Golf: Doyle upstages pros at Little Island
Eddie Doyle, from The Heath Golf Club in Co Laois, upstaged the European Tour pros in yesterday's £12,000 Motorola pro-am tournament at Little Island in Cork.
Doyle carded a super 68 (four-under-par) to win by two shots from Philip Walton with Des Smyth in a group on 71 and Eamon Darcy down the leaderboard in joint 14th place on 73.
The winner had a steady outward trip as he eased to the turn in one-under-35
with a birdie at the long second hole and eight pars.
He then highlighted his card with eagle three at the 451-yards 11th hole where he hit the green with two woods.
Doyle followed that with a two at the short 13th before making his only mistake of the round - a bogey five at the 14th hole.
However, Doyle wiped out that error with birdie three at 16 for an inward run of 33 shots, three-under-par.
The team event was won by Allen Park, Co Antrim, pro Stephen Hamill and his
trio of local amateurs - John Daly, Dermot Troy and Dermot Gleeson.
LEADING SCORES (Par 72):
68 - E Doyle (The heath).
70 - P Walton (Westpoint Fitness Centre).
71 - D Smyth (Unattached), S Hamill (Allen Pk), F Dwyer (Celbridge), J
Dignam (Slade Valley), J Young (Rosslare), C Barry (Donabate).
72 - J Dwyer (Ashbourne), D McGrane (Wexford), Z Rouiller (Spawell), D
Walker (Foxrock).
73 - D McFarlane (East Cork), E Darcy (Druid's Glen).
74 - W O'Callaghan (Fernhill), B Kelleher (Ballybunion), T Higgins (Mt
Juliet), I Kerr (Carlow DR), N Manchip (Royal Dublin), L Walker (Dundalk).
75 - K Morris (Fota Island), J O'Sullivan (Portmarnock), K O'Donnell
(Newlands), P Jones (Coollattin), J Dooley (Faithlegg).
TEAM:
89pts - S Hamill (Allen Pk) with John Daly 18, Dermot Troy 5 & Dermot
Gleeson 15 (all Cork).
