The rain fell extra closely as he hit the again 9 however doing leaping jacks to maintain heat between pictures, he adopted a three-putt bogey on the tenth with a high quality birdie on the eleventh earlier than parring his approach house.
“I am delighted with that,” stated Abernethy, who all however assured himself of the main qualifier honour when he drilled a two-iron to twenty toes on the seventeenth earlier than two-putting for a worthwhile par 4.
“I used to be blissful to come back in and play very solidly immediately. Clearly, after yesterday, the circumstances had been somewhat bit simpler. At this time was nonetheless powerful. We acquired a little bit of rain for the previous couple of holes, however I am delighted now.
“The rain was correctly coming down on 17. So I used to be simply blissful to see the two-iron keep up on high of the hill and never roll again. I used to be pleased with the two-putt, too, as a result of the greens acquired a bit trickier as they acquired wetter.”
Carew reached the quarter-finals in 2023 and after lacking final 12 months’s West as a result of delivery of his daughter, he was happy so as to add a 70 to his opening 75 and share second with Mallon, who shot 71.
Simply eight gamers broke par within the circumstances and the reduce for the highest 64 who certified for the matchplay fell at 14-over 156, the very best beneath the standard format since 2013.
Abernethy was one among simply three gamers to interrupt 70 alongside Grange’s Jake Whelan and The Island’s Sam Kelly, who each shot 69.
Defending champion Keith Egan from Carton Home certified with ease on eight-over after a 73 alongside Slieve Russell’s Seamus Cullen, who aced the long-lasting fourth with a seven-iron en path to a 72.
Whereas TJ Ford missed the reduce by a shot, County Sligo has a smattering of title contenders after Sean McLoughlin, Aodhagan Brady, David Brady (Straffan), Barry Anderson (Cork) and Sean Flanagan (Portmarnock) all safely made the highest 64.
West of Eire Novice Open (sponsored by Connolly Motor Group), County Sligo GC (Par 71)
Detailed scores
First spherical
7:00 R Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) v G O’Mahony (Fota Island);
7:09 D Holmes (Greystones) v A Smith (Mullingar);
7:18 O Murphy (Royal Portrush) v L Gowdy (Bangor);
7:27 D Kitt (Athenry) v C Stapleton (Westport);
7:36. S Nesbitt (Royal Portrush) v R Walsh (Douglas);
7:45 J Keane (Lahinch) v S Dorman (Bangor);
7:54 L O’Neill (Connemara) v S Desmond (Monkstown);
8:03 E Sullivan (Portmarnock) v P Coughlan (Castleknock);
8:12 S Murphy (Grange) v B Anderson (Cork);
8:21 O Bach (Oslo GC) v R Nelson (Belvoir Park);
8:30 D Reddan (Castleknock) v D Howard (Fota island);
8:39 S Cullen (PGA Nationwide Slieve Russell) v A Marshall (Lisburn);
8:48 S Downes, (Royal Dublin) v J Walsh (Douglas);
8:57 R Latimer (Knock) v E Monaghan (Tullamore);
9:06 A Brady (Co Sligo) v M Crowe (Elm Park);
9:15 Ok Egan (Carton Home) v G Lenehan (Portmarnock);
9:24 Q Carew (Castleknock) v D Flynn (Carton Home);
9:33 A Allahbachani (Powerscourt) v R Cannon (Balbriggan);
9:42 E McCormack (Galway Bay) v S Grehan (Co Louth);
9:51 J Boles (Charleville) v C Clarke (Balmoral);
10:00 J Whelan (Grange) v H McArdle (Warrenpoint);
10:09 J Sommer (Golf & CC Zurich, SWI) v A Naughton (Hermitage);
10:18 S Walker (Roscommon) v J Fox (Portmarnock);
10:27 E O’Carroll (St Anne’s) v P O’Hanlon (Carton Home);
10:36 D Mallon (Dungannon) v S Flanagan (Portmarnock);
10:45 H Gillivan (Portmarnock) v S Kelly (The Island);
10:54 L Abom (Edmondstown) v L Hutchinson (Royal Dublin);
11:03 C Hickey (Dooks) v D Brady (Straffan);
11:12 S McLoughlin (Co Sligo) v D Kelleher (Blarney);
11:21 J McDonnell (Royal Dublin) v I O’Connell (Castleknock);
11:30 P Curran (Edmondstown) v S Sweeney (Gweedore);
11:39 T Abom (Edmondstown) v C Campbell, (Warrenpoint).
Qualifiers
142 R Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) 76 68 (Winner Pat Ruddy. Cup);
144 Q Carew (Castleknock) 75 70, D Mallon (Dungannon) 74 71;
146 S Murphy (Grange) 74 72, S Downes (Royal Dublin) 77 70;
147 S McLoughlin (County Sligo) 75 72;
148 J Whelan (Grange) 79 69, S Nesbitt (Royal Portrush) 77 71, L O’Neill (Connemara) 75 73, S Walker (Roscommon) 71 77;
149 P Curran (Edmondstown) 79 70, A Brady (Co Sligo) 79 70 , D Reddan (Castleknock) 79 70, L Abom (Edmondstown) 78 7, E McCormack (Galway Bay) 75 74, O Murphy (Royal Portrush) 75 74;
150 D Kitt (Athenry) 79 71, J Boles (Charleville ) 78 72, C Hickey (Dooks) 78 72, S Cullen (PGA Nationwide Slieve Russell) 78 72, Ok Egan (Carton Home) 77 73, T Abom (Edmondstown) 76 74, E O’Carroll (St Anne’s) 75 75;
151 E Sullivan (Portmarnock) 79 72 J Keane (Lahinch) 75 76, J Sommer (Golf & CC Zurich, SWI) 74 77 ;
152 J McDonnell (Royal Dublin) 81 71, R Latimer (Knock) 79 73, O Bach (Oslo GC) 79 73, H Gillivan (Portmarnock) 78 74, A Allahbachani (Powerscourt) 78 74, D Holmes (Greystones) 77 75, A Smith (Mullingar) 77 75, R Cannon (Balbriggan). 77 75;
153 S Kelly (The Island) 84 69, R Nelson (Belvoir Park), E Monaghan (Tullamore) 81 72, I O’Connell (Castleknock) 81 72, A Naughton (Hermitage) 80 73, S Dorman (Bangor) 78 75, P Coughlan (Castleknock) 77 76, P O’Hanlon (Carton Home) 76 77, C Campbell (Warrenpoint) 76 77;
154 G Lenehan (Portmarnock) 82 72, A Marshall (Lisburn) 82 72, D Brady (Straffan) , C Clarke (Balmoral) 80 74, C Stapleton (Westport) 78 76, L Gowdy (Bangor) 78 76, S Grehan ( Co Louth) 78 76, L Hutchinson (Royal Dublin) 78 76;
155 D Howard (Fota Island) 84 71, M Crowe (Elm Park), S Sweeney (Gweedore) 81 74, J Fox (Portmarnock), S Desmond (Monkstown), R Walsh (Douglas) 79 76;
156 H McArdle (Warrenpoint), D Kelleher (Blarney), J Walsh (Douglas), B Anderson (Cork), S Flanagan (Portmarnock) 80 76, D Flynn (Carton Home) 79 77 79 77, G O’Mahony (Fota Island) 79 77.
Non qualifiers
157 E Murphy (Dundalk) 85 72, B Hanratty (Donabate) 84 73, R Galligan (Elm Park) 82 75, B Doran (Millicent) 81 76, TJ Ford ( Co Sligo) 80 77, J Hewitt (Tandragee) 79 78;
158 D Harkin (Letterkenny) 84 74, R McCormack (Palmerstown Home) 82 76, Ok Robinson (Castlewarden) 80 78, C McCarthy (Headfort) 80 78, J O’Neill (Berehaven) 79 79, S Ryan (Royal Dublin) 77 81;
159 L O’Connor (Edmondstown) 87 72, C Smyth (PGA Nationwide Slieve Russell) 87 72, F Farhang (Oslo GC, NOR) 87 72, E O’Donnell (Tralee) 85 74, LM Martinsen (Miklagard, NOR) 82 77, R O’Connor ( Co Sligo) 82 77, M O’Sullivan (Ballyneety) 81 78, W Walshe (Delgany) 80 79;
160 A Kiernan (Forrest Little) 87 73, L Boyle (Carton Home) 86 74, A McCormack (Castletroy). 86 74, W Sundborn (Haga, NOR) 84 76, C Kenny (Portmarnock) 83 77, D Shiel (Enniscrone) 81 79, I Oliver (Glasson) 79 81;
161 R Carvill (Warrenpoint) 90 71, T Beaumont (Bangor) 85 76, D McCormack (Corrstown) 83 78, S McDermott (PGA Nationwide Slieve Russell) 83 78, Ok Morris, (Rosslare) 82 79, S Barry (Fota Island) 81 80, R Lyons (Douglas) 81 80, D D O’Reilly (Farnham Property) 80 81, N Kennedy (Lahinch) 80 81, T O’Connor (Athlone) 79 82;
162 P Martin (Carrick-On-Shannon) 87 75, N Patterson (Baltinglass) 86 76, A Gavin (Black Bush) 85 77, E Farrell ( Co Louth) 84 78;
163 F Keen (Royal Belfast) 86 77, C Smyth (Ballinasloe) 85 78, C McDonnell (Concra Wooden) 84 79;
164 R Griffin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar) 81 82, W O’Riordan (Greystones) 89 75, J- Everard (Kilkenny) 88 76, D Beirne (Ballinamore) 87 77, D Harrington (Doneraile) 87 77, G McKenna (Ormeau) 86 78, J Corridor (Galgorm Fort) 81 83, M Cadden (Roganstown) 80 84;
165 C Ruddy (Enniscrone) 88 77, E Lisibach (Goyer, NL) 85 80;
166 D Grehan (Carton Home) 83 83, D Cleary (Tipperary) 82 84;
167 A McCormick (Scrabo) 87 80;
168 S Cloonan (Dunmore Demense) 88 80, B Lane (Muskerry) 86 82, D McKenna ( Co Louth) 86 82;
169 J O’Rourke (Naas) 92 77, M Doogue (Castleknock) 86 83;
170 C Smith ( Co Sligo) 88 82;
172 R Murray (Balmoral) 93 79;
174 B Howlin (The Heritage) 88 86;
182 J Mitten (Castleknock) 93 89;
183 C Keenan (Belvoir Park) 98 85;
189 D O’Malley (Black Bush) 95 94;
WD D Lyne (Lahinch) 88 WD, J. Boyce (Royal Portrush) WD, N Conneely (Ballinasloe) WD, D O’Riordan (Mitchelstown). WD, J Kelly (Ardee);
NS J Napier (Scrabo) 88 NS.
