ENGLISH MAN KEENAN TAKES IRISH MASTERS TITLE AT CASTLE DARGEN,SLIGO.

Ian Keenan said he was proud of a win that was “a long time coming” after a final round 67 gave him a one stroke victory at 11 under par at the Castle Dargan PGA EuroPro Tour event in Sligo.

Keenan (Royal Liverpool) led the tournament after the opening round at six under par, and a second round 70 saw him tee off one stroke behind final round leader Andrew Thorpe.

Three birdies on the front nine saw Keenan seize the initiative as Thorpe dropped an early shot. An eagle at the tenth saw him strengthen his position but he admitted a wobble at the 16th had him worried – before he composed himself to finish one stroke clear of Justin Evans.

Paul o Hanlon(Curragh) had his 3rd top 10 finish this year on the Europro Tour,but it could have been so much better.After making eagles at the 6th & 10 holes he was up with the leaders on 10 under par,but he slipped back into a share of 4th place when he made bogies at the 14th,16th and the 17th holes.

Tim Rice(Limerick) made it to 9 under after 13 holes but he too bogied the 14th and 16th to also share 4th place on -7.

Brian McElhinney was steady with rounds of 67/70/70 to share 7th spot on -6.

Irish Results.
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4th:Paul oHanlon 70,67,69,Tim Rice 67,72,67 -7.

7th:Brian McElhinney 67,70,70 -6.

11th:Michael Lavelle 68,71,69 -5.

15th:Ruaidhri McGee 71,70,69 -3.

18th:Mark Staunton 69,72,70 -2.

21st:Barrie Trainor 70,71,71...Brendan McCarroll 67,76,69 -1.

27th:Jonathon Mallon 69,70,74...David Rawluk 70,71,72..Cian McNamara 71,71,71 Par.

36th:David Mortimer 72,72,70 +1.

39th:Michael McGeady 70,75,70...Michael Collins 73,71,71 +2.

52nd:Damien Mooney 70,75,74 +3.

53rd:Noel Fox 75,69,76 +4.

Missed cut +3.

Robert Brady,Daniel Sugrue,Padraig Dooley +4.

Mark Campbell +5.

Shane Franklin,David Hughes,Martin McTiernan,Ger Hall +6.

Neil o Briain +10.

Shane Deegan +11.

Andrew Carey +13.

David McQuillen +14.

Stuart Taylor,Ronan Collins +15.

Bobby King,Eoin Gibbons +16.

Lioyd Mulligan +23.

Derek McNamara +26.

Michael Mulryan,Michael Kelly NR.