<p>Jack Hearn (Tramore) in action at the 2023 South of Ireland, sponsored by Pierse Motor Group. Picture: Niall O'Shea</p>
Warrenpoint’s Colm Campbell produced two stunning birdies to set up a semi-final clash with Castleknock’s Paul Coughlan in the semi-finals of the 121st South of Ireland Amateur Championship at Lahinch today.
Battling winds gusting to 60 kmph, the two-time Irish Amateur Open winner (36) finished birdie-par-birdie to beat Carton House’s Marc Boucher in the third round, hitting a 135-yard eight-iron to six inches at the 18th to clinch a one-up win.
He was two-up with three to play in his quarter-final with Rosapenna’s Ryan Griffin, but while he was taken to extra holes by Griffin’s par-par-birdie finish, he hit a four-iron to the edge of the par-five second to set up what proved a winning birdie and a semi-final showdown with Coughlan, who didn’t have to go beyond the 14th as he beat Greenore’s Matthew Giles 6&4 and Enniscrone’s David Shiel 5&4.
Tramore’s Jack Hearn (26) birdied the 18th from 10 feet to beat Enniscorthy’s Graham Donohoe one up in the last 16 before defeating Strabane’s Conor Byrne 3&2 and now takes on last year’s beaten finalist O’Keeffe (41), who followed a 5&4 win over Berehaven’s Joe O’Neill with a 3&2 victory over Co Louth’s Gerard Dunne in one-under figures.
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South of Ireland Championship, Lahinch
Sponsored by Pierse Motors Volkswagen
30 July - Semi-Finals
0830 Paul Coughlan (Castleknock) v Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint)
0845 Jack Hearn (Tramore) v Peter O'Keeffe (Douglas)
29 July - Quarter-finals
Paul Coughlan (Castleknock) bt David Shiel (Enniscrone) 5&4
Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) bt Ryan Griffin (Rosapenna) 20th
Jack Hearn (Tramore) bt Conor Byrne (Strabane) 3&2
Peter O'Keeffe (Douglas) bt Gerard Dunne (Co Louth) 3&2
29 July - Third round
David Shiel (Enniscrone) bt Adam Smith (Mullingar) 3&2;
Paul Coughlan (Castleknock) bt Matthew Giles (Greenore) 6&4;
Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) bt Marc Boucher (Carton House) 1 up;
Ryan Griffin (Rosapenna) bt Cian O'Connor (Roscommon) 3&1;
Jack Hearn (Tramore) bt Graham Donohoe (Enniscorthy) 1 up;
Conor Byrne (Strabane) bt Robert Brazill (Naas) 19th;
Peter O'Keeffe (Douglas) bt Joe O'Neill (Berehaven) 5&4;
Gerard Dunne (Co Louth) bt Jordan Boles (Charleville) 7&6.
Article Link: High quality semis at Lahinch: Coughlan v Campbell, Hearn v O'Keeffe - News - Irish Golf Desk