John Doyle won at Cork Golf Club for the second time in the nine days when he made eight birdies in a sensational six-under 66 to win the CO2 Group Munster Stroke Play Championship by a shot.
After claiming a wire-to-wire win in the Irish Boys Amateur Open, the Fota Island star (17) was two shots off the lead after 36 holes and five behind Dundalk's Eoin Murphy after a third round 73.
But he saved the best for last at Little Island in the afternoon, sandwiching a lone double bogey six at the eighth between birdies at the first, second, fourth, sixth, 11th, 12th, 13th and 17th in a joint-best of the week, six-under 66.
He won by a shot on six-under 282 from Knock’s Ross Latimer, who bogeyed the last for a 70, and Murphy, who shot 72.
It feels nearly better than the first,” Doyle said of his win. “I’m just really, really happy to have won this.
“It was different to last week because I had a five-shot deficit instead of a five-shot lead, so I was chasing a lot.
“I'm just really happy that I was aggressive, and it paid off for me. It's just a really good round to be fair.”
Co Sligo’s TJ Ford was fifth on 284 after a final round 70 while Carton House’s Keith Egan closed with a 66 to finish a shot further back in fifth alongside Portmarnock’s James Temple.
Co Louth’s Stuart Grehan followed rounds of 71, 71 and 70 with a 74 to finish seventh on two-under as defending champion Paul Coughlan took seven on level par.
In the 59th Lytham Trophy, Malone's Matthew McClean (31) finished tied for third behind Frenchman Hugo Lee Goff at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
The former US Mid-Amateur champion followed a level par 70 in round three with a closing 73 to tie with Scotland's Andrew Davidson, England's Max Hopkins and Welshman Matt Roberts on eight-over 288.
They were three strokes behind recently crowned Spanish Amateur Open winner Le Goff, who followed a morning 72 with a four-under 66 to win by one stroke from Lindrick's Tom Osborne on five-over 285.
Athenry's Davit Kitt was joint 14th on 294 with Connemara's Luke O'Neill (295) tied 17th, Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty (297) joint 22nd, Edmondstown's Thomas Abom (301) tied 34th and Co Sligo's Aodhagan Brady (304) joint 40th.
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