<p>Robbie Walsh (Douglas) pictured after winning the BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup. Picture: Niall O'Shea</p>
Douglas’ Robbie Walsh had enough with a final round 76 to win the BoyleSports Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup by two strokes from Nenagh’s David Redddan.
Winner of the Connacht Boys title in 2018, he opened with a theee-under 69 to lead by a shot from Reddan and after adding a level par 72 to go into the final round three clear, he completed a wire-to-wire win with a closing 76.
He finished on one-over 217 as Reddan recovered from a second-round 78 with a 71 to finish second on three-over.
Walsh Jnr, who turns 21 next weekend, birdied his first two holes in the final round and while he would turn in three-over 39 after a series of three-putts, a one-over back nine was enough to secure a memorable win.
Fellow Douglas man Jack Murphy was third on four-over with Luke Cunningham, David Marshall, Caolan Rafferty and Eoin Murphy tied for fourth on six-over.
Walsh will tee it up in this weekend’s Munster Men’s Amateur Open Championship at Cork Golf Club with high hopes.
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BoyleSports Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2023, Lee Valley GC (Par 72)
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Walsh Jnr (Douglas) | 1 | 69 | 72 | 76 | 217 |
| 2 | David Reddan (Nenagh) | 3 | 70 | 78 | 71 | 219 |
| 3 | Jack Murphy (Douglas) | 4 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 220 |
| T4 | Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay) | 6 | 80 | 71 | 71 | 222 |
| T4 | David Marshall (Naas) | 6 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 222 |
| T4 | Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) | 6 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 222 |
| T4 | Eoin Murphy (Dundalk) | 6 | 78 | 69 | 75 | 222 |
| T8 | Olan Kelleher (Muskerry) | 8 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 224 |
| T8 | Keith Crowley (Fota Island) | 8 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 224 |
| T8 | Joe O'Sullivan (Cork) | 8 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 224 |
| T8 | Gary O'Flaherty (Cork) | 8 | 72 | 72 | 80 | 224 |
| 12 | Padraig O'Connor (Macroom) | 9 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 225 |
| T13 | Dean O'Riordan (Fermoy) | 10 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 226 |
| T13 | Morgan Cain (Cork) | 10 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 226 |
| T15 | James Walsh (Douglas) | 11 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 227 |
| T15 | Paraic McGrath (Galway Bay) | 11 | 72 | 75 | 80 | 227 |
| T17 | Michael Greene (Greenore) | 12 | 77 | 74 | 77 | 228 |
| T17 | Pat Power (Lee Valley) | 12 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 228 |
| 19 | Keelan McCarthy (Lee Valley) | 13 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 229 |
| T20 | Alan Moriarty (Lee Valley) | 14 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 230 |
| T20 | Ben Murray (Lee Valley) | 14 | 77 | 75 | 78 | 230 |
| T22 | Paddy Quill (Cork) | 15 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 231 |
| T22 | Dave O'Donovan (Muskerry) | 15 | 78 | 74 | 79 | 231 |
| T22 | Jordan Boles (Charleville) | 15 | 78 | 71 | 82 | 231 |
| T25 | James Murray (Lee Valley) | 16 | 74 | 77 | 81 | 232 |
| T25 | John O'Neill (Lee Valley) | 16 | 72 | 77 | 83 | 232 |
| T27 | Ian Bohane (Lee Valley) | 17 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 233 |
| T27 | Harry Duggan (Kilkenny) | 17 | 76 | 75 | 82 | 233 |
| T29 | John Waldron (Muskerry) | 18 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 234 |
| T29 | Wayne O'Callaghan (Douglas) | 18 | 80 | 72 | 82 | 234 |
| 31 | Scott O'Brien (Nenagh) | 20 | 77 | 76 | 83 | 236 |
| MISSED CUT | ||||||
| CUT | John Doyle (Fota Island) | 10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | |
| CUT | Mark Shanahan (Gold Coast) | 10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | |
| CUT | Shane Galvin (Bandon) | 10 | 76 | 78 | 154 | |
| CUT | David Howard (Fota Island) | 11 | 79 | 76 | 155 | |
| CUT | Mark Behan (Lee Valley) | 11 | 78 | 77 | 155 | |
| CUT | Jack Murphy (Fota Island) | 12 | 77 | 79 | 156 | |
| CUT | Jack Egan (Muskerry) | 12 | 81 | 75 | 156 | |
| CUT | Adam Challoner (Galway Bay) | 12 | 81 | 75 | 156 | |
| CUT | Brian Lane (Muskerry) | 13 | 77 | 80 | 157 | |
| CUT | Fionn Hickey (Muskerry) | 13 | 75 | 82 | 157 | |
| CUT | Dylan Beirne (Carrick On-Shannon) | 13 | 76 | 81 | 157 | |
| CUT | Sean Reddy (Douglas) | 13 | 77 | 80 | 157 | |
| CUT | Darren Hourihan (Lee Valley) | 13 | 78 | 79 | 157 | |
| CUT | Mel Deasy (Douglas) | 14 | 79 | 79 | 158 | |
| CUT | Senan Carroll (Ballybunion) | 14 | 78 | 80 | 158 | |
| CUT | Philip Byrne (Ballybunion) | 14 | 80 | 78 | 158 | |
| CUT | Darren Kelleher (Blarney) | 14 | 80 | 78 | 158 | |
| CUT | Finbarr Fouhy (Lee Valley) | 14 | 75 | 83 | 158 | |
| CUT | John O'Brien (Castlemartyr) | 15 | 82 | 77 | 159 | |
| CUT | Jake Adler (Nenagh) | 15 | 79 | 80 | 159 | |
| CUT | Philip Spratt (West Waterford) | 15 | 79 | 80 | 159 | |
| CUT | Colin Maguire (Douglas) | 15 | 77 | 82 | 159 | |
| CUT | Roy O'Riordan (Fermoy) | 16 | 78 | 82 | 160 | |
| CUT | Gavin Sloane (Castlemaytyr) | 16 | 81 | 79 | 160 | |
| CUT | Conor Curran (Dundalk) | 17 | 83 | 78 | 161 | |
| CUT | Frankie Walsh (Cork) | 17 | 78 | 83 | 161 | |
| CUT | Daniel Devlin (Fota Island) | 18 | 79 | 83 | 162 | |
| CUT | Mark Ford (Cork) | 18 | 81 | 81 | 162 | |
| CUT | Stephen Riordan (Muskerry) | 18 | 76 | 86 | 162 | |
| CUT | Thomas O'Flynn (Fota Island) | 19 | 78 | 85 | 163 | |
| CUT | Barry Curtin (Youghal) | 19 | 88 | 75 | 163 | |
| CUT | Alan Hayes (Castlemartyr) | 19 | 83 | 80 | 163 | |
| CUT | Dean Browne (Blarney) | 20 | 83 | 81 | 164 | |
| CUT | Anthony Nash (Lee Valley) | 20 | 83 | 81 | 164 | |
| CUT | Tom Tupper (Muskerry) | 20 | 80 | 84 | 164 | |
| CUT | Neal MacKell (Dundalk) | 22 | 80 | 86 | 166 | |
| CUT | John Corcoran (Muskerry) | 23 | 84 | 83 | 167 | |
| CUT | Sean O'Deisigh (Douglas) | 23 | 85 | 82 | 167 | |
| CUT | Charlie Flavin (Cork) | 28 | 88 | 84 | 172 | |
| CUT | Eoghan McCarthy (Fermoy) | 30 | 82 | 92 | 174 | |
| NR | Zach Devlin (Cobh) | - | 74 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Evan Farrell (Co.Louth) | - | 77 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Sean Deasy (Douglas) | - | 77 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Jason Galway (Lee Valley) | - | 79 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Aaron McNulty (Lahinch) | - | 79 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Zak Collins (Muskerry) | - | 81 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Sean Duggan (Castlemartyr) | - | 81 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint) | - | 82 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Niall Doonan (Cobh) | - | 82 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Shane Concannon (Athenry) | - | 82 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Con O'Callaghan (Kanturk) | - | 83 | NR | NR | |
| NR | Gavin Lynch (Cobh) | - | NR | NS | NR | |
| NR | Stephen Galvin (Ballybunion) | - | NR | NR | NR |
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