Gannon masters tough conditions

IN conditions he described as the most difficult he has ever played in, former international Frank Gannon of Skerries emerged victorious in the Portuguese Tourist Board-sponsored Munster Seniors Amateur Golf Championship at Ballybunion yesterday.

Gannon had fired an 80 on Tuesday over the Old Course and he added a 77 yesterday on the Cashen Course to clinch the title by two strokes from Michael Jones of Limerick County.

"I would regard that 77 as the best score I ever recorded, such were the wind and showery conditions" he said. "Balls were being blown about and I thought at one stage the course would be declared unplayable. The officials did the right thing, however, to keep it going. It was the same for everybody."