Heroic Holland has the final say

Castle’s Daniel Holland broke the hearts of the huge home gallery when he left Des Morgan in his wake and cruised to a three-shot win with a brilliant final round performance in the Mullingar Scratch Trophy.

The 23-year old, who almost single-handedly helped the Dublin club win their first All-Ireland Senior Cup in 99 years last season, closed with a four under 68 to claim his first major individual triumph with an eight under par total of 280.

Morgan struggled to a third round 74 but still led by a shot from Holland on five under par through 54 holes after the Dubliner took a triple bogey seven at the 17th en route to a 73.