MOONEY/HIGGINS TIE AT FOTA ISLAND PRO-AM.

Damien Mooney made a brilliant recovery to tie for the main prize after the 36 hole Fota Island Irish PGA Pro-Am came to a conclusion. Belfast man Mooney had a 4 under par 68 over the Belvelly course in the 1st round to sit in joint 2nd place with Glen Robinson ( St Helens Bay. ) and one shot behind Darren McWilliams.

There was a shot-gun start in round two with Mooney starting at the 8th hole on the difficult Deer Park course. He walked off the 8th green level par after a nightmare 8 at the par 4. Big hitting Mooney put the nightmare behind him to hit 7 birdies and claw his way back to the top of the leaderboard with a 1 under par 70.

After his terrible start, Mooney was happy to share top spot with Waterville's David Higgins with a 5 under par total. Higgins, who lost the No1 spot on the "Race to Mount Juliet" table to Irish PGA Champion, David Mortimer last week, claimed it back again with a best of the day 67 on the Deer Park course.

Overnight leader, Darren McWilliams finished in 3rd place after a 72 in the 2nd round left him on 4 under par.

John Dignam ( Slade Valley ) brought home the winning team with scores of 92 & 97 points to beat Brendan McDermott's ( Castlecomer ) team by 2 points.

1 David Higgins ( Waterville ) 71 67 -5.
Damian Mooney ( Unattached ) 68 70 -5.
3 Darren McWilliams ( Unattached )67 72 -4.
4 Robert Giles ( Greenore ) 72 68 -3.
Mark Staunton ( foreireland.com )70 70 -3.
6 Padraig Dooley ( Cork )71 70 -2.
7 Marcus Twitchett ( Hilton Templepatrick )73 69 -1.
Mark O'Sullivan ( Ashbourne ) 71 71 -1.
Donal Gleeson ( Old Conna ) 72 70 -1.
Glen Robinson ( St Helen's ) 68 74 -1.
Cian McNamara ( Limerick ) 73 69 -1.
12 John Dwyer ( Ashbourne ) 71 72 Par.
Philip Walton ( foreireland.com ) 75 68 Par.
14 David Mortimer ( foreireland.com ) 73 71 +1.
Wayne O'Callaghan ( Wayne O'Callaghan Golf.com )74 70 +1.
16 Seamus McMonagle ( Edmondstown ) 75 70 +2.
John Dignam ( Slade Valley ) 72 73 +2.
18 Gary Wardlow ( Edenderry Golf Academy ) 76 70 +3.
Peter Martin ( Riverside Golf Academy ) 71 75 +3.
Barrie Trainor ( Team Ireland Golf ) 73 73 +3.
David Ryan ( Cahir Park ) 75 71 +3.
Brendan McDermott ( Castlecomer ) 71 75 +3.
Ted Higgins ( foreireland.com ) 73 73 +3.
Peter Jones ( Coollattin )74 72 +3.