Cleary ends Hackett run to take title

TIPPERARY inter-county player James Cleary (Hillview, Clonmel) stopped the great run by Eddie Hackett (Collins) to win the Men’s Munster Senior Pitch and Putt Strokeplay Championship at Collins yesterday.

Hackett had beaten more illustrious stars like John Walsh (Collins) and Ray Murphy (Templebreedy) to reach the final. The new Munster champion beat Hackett in the final at Collins yesterday after Hackett’s superb putting deserted him.

Trevor Ahern (Collins) won the Munster Strokeplay intermediate title also at Collins yesterday, defeating David Hobbert (Tralee) narrowly after a superb final, also at Collins.