Fourteen handicappers come to the fore at Lisburn

Tom Beattie, Andrew Gibb, Mark Jamieson and Bryan Heatherington enjoy a round at Lisburn.

Two of them led the field in the PGA Tankard last Saturday.

Kevin Smyth and James Dowling both went round the course in 81 for net scores of 67. James was one over par after six holes but overcame a triple bogey seven at the seventh with a birdie three at the ninth for an outward half of 40. Kevin opened with a birdie four but finished the nine holes with four bogeys for a total of 41.

The pair were level after 12 holes but Kevin followed with three pars to open up a three stroke gap. James finished three, five, three against Kevin’s three bogeys to leave them level but Kevin’s better second nine secured the Tankard.

Kevin Smyth, who won the PGA Tankard at Lisburn GC.

Christian Kennedy (4) had a double bogey five at the short sixth in an outward nine of 38. Three birdies and a bogey on 17 gave him a back nine of 34 and a round of 72. His net 68 was third but he was awarded the gross prize. He finished one stroke ahead of Aaron Darragh and Ryan Symington.

A birdie two at 13 helped Ian MacDonald (21) beat Gavin Alderdice (5) and Joshua Hamilton (10) on count back for third place after they all finished on 69.

Michael McNeice, Aaron Darragh and Chris Cavis all finished with net 70s.

Wednesday Stableford

Another 14 handicapper Philip Sanaghan won the Wednesday competition with 41 points. Ian Shellard (7), Philip Stewart (19), Gary Moore (18) and Stuart Campbell (5) finished four points in arrears. Ian’s better finish gave him second place ahead of Philip.

Inter club competitions

Lisburn were well beaten at Rossmore in the Ulster Fourball to leave the competition.

The Sam Rutherford team did better with a deficit of only five holes after their match at Banbridge. Martin Lilley and Rodney Osborne played extremely well to go round in three over par in the greensomes competition to win by six holes. Randal Kernaghan and Andrew Power secured a half.

Carrickfergus just about won the three matches they required to send Lisburn out of the Holt Shield. Lewis Darragh and Simon Ingram were both dormie up when called in.