Boal and McIlroy to go head-to-head in Sligo

Defending champion Rory McIlroy will face Scrabo's Ryan Boal in the first round of matchplay combat at 10.07 today.

West of Ireland Amateur championship, first round draw

(8.0 at nine minute intervals)

First Quarter – McCully v Evans, Grant v Hogan, Downie v Finn, Murray v Errity, Stack v Bornemann, Rowe v Rafferty, McInerney v Harding, R Williams (Baltinglass) v Horsey.

Second quarter – Morgan v Somers, Doran v Neary, Cashman v Boyle, Menton v Moran, Campbell v Managh, O’Neill v McDermott, Maher v Doherty, Boal v McIlroy.

Third quarter – Power v Moore, Diamond v Kennedy, Bowden v Turner, McGrath v Moloney, Martin McCarroll, McCarthy v McCormick, Paul v Lyons, Collins v Malone.

Fourth quarter – D Crowe v Cannon, Keenan v Sinclair, Hughes v Dowling, O’Sullivan v Connolly, Harty v O’Hanlon, Horan v O’Connor, Sheehan v O’Neill, Kennedy v Houlihan.