Paul McBride used his native data to perfection and fired a three-under 69 to win Regional Qualifying for The 153rd Open at The Island.
The previous Walker Cup star made an eagle, 5 birdies and 4 bogeys in the one sub-70 spherical of the day on the windswept Malahide hyperlinks to high the qualifiers by a shot from Cloverhill’s Keith Shannon.
Scoring at The Island
Different scores
There have been ten spots up for grabs at The Island for the fitting to tee it up at Remaining Qualifying for Royal Portrush at considered one of 4 UK venues on July 1.
Hermitage’s Rowan Lester, Royal Belfast newbie Finlay Keen, Galwayman Ronan Mullarney and Foyle’s Brendan McCarroll tied for third with one-under 71s.
Ruaidhri McGee and Finn Alex Hietala certified with degree par 72s however there was an eight-man playoff for the ultimate two locations on two-over.
Ultimately, Laytown and Bettystown’s Alex Maguire and Royal Dublin’s Niall Kearney progressed with pars on the second tie gap, the par-four second.
At Frilford Heath, Kinsale’s John Murphy birdied six of his final seven holes to shoot a one-under 71 earlier than shedding out in a five-man playoff for the final of 9 spots.
Native Qualifying was performed at 15 venues throughout Nice Britain and Eire for 131 spots alongside already exempt gamers in Remaining Qualifying at Burnham & Berrow, Dundonald Hyperlinks, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire subsequent week.
Irish golf could have not less than 5 gamers within the area at Royal Portrush in former champions Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington and LIV Golf’s Tom McKibbin.
