Garrick Porteous
Walker Cup boost for McElroy and O'Donovan
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O'Donovan and McElroy lurking at Southerness
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O'Donovan makes fast start in Scotland
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Hurley flies the flag as Euro stars massacre the Montgomerie
Gary Hurley was delighted with his opening 68 at the Montgomerie Course. Picture: Pat CashmanWest Waterford’s Gary Hurley resisted the Montgomerie Course fear factor to save Ireland’s blushes on the opening day of the European Individual Amateur Championship at a sun-kissed Carton House.
The cream of European amateur golf showed the bunker-strewn, 7,300 yard “inland links” zero respect and while Sweden’s Daniel Jennevret took command with a sparking course record-equalling 64, Hurley and his Munster team mate Geoff Lenehan were the only members of the 17-strong home challenge to break par.