Kelly leads strong Irish contingent in race for British Seniors Amateur

Maurice Kelly will be aiming to complete a magnificent quick-fire double when he competes at the British Seniors Amateur Championship, which gets underway at Ganton, Yorkshire, this morning.

The Naas man is fresh off the back of bagging his third Irish Senior Amateur Close Championship at Tullamore last month, where he cantered to an eight-stroke victory.

But Kelly, who finished 15th at Royal Aberdeen last year, will certainly have his work cut out if he is to repeat his Tullamore triumph and wrestle the crown away from the reigning champion — American George Zahringer — and become the first Irish golfer to win the title since 2007.