Paul Cutler's bid for the Spanish Amateur Championship was ended by food poising and disappointment at Pals near Girona today.

Portstewart's Paul Cutler will face Johann López Lázaro of France in the quarter-finals of the Spanish Amateur Championship in Girona tomorrow.

Walker Cup skipper Colin Dalgleish has hailed Holywood star Rory McIlroy as a similar talent to Spanish wonderkid Sergio Garcia.

Scores from the Irish Amateur Open Championship at Carton House Golf Club (O'Meara Course).