Hurley turns up heat to storm into semis

West Waterford’s Gary Hurley needed just 25 holes to blast his way into this morning’s semi-finals of the Radisson Blu-sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open at a sun-kissed County Sligo.

But after losing on the 22nd in arctic conditions in the last 16 just 12 months ago, he will be taking nothing for granted when he faces Jack Hume from Naas for a place in the final.

The 21-year old Munster star will never forget the cold — the windchill factor was minus 13 — as Hume put him away last year.