Garda Quentin Carew claims Irish Close with shot of a lifetime

A 200-1 outsider, Carew only scraped into the matchplay as the 64th and final qualifier after a countback but showed his talent by dumping out leading qualifier Alex Maguire in the first round.

CHAMP: Quentin Carew (Castleknock) winner of the AIG Irish Men's Amateur Close Championship 2022 at Headfort Golf Club, Kells, Co. Meath. Picture: Thos Caffrey / Golffile All photo usage must carry mandatory copyright credit (© Golffile | Thos Caffrey)

Castleknock’s Quentin Carew struck a blow for the working amateur when he came four down at the turn and eagled the 20th to deny Royal Dublin’s Hugh Foley the AIG Irish Amateur Close and a famous treble at Headfort.

Foley was bidding to become the first man since Darren Clarke in 1990 to win the North of Ireland, South of Ireland and the Irish Close titles in the same season.