Ulster secure Interprovincial crown

Rory McIlroy was in form again today as Ulster secured the Interprovincial Championship crown at Ballyliffin.

Result of Championship:

1. Ulster

2. Leinster

3. Munster

4. Connacht

Day 3, Friday, August 18:

Ulster 9 1/2 Leinster 3 1/2

(Ulster names first):

Foursomes:

R McIlroy & J Caldwell bt S Ward & P O’Hanlon 1 hole; D Crowe & G Shaw bt S Lowry & G

Bowden 4/3; C Doran & J Carvill bt R Cannon & D Morgan 3/2; M Sinclair & A McCormick

halved with N O Briain & M Campbell.

Singles:

Rory McIlroy bt Simon Ward 2 holes; Darren Crowe lost to Shane Lowry 1 hole; Connor Doran

bt Paul O’Hanlon 3/1; Jonathan Caldwell bt Neil O Briain 5/4; Jim Carvill lost to Mark

Campbell 3/2; Gareth Shaw bt Des Morgan 4/3; Richard Kilpatrick lost to Dara Lernihan

2/1; Andrew McCormick bt Niall Gorey 5/4; Michael Sinclair bt Greg Bowden 4/3.

Munster 12 Connacht 1

(Munster names first):

Foursomes:

S Power & A O’Callaghan bt J Lyons & J McNicholas 3/2; K Bornemann & S Moloney bt M

Lavelle & T Walsh 3/2; M O’Kelly & C McNamara bt G McDermott & M Rowe 4/3; P Murray & G

O’Flaherty bt K O’Neill & A Glynn 2 holes.

Singles:

Seamus Power bt Joe Lyons 1 hole; Pat Murray bt Michael Lavelle 1 hole; Aaron O’Callaghan

bt Gary McDermott 2/1; Karl Bornemann bt Keith O’Neill 4/2; Michael O’Kelly lost to

Ciaran O’Connor 2 holes; Cian McNamara bt John McNicholas 1 hole; Gary O’Flaherty bt

Thomas Walsh 2/1; Stephen Moloney bt Alan Glynn 3/2; Peter O’Keeffe bt Damien Coyne 1

hole.