Doyle thrills the crowds at Baltray to book quarter-final spot

Cork golfer stays calm to claim place in R&A Boys Amateur quarter-finals

QUARTER-FINAL: John Doyle booked his place in the R&A Boys Amateur quarter-final. Pic: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

If John Doyle felt any nerves standing on County Louth’s 18th green then he didn’t show them.

The Fota Island star calmly rolled his eight-foot birdie putt into the hole to defeat Germany’s Tim Brohl one up and make it through to the quarter finals of the R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship.