IRISH YOUTHS OPEN STROKE

GARETH SHAW WINS BY FIVE; SCOT

LATIMER DOWN FIELD WITH 305

 

Overnight leader Gareth Shaw (Lurgan), a member of the successful East Tennessee State University team alongside Rhys Davies from Wales and Scotland's Jordan Findlay, won the Irish youths open amateur championship by a five-shot margin at Royal Tara Golf Club today.

Shaw laid the platform for his success with opening rounds of 66 and 67. He kept the door shut on his rivals with two scores of 73 for 279.

Peter Latimer from St Andrews New Golf Club, the only Scot in the field, finished on 305 with scores of 71, 76, 80 and 78.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
279: G Shaw (Lurgan) 66 67 73 73
284: S Power (West Waterford) 71 73 69 71, P Cutler (Portstewart) 71 70 73 70, R Enoch (Wales) 69 75 69 71
285: A O'Callaghan (Douglas) 72 68 72 73, S Ward (Co Louth) 72 66 73 74
286: F Rafferty (Dungannon) 74 70 71 71, N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 72 71 71 72
288: Z Gould (Wales) 73 75 71 69, P O'Kane (Moyola Park) 72 72 73 71
289: H Bacher (Austria) 68 71 76 74, N O'Briain (Royal Dublin) 67 75 69 78