Irish Amateur Close Championships: Dawson hoping to ‘hoover’ up Close

Tramore’s Robin Dawson hopes to wield his putter like a “hoover” rather than a deadly weapon as he seeks some AIG Irish Close Championship revenge in the last 16 today.

The 20-year old Waterford man cruised to an emphatic eight and seven win over Castlebar’s Shane O’Connor in the first round, but he needed to dig deep to get through by one hole in the afternoon, as Rathmore’s Ben Best holed putt after putt on the greens.

Best pulled off the biggest shock of the morning, when he beat international and Irish Amateur Open strokeplay champion Colm Campbell by one hole.