McGrane's tour class on show at The K Club Newstalk Irish PGA Pro-Am
Damien McGrane turned on the style to win The K Club Newstalk Irish PGA Pro-Am at the Co Kildare venue. The European tour regular carded a six under par 66 over the Palmer Course to cruise to a three shot victory over Elm Park's Dara Lernihan.
Tuesday's wash-out forced tournament officials to reschedule an 18-hole event for today (Wednesday) and McGrane made the most of the better weather that prevailed in the afternoon.
“We definitely got the best of the draw so I suppose psychologically we were more positive going out,” said McGrane.
“I played pretty well and holed a few putts and that's what you have to do to go low.”
The 44-year-old, currently ranked 161stin the European Tour's Race to Dubai started today's round on the 10thand got off to a positive start with a birdie.
He followed that up with birdies at the 13thand the par five 18thto go out in three under 34.
Damien made a solid start to his back nine with pars at the first and second before picking up another birdie at the par three third.
He recorded his only blemish of the day at the fifth when he dropped a shot but he bounced back with a hat-trick of birdies at seven, eight and nine to come home in three under 32.
“I knew if I could finish my round off with a couple of birdies I would be difficult to catch,” added Damien.
“At the same time, I knew that a couple of mistakes could drop me back into a battle again so it was particularly pleasing to finish off the round in such a strong fashion.”
Lernihan produced a flawless round of golf which included no dropped shots and birdies at the first, 12 and 15th.
The 28-year-old assistant finished four shots clear of a quintet of competitors on one-over par – Peter Lawrie, Robert Giles, Mark Staunton, Neil O'Briain and Eamonn Brady.
O'Briain guided his team to success in the team event with a fine total of 90 giving them room to spare of second placed David Hughes (Massereene) on 84 points.
The next event on the PGA in Ireland schedule is the Dr William Flynn Memorial Pro-Am at Shannon GC on May 8.
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Pos | Nat | Player | TotalTot | Thru | TodayR2 | R1 | R2 | StrokesTot | Points | Prize Fund | Follow players |
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1 | Damien McGraneD. McGrane Carlow Golf Club |
-6 | F * | -6 | 66 | 66 | 4,400 | €4,400 | |||
2 | Dara LernihanD. Lernihan Elm Park Golf Club |
-3 | F | -3 | 69 | 69 | 3,080 | €3,080 | |||
T3 | Peter LawrieP. Lawrie | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | 73 | €1,661 | ||||
T3 | Robert GilesR. Giles Greenore Golf Club |
+1 | F | +1 | 73 | 73 | 1,661 | €1,661 | |||
T3 | Mark StauntonM. Staunton Delgany Golf Club |
+1 | F | +1 | 73 | 73 | 1,661 | €1,661 | |||
T3 | Neil O'BriainN. O'Briain Old Conna Golf Club |
+1 | F | +1 | 73 | 73 | 1,661 | €1,661 | |||
T3 | Eamonn BradyE. Brady Clontarf Golf Club |
+1 | F | +1 | 73 | 73 | 1,661 | €1,661 | |||
T8 | Damian MooneyD. Mooney Nevada Bobs Belfast |
+2 | F | +2 | 74 | 74 | 1,210 | €1,210 | |||
T8 | Colm MoriartyC. Moriarty Drive Golf Performance Limited |
+2 | F | +2 | 74 | 74 | 1,210 | €1,210 | |||
T8 | Donal GleesonD. Gleeson Old Conna Golf Club |
+2 | F | +2 | 74 | 74 | 1,210 | €1,210 | |||
T11 | Daniel SugrueD. Sugrue Dooks Golf Links |
+3 | F | +3 | 75 | 75 | 935 | €935 | |||
T11 | John KellyJ. Kelly St Margaret's Golf & Country C |
+3 | F | +3 | 75 | 75 | 935 | €935 | |||
T13 | David RyanD. Ryan Cahir Park Golf Club |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | David HughesD. Hughes Massereene Golf Club |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | Seamus McMonagleS. McMonagle Dunfanaghy Golf Club |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | Peter MorganP. Morgan Elm Park Golf Club |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | David HigginsD. Higgins Waterville Golf Links |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | Hazel KavanaghH. Kavanagh Carr Golf Centre at Spawell |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | John DwyerJ. Dwyer Ashbourne Golf Club |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | Niall KearneyN. Kearney Royal Dublin Golf Club |
+4 | F * | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T13 | David FoleyD. Foley Dromoland Castle GC |
+4 | F | +4 | 76 | 76 | 581.78 | €582 | |||
T22 | Brian CosgroveB. Cosgrove Killeen Golf Club |
+5 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 467.50 | €468 | |||
T22 | Noel MurrayN. Murray Massereene Golf Club |
+5 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 467.50 | €468 | |||
T22 | Gerry BurkeG. Burke Royal Curragh Golf Club |
+5 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 467.50 | €468 | |||
T22 | John DignamJ. Dignam Slade Valley Golf Club |
+5 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 467.50 | €468 | |||
T22 | Cian McNamaraC. McNamara Monkstown Golf Club |
+5 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 467.50 | €468 | |||
T22 | Michael DixonM. Dixon K Club |
+5 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 467.50 | €468 | |||
T28 | Brendan McGovernB. McGovern Headfort Golf Club |
+7 | F | +7 | 79 | 79 | 412.50 | €412 | |||
T28 | Christopher CarvillC. Carvill Belvoir Park Golf Club |
+7 | F | +7 | 79 | 79 | 412.50 | €412 | |||
T28 | Glen RobinsonG. Robinson Craddockstown Golf Club |
+7 | F * | +7 | 79 | 79 | 412.50 | €412 | |||
T28 | Ciaran MolloyC. Molloy Blackwood Golf Centre |
+7 | F | +7 | 79 | 79 | 412.50 | €412 | |||
T32 | Peter O'HaganP. O'Hagan Luttrellstown Castle Golf Club |
+8 | F | +8 | 80 | 80 | 379.50 | €380 | |||
T32 | Brendan WaltonB. Walton Island Golf Club |
+8 | F | +8 | 80 | 80 | 379.50 | €380 | |||
T34 | Michael McDermottM. McDermott Pure Golf Leopardstown |
+9 | F | +9 | 81 | 81 | 357.50 | €358 | |||
T34 | Raymond BurnsR. Burns Lisheen Springs Golf Club |
+9 | F | +9 | 81 | 81 | 357.50 | €358 | |||
36 | Mark O'SullivanM. O'Sullivan Piltown Driving Range |
+10 | F | +10 | 82 | 82 | €0 | ||||
37 | Jimmy BolgerJ. Bolger Kilkenny Golf Club |
+11 | F * | +11 | 83 | 83 | €0 | ||||
38 | Peter JonesP. Jones Coollattin Golf Club |
+13 | F | +13 | 85 | 85 | €0 | ||||
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DQ | Gary HendleyG. Hendley Stepaside Golf Centre |
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DQ | Zak RouillerZ. Rouiller Beech Park Golf Club |