Cormac wins Ballycastle Midweek Stableford

Cormac O’ Connor produced the round of the day on Wednesday to win the Midweek Stableford competition at Ballycastle by a margin of four points.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jul 2015, 08:00 BST

Playing of 11, Cormac started off with 7 straight pars and whilst he had 5 bogeys on his card he also recorded 2 birdies to offset any damage done.

Runner up was Gerry Norwood with 40 points who beat Philip Cullen on countback.

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Ruairi Bonnar playing off 17 got Ballycastle’s Open Week off to a flying start on Saturday when he returned a fine 44 points in the stableford competition sponsored by club professional Damien Mc Evoy. Starting with a birdie at the 1st he consolidated his position with 3 further birdies in his round to clinch the premier spot by a margin of 3 points from Paul Casey.

Division 1 winner was John Higgins Jnr. who returned an excellent level par round to post a score of 41 points. Whilst John had 5 bogeys on his card these were offset by 5 birdies and this enabled him slip past Gerard Dowds by a margin of 1 point.

Liam Mc Gonigle playing off 14 captured the Division 2 section with a score of 40 points beating Michael Mc Afee on countback. Michael played both nines very consistently with 20 points in each half.

Whilst Liam trailed Michael by a point after the front 9 he managed to register 21 points on the back 9 to enable him claim the spoils. Local fisherman Kevin Morton netted the Division 3 section with a score of 38 points which was just 1 point ahead of 4 players headed by Davy Douglas.