Ryan leads at Little Island

David Ryan, the former Irish Assistants' Champion from the Cork Club at Little Island, swept to the top of the leaderboard at Shannon in the first round of the €22,860 Dr William Flynn Memorial pro-am that is sponsored by Shell.

Ryan leads at Little Island
Sat, 24 Aug, 2002 - 22:12

David Ryan, the former Irish Assistants' Champion from the Cork Club at Little Island, swept to the top of the leaderboard at Shannon in the first round of the €22,860 Dr William Flynn Memorial pro-am that is sponsored by Shell.

Ryan, who has been constantly in the shake-up at tournaments this season, carded a two-under-par 70 in pretty difficult conditions to lead overnight by one stroke from Finian Dwyer and Brendan McGovern, the vice captain of the PGA Irish Region.

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