Mighty Murray powers to victory

PAT MURRAY has been waiting a long time, but yesterday he finally won the big win so long overdue when he came good in the Golfsure Irish Close Championship at Enniscrone.

In an impressive final performance, Murray went round Enniscrone without dropping a shot, clinching victory on the 14th against Newlands’ Cian Curley after earlier defeating Curley’s clubmate Andrew Hogan 6/5.

And, after the better part of two decades at the higher end of the Irish amateur golf scene, the victory had a certain tinge of sweetness.