O’Keeffe puts down a marker in Monkstown

Douglas’ Peter O’Keeffe showed again he is a talent worth monitoring after sharing top spot in the Munster PGA’s inaugural Morgan O’Donovan Perpetual Trophy at Monkstown GC.

Conditions were as rough as anything experienced in three seasons of the provincial Winter Series, reducing the holes to 13, with O’Keeffe sharing the spoils with European Tour player Damien McGrane.

Both players signed for a very impressive -3 to lead the way by a couple of shots. O’Keeffe would have been in the running for the Winter Series Order of Merit title, had he not missed a couple of the early events. Nevertheless, he appears to be a force to be reckoned with both on the Irish Region and further afield this year. McGrane, a winner on the European Tour, showed his class with a fine performance in the conditions.