Feast of Irish amateur golf events underway

The 54-hole Irish Boys Amateur Championship got underway at Thurles Golf Club today

Charlie Flavin (Youghal) driving at the 15th tee in the first round of the 2020 Irish Boys Under 18 Amateur Close Championship at Thurles Golf Club today. Picture by Pat Cashman

Competitive Irish amateur golf roars back to life this week for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic with Ireland’s elite men set to resume battle at the Mullingar Scratch Trophy this weekend.

With the 54-hole Irish Boys Amateur Championship getting underway at Thurles Golf Club in Tipperary today, the famine caused by months of lockdown means a feast of championship golf in Ireland over the coming weeks and months and no event will be more keenly anticipated than the prestigious Mullingar Scratch Trophy, the first of four tournaments to comprise this season’s GUI Bridgestone Order of Merit.