O’Hara proves one cool Cat as South heating up

Kilkenny’s Paul O’Hara crashed a young man’s party at Lahinch yesterday by winning two fine matches against Ulster duo Stephen Coulter and Nicky Grant to qualify for this morning’s first semi-final of the South of Ireland Championship against 20-year-old Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu).

The second match will be contested by Alex Gleeson (Castle), 19, and 26 year-old Simon Ward (Co Louth), the 2006 champion.

O’Hara, 32, who works as a Heineken rep in his native Kilkenny, confines his championship appearances to the “South” while his chief claim to golfing fame was victory in a couple of Scratch Cups at his home club.