GOLF | Dundalk’s Fred Daly hopes dashed

Lisburn come out on top of a high quality semi-final affair

Dundalk Golf Club’s hopes of lifting the Fred Daly Trophy for the first time in the club’s history were ended at the All-Ireland semi-final stage when they lost 4–1 to Lisburn at Bray Golf Club.

With a lineup consisting of four one handicappers and a plus open handicapper Lisburn went into the semi-final as favourites and straight from the start they took control of the match and never gave Dundalk a look-in.

The standard of golf was incredibly high and in the top match Eoin Murphy was two under but still lost 3&2 to Aaron Marshall while Josh Mackin was beaten 4&3 by Kyle Patton and Jack Shellard beat Padraig Fallon 6&5. Sean Laverty and Kyle Rafferty halved their matches against Joshua Robinson and Mark Stewart respectively.

Lisburn were subsequently beaten in the final by Athenry but Dundalk can take a lot from a campaign that yielded a first Leinster title and saw Murphy and Mackin win international and interprovincial caps.

Five of Dundalk’s six-man squad are underage for next year so the future for looks bright for Vincent Conlon’s charges.

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