Dream West debut as Brady sets course record 64

Local teenager David Brady made a sensational debut in the Radisson Blue sponsored West of Ireland Championship when he racked up nine birdies in a seven under par course record 64 at Rosses Point.

The 17-year old schoolboy from the County Sligo club, a former U16 Boys international, topped the qualifiers in Wednesday’s 18 hole Qualifier with a career best 69 but then went five shots better yesterday to shave a stroke off Paul Cutler’s three-year old course record. Playing in perfect conditions after early morning fog had delayed his debut by two and a half hours, the one-handicapper hit the opening tee shot and quickly set about tearing the course apart.

By the time he got to the16th tee he was nine under par and while he bogeyed that hole and the tough 17th, he was still delighted to lead by two strokes from Naas’ Jack Hume and Portmarnock’s Geoff Lenehan, two members of the senior international panel, who both shot 66. Clubmate Steffan O’Hara and Ardee’s Eugene Smith are four behind after firing 68s in the 36-hole race to make the top 64 qualifiers for the matchplay stages.