Hurler Fitzgerald sparks upset at Lahinch

Hurling great Davy Fitzgerald grabbed a shock win over Newlands’ Cian Curley in the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch today.

Sun, 29 Jul, 2007 - 21:40

Hurling great Davy Fitzgerald grabbed a shock win over Newlands’ Cian Curley in the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch today.

The former Clare goalkeeper, who was banished by The Banner after a major falling out with boss Tony Considine earlier this year, holed a three-footer for birdie at the 18th to win one up as his former team mates lost to Limerick at Croke Park.

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Courts Golf Heathrow Place: Lahinch Place: Croke Park Place: Dunmurry Place: Newtownstewart Place: Killarney Place: Galway Place: Elm Park Place: Dungarvan Place: National Golf Links Place: Seapoint Place: The Curragh Place: Carrick-on-Suir Place: Fota Island Place: Newlands Place: Esker Hills Place: Kinsale Place: Edenderry Place: NEWCASTLE WEST Place: Moyola Park Place: Westport Place: Waterford Place: Ballybunion Place: Limerick Place: Co Louth Place: Mullingar Place: Douglas Place: Kilkenny Place: Dromoland Castle Place: Abbeyleix Place: Tramore Place: Co Tipperary Place: Old Conna Place: Tipperary Place: Co Sligo Place: Monkstown Place: West Waterford Place: Hyannisport Person: Hurler Fitzgerald Person: Davy Fitzgerald Person: Cian Curley Person: The Banner Person: Tony Considine Person: Simon Ward Person: Michael Kemmy Person: Shane Lowry Person: Paul Buckley Person: D Crowe Person: S Barry Person: S Doherty Person: Malone Person: J Monaghan Person: E Haugh Person: D Coyne Person: JD Guiney Person: O’Connor Person: K Stack Person: B Treacy Person: Dunne Person: P O’Hanlon Person: J Tobin Person: JG Kananagh Person: Hughes Person: D McInerney Person: K O’Neill Person: M Poucher Person: Hogan Person: Lewis Person: Daly Person: B Walton Person: J Fox Person: S Person: N Kearney Person: Dooley Person: P Person: M Buggy Person: J Fitzgerald Person: Hall Person: D Person: Tramore Person: J McGinn Person: D O’Donovan Person: McGibney Person: O’Keeffe Person: S Webster Person: Castle Person: O’Callaghan Person: J Cussen Person: D Coughlan Person: S Loftus Person: Ennis Person: C Person: O’Malley Person: RJ Cannon Person: E Power Person: F Rafferty Person: Harty Person: E Stack Person: Sheehan Person: H Nolan Person: Murray Person: S Ward Person: D Lally Person: J Reynolds Person: D Morgan Person: JP Hughes Person: G Nugent Person: McGrath Person: N Gorey Person: E Arthurs Person: Forrest Little Person: R Purcell Person: C Bowe Person: J Lyons Person: D Fitzgerald Person: Pierse Person: Killeen Person: D Byrne Person: McDermott Person: S Horgan Person: K Kennedy Person: M Ryan Person: K Hurley Person: Bandon Person: D Rawluk Person: B O’Connor Person: Douglas Person: S Power Person: S Maher Person: J Neary Person: Birr Person: McAleavey Person: S Moloney Person: R Hennessy Person: G Person: McGrane Person: K McCarthy Person: M Maguire Person: Bethpage Person: O’Driscoll Person: M Shanahan Person: M Horan Person: D Lernihan Person: H Boch Person: D Joyce Person: Errity Person: M Lavelle Person: N Goulding Person: P O’Kane Person: Carey Person: Doneraile Person: T Neenan Person: Forsythe Person: G Kelly Person: Dempsey Person: T Person: G Shaw Person: O’Flynn Person: Crowe Person: G Carew Person: N O’Connor Person: B Event: South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship Event: South of Ireland Amateur Organisation: Newlands’Organisation: Clare Organisation: Limerick Organisation: Kanturk Organisation: The Island Organisation: Castletroy Organisation: UCD Organisation: Portmarnock Organisation: Royal Dublin Organisation: Glasson Organisation: Kilkenny Organisation: UCC Organisation: Castle Organisation: Ballybunion Organisation: The Curragh Organisation: European Club Organisation: The K Club Organisation: Lahinch Organisation: Co Louth Organisation: Galway Organisation: Edenderry

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