GOLF | Gold Medal qualifiers decided at Dundalk Golf Club
The action at Dundalk Golf Club was dominated last weekend by the Gold Medal Qualifiers which took place on Saturday and Sunday and attracted a large entry of players battling to win one of the 64 places on offer for the matchplay stages.
The leading qualifier was 10 handicapper Barry Cunningham who posted a 67 on Sunday where the cut was 77/37.5, one higher than Saturday’s cut of 76.
Qualifiers are requested to advise the Tournament Committee if they are unable to participate in the Gold Medal Match play competition. The draw will take place today, Wednesday, April 12th.
The qualifiers were played over the long blue course but Cunningham began with three straight pars and after bogeying the index one par four fourth and the par three fifth he got back to playing par golf over the nine holes to the 14th.
Bogeys followed over the next three holes but he finished with a par for a fine gross score of 77 and a nett 67 to take the leading qualifier prize. The Competition Scratch score for Saturday was 73 and Sunday was 74.
Gold Medal Qualifiers: Barry Cunningham, Padraig Fallon, Chris Murden, Ultan Gaughran, Michael Gill, Eoghan McKenna, Pat Daly, Neil Mullooly, Kevin Redmond, Brian Ward, Maurice J Murphy, Martin Byrne, Gerry Oakes, Dessie Ward, Dillon Greene, Gerry Campbell, Turlough King, Dermot Ahern, Martin Farrelly, Gareth Halpin, Conall Murdock, Oliver McGinnity, Liam McGailey, Cian Lynch-McCrave, Diarmuid McAdam, Conor Hackett, Gerry J Byrne, Austin Shaw, Frank Byrne, Gregory McCaughey, Fergal Sexton, B Reilly, Sean O’Sullivan, Patrick Purton, Maurice Soraghan, Eamon Kelly, Jamie McCaul, Sean Laverty, Eddie Rocks, Ollie Reilly, Alan Hurley, Liam Mernagh, Seamus Bailey, Dennis Cunningham, Andrew Cumiskey, Anthony McGuinness, Vincent Conlon, Alan Cole, David Brennan, Richard Barry, Eddie Sheridan, Ciaran Sheridan, Robert O’Hanlon, Adrian Kenny, Jim Dwyer, Michael Flynn, Trevor Giff, Kieran Reidy, Ciaran Traynor, Peter Fitzpatrick, Billy Cairns, Len Mullins, Carl Stewart, Tommy Renaghan.
