80
233 L Lynch (Naas) 79 80 74
234 L O'Connor (Edmondstown) 86 74 74
235 S Murphy (Charlesland) 78 79 78
236 M Grehan (Tullamore) 76 81 79
237 A Long (Tipperary) 79 78 80, C Byrne (Woodbrook) 78 82 77, I Smith (The Island) 78 77 82
239 A Cashin (Tramore) 79 78 82
240 S Campbell (Greenacres) 75 83 82
241 C McCormack (The Island) 84 78 79, D Hourihan (Douglas) 82 77 82
242 C Moloney (Fota Island) 84 82 76, R Browne (Castle) 84 75 83, D Spillane (Tramore) 78 82 82
243 G Lynch (Co. Louth) 85 74 84, D Lynch (Clonmel) 79 82 82
244 C O'Carroll (Charleville ) 85 79 80, G Barrett (Mallow) 83 80 81, M Hanley (Limerick) 82 76 86
246 S Kestell (Charlesland) 85 79 82
247 S Leonard (Mitchelstown) 85 78 84
248 D Carton (New Forest) 81 85 82, L Flynn (Dun Laoghaire) 80 89 79
250 M Doogue (Baltinglass) 87 84 79
251 V Cooley (Portstewart) 84 86 81
252 T Evans (Rockmount) 80 83 89
253 E Haran (Lucan) 85 85 83
254 S Herring (Killeen) 85 83 86
CUT
173 C Guiller (Cairndhu) 84 89
175 A Gillespie (Rathcore) 88 87
177 C Walsh (Hollywood Lakes) 89 88, P Holland (Monkstown) 85 92
179 C Smith (Tullamore) 93 86
NR 84 A Riordan (Blarney)