Murphy finishes second in Munster Strokeplay

Eoin Murphy finished second in the Munster Strokeplay Championship which was played at Cork Golf Club over the Bank Holiday weekend.
He produced his best performance of the season in the 72 hole event to finish tied second having led after shooting a three-under par 69 in the third round.
Murphy had opened with a 72 and a70 in the opening two rounds to lie one shot behind halfway leaders James O’Rourke, Keith Egan and TJ Ford.
​In the third round he raced lead thanks to four birdies in the first six holes and then held it together over the final 12 holes where three more birdies limited the damage caused by four bogeys.
That left him on five under, one shot ahead of Baltray’s Stuart Grehan  but he was unable to repeat his Sunday morning performance in the afternoon as three birdies were cancelled out by three bogeys which saw him finish the round on level par.
That left him one shot behind winner John Doyle of Fota Island who came through the field to win thanks to a six under par 66 which featured eight birdies. Murphy also finished second to Doyle in the U25 event.
Murphy now heads to Seapoint this weekend for the Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship along with Caolan Rafferty. Murphy is out at 2.22pm from the 10th tee in the first round while Rafferty is first out at 8am off the first tee.