Sean Flanagan aims to be pride of the West and end 65-year home wait

Youngster Sean Flanagan will today bid to become the first local golfer to claim the West of Ireland Golf Championship in 65 years.

Sean Flanagan aims to be pride of the West and end  65-year home wait

The 18-year-old faces Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy in this morning’s semi-finals, looking to edge closer to a first ‘home’ triumph on the course since the legendary Cecil Ewing lifted the trophy in 1950.

Jimmy Feeney, a winner in 1987, and 2013 winner Rory McNamara were both country members of the club, but you have to go back to 1994 for when a full member even last contested a final, as Ken Kearney went down to Pádraig Harrington in the decider.

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