National Gents Senior Strokeplay Final – Live Blog

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 NATIONAL GENTS STROKEPLAY SENIOR SCOREBOARD

7.15pm

The top three from today are now pictured above with PPUI President Eamon Birchall. We hope that you have enjoyed our coverage of the Championships over the course of this weekend. It was not without excitement and drama that's for sure. Well done to the club on their efforts on-and-off the course and we hope to have some more features from this wweekend on the website during the week. Safe home to all from the Royal County.  

6.38pm

It's all over Liam O'Donovan is the National Gents Senior Strokeplay Champion for the second time following a -19 winning total for 54 holes. He just holds off both John Walsh and John Crangle with Kieran Earls fourth on countack. 

6.30pm 

John Crangle finishes -18 as well, Damien Fleming and Derek Courtney both finished -16. 

6.25pm 

New Clubhouse leader: John Walsh finishes on -18, James Ryan finishes on -12 overall. 

6.22pm

Ian Dillon finishes on -13. 

6.20pm

Conor McCarthy also finishes on -15, 

6.15pm 

Joe Ronan finishes on -15, Ian Donnelly finishes on -14. 

6.10pm 

Kieran Earls is now in the clubhouse on -16, Paudie O'Sullivan has finished on -13 with defending champion Ray Murphy ending up on -11. 

6.05pm 

George Beardsley turns -16 with nine to go, Liam O'Donovan is -15. Ian Farrelly is confirmed in clubhouse -14. All to play for! 

5.55pm

Damien Fleming -16, John Ross Crangle -15 after their first nine holes of the playoff! 

5.45pm

Derek Courtney and Eamon Gibney are tied on -16 under par after their first nine holes of the playoff, John Walsh is -14 with James Ryan -9. 

5.35pm

Conor McCarthy, Ian Donnelly and Joe Ronan all -13, Ian Dillon -10 after 9 holes. 

5.30pm

Kieran Earls -14

Ray Murphy -10 

5.25pm

Some early playoff scores after 9:

Brian McGinn -13

Paudie O'Sullivan -12

Ian Farrelly -11

Hubert Kelly -10

Jim Judge Jnr -8

Michael Hogan -7

4.40pm

The following are the 20 players who will contest the Final 18 Playoff for the Donnelly Cup, best wishes to all concerned:

George Beardsley Cement -14

Liam O'Donovan Bruff -13

John Crangle Loughlinstown -12

Damien Fleming Deerpark -12

Derek Courtney St Bridgets -11

James Ryan Tipp Hills -11

Eamon Gibney Castletown -11

John Walsh Collins -11 

Conor McCarthy Deerpark -10 

Ian Dillon St Bridgets -10 

Joe Ronan McDonagh -10

Ian Donnelly Cement -10 

Kieran Earls Parteen -9

Ray Murphy St Annes -9

Paudie O'Sullivan Claycastle -9

Brian McGinn Seapoint -9

Michael Hogan Tullamore -8

Jim Judge Jnr Erins Isle -8

Hubert Kelly Loughlinstown -8

Ian Farrelly Bellewstown -8 

 

4.30pm 

All 36 hole scores posted. Playoff participants in due course. 

4.20pm 

Only four pairs left to post scores now, getting near playoff time! 

4.15pm 

Johnny Campbell continues Cement's good showing so far today by posting a total of -8, Parteen's Kieran Earls has finished his 36 on -9. 

4pm 

McDonagh's Joe Ronan has finished his 36 holes on -10 joining another 10 players who have reached double figures so far! 

3.45pm 

John Walsh has joined the trio of James Ryan, Eamon Gibney and Derek Courtney in the clubhouse on -11. Mark Millar finished -8. 

3.30pm 

Paudie O'Sullivan has finished on -9, Jim Judge Jnr has finished his 36 on -8 meanwhile. 

3.15pm 

Damien Fleming has finished -12 for his 36 holes putting him in a share of third place at present. 

3pm 

Apologies for lack of updates since, warming up nicely now with Derek Courtney on -11 after 36, John Walsh -10 after 27 and Deerpark's Damien Fleming -13 after 27 holes! George Beardsley is our new leader on -14 now though. 

1.30pm 

John Walsh has started well, -6 after nine holes 

1.10pm

James Ryan finished -11 for his 36 holes, Deerpark's Conor McCarthy -10 and defending champion Ray Murphy -9. Brian McGinn from Seapoint is -5 after nine holes, Damien Fleming -4 after the same number. 

12.25pm

Jonathon Goodall has posted a score of -8 for his first 36 holes. 

12.20pm 

Ian Dillon has posted a -10 score for his first 36 holes. 

12.15pm 

John Ross Crangle is now in possession on second place on -12. Ray Murphy is -5 after his first 18. 

12.10pm 

Liam O'Donovan now moves into the 36 hole lead on -13, two ahead of Eamon. 

12pm 

Ian Donnelly posts the second best 36 hole total so far with -10. 

11.55am

Eamon Gibney is the clubhouse leader at present after posting a total of -11. Michael Hogan has posted -8 for his 36 holes while Rene Jan Bloem, William Buckley Jnr and Pat Martin have all posted a total of -6, 

11.20am 

James Ryan, Derek Courtney and John Cahill have all posted totals of -6 for their first 18 holes. George Beardsley and Ian Donnelly have posted scores of -5.  

11am

Defending Champion Ray Murphy is -5 after nine holes with both Conor McCarthy and Michael Buckley Collinstown -3 over the same distance. 

10.45am

18 Holes: Eoin Walsh has completed a -5 round. 9 holes: James Ryan is -5, George Beardsley is -4 with John Cahill -3. 

10.35am

18 Holes: Ian Dillon has completed his First Round with -5, John Crangle and Anthony Malone were both -4. 9 Holes: Paul O'Brien is -2 with Anthony Culhane -1. 

10.30am 

Cement's George Beardsley is -4 after nine holes, Kieran Dunscombe is -1 with Gary O'Sullivan level par. 

10.25am 

Some 18 hole scores: Liam O'Donovan leads on -7, one ahead of Eamon Gibney on -6 with Ian Donnelly on -5 and Pat Martin on -4. 

10.20am

Bryan Delaney is -2 for his first nine, Trevor Ahern is level par. 

10.10am 

Three is a magic number so far it would appear, now Eoin Walsh has posted -3 for his first nine! Eddie Hennessy is level par. 

10.05am

Tralee's Jonathon Goodall is another player to go -3 for his first nine holes. Jason O'Regan, Chris Scannell and Liam Myers are all level par for that number of holes. 

10am

Anthony Malone and Ian Dillon have added their names to the group of players on -3. John Ross Crangle is -2 with Laurence Maher -1 after nine holes. 

9.45am

Both Tipp Hills' Pat Martin and Bruff's Liam O'Donovan are -4 after their first nine. Eamon Gibney and Ian Donnelly are -3 after the same distance. 

9.30am

William Buckley Jnr is -3 after his first nine holes, Thomas Mason is level par. 

9.15am 

Rene Jan Bloem, Sean Dinnegan and John Delaney are all -1 after nine holes. Tullamore's Mick Hogan is level par. 

8.30am

We're just about set to go here in Stackallen for the Senior Final. 80 players doing battle for the Donnelly Cup, lets hope we get more of the drama we saw yesterday in the Intermediate Finals.