Whelan savours the moment after getting better of Sugrue

Jason Sugrue (Mallow), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), Mark Power (Kilkenny), and Conor Purcell (Portmarnock), all of whom began the week at Hoylake, Royal Liverpool, preparing for the Walker Cup match against the United States in September, were all eliminated from the Pierse Motors sponsored South of Ireland Championship at Lahinch yesterday.

Ironically, John Murphy (Kinsale), who was omitted from the Walker Cup squad for the Hoylake training session, still stands his ground with all four of his erstwhile colleagues already on the sidelines.