Just back after representing England in Peru where he finished 4th, Wrag Barn's Ben Loughrey has been competing in the Irish Open Amateur Championship at Royal Dublin GC.
Playing off +2 four consistent rounds where Ben bettered the competition standard scratch score saw him finish in 3rd place in the Championship.
Another busy week for Ben coming up with the Brabazon Qualifier on Tuesday and 72 holes of our own County Championship at the weekend.

Irish Amateur Open Championship - Results

After 72 Holes:
292: A Dunbar (Rathmore) 74 75 71 72
293: K Nicol (Scotland) 78 72 72 71
296: B Loughrey (England) 73 76 74 73
297: C Mivis (Belgium) 77 78 69 73, C Doran (Banbridge) 73 75 75 74, L Lennox (Moyola Park) 73 73 72 79
298: T Shadbolt (England) 82 74 71 71, C Paisley (England) 75 76 72 75, M Southgate (England) 75 75 71 77
299: R Kellett (Scotland) 76 77 71 75
300: O Farr (Wales) 81 74 73 72
301: G Paterson (Scotland) 79 75 71 76, E McCormack (Galway) 73 77 78 73
302: M Veijalainen (Finland) 77 73 78 74, B Walton (The Island) 75 76 73 78
303: T Pieters (Belgium) 81 75 73 74, N Grant (Knock) 78 78 76 71
304: P Dunne (Greystones) 81 75 73 75
305: G Mc Dermott (Co. Sligo) 83 73 75 74, C Daly (Castletroy) 78 76 77 74, M Mullen (Wexford) 76 77 78 74
306: R Leonard (Banbridge) 80 76 75 75, M Durcan (Co. Sligo) 80 75 74 77, J Morris (Rosslare) 80 74 77 75, D Kernohan (Galgorm Castle) 72 77 78 79
307: D Law (Scotland) 79 77 73 78, J Carvill (Warrenpoint) 76 77 76 78
308: P Murray (Limerick) 79 77 73 79, T Rodriques (Portugal) 76 79 76 77
310: J Richelle (Belgium) 79 74 76 81, J Hopkins (Skerries) 71 81 77 81
312: P Shields (Scotland) 80 73 79 80, S Moloney (Castletroy) 77 78 84 73, J Martin (England) 76 79 76 81, J Evans (England) 76 77 75 84
313: J Monaghan (The Island) 80 76 75 82, D O'Donovan (Muskerry) 80 73 83 77
314: G Bohill (Co. Louth) 81 75 78 80
316: T McGowan (Strandhill) 79 77 78 82

Non-qualifiers:
156: A Culverwell (Scotland) 77 79, D McElroy (Ballymena) 76 80
157: R Picone (Belgium) 83 74, S Borrowman (Scotland) 82 75, L Canter (England) 82 75, R Roper (England) 81 76, A Hogan (Newlands) 80 77, S McConnell (Ballyclare) 80 77, G O Flah erty (Cork) 80 77, C Fairweather (Knock) 80 77, V Dall'Arche (Italy) 80 77, S Ryan (The Royal Dublin) 79 78, H Satama (Finland) 79 78, F McKenna (Scotland) 79 78, R McCarthy (The Island) 78 79, C Thomson (Scotland) 77 80, C Curley (Newlands) 77 80
158: F Bergamaschi (Italy) 82 76, J Fox (Portmarnock) 82 76, B Anderson (Co. Sligo) 81 77, E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 79 79, S Barry (Lee Valley) 79 79, J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) 78 80, D Coyle (Co. Louth) 75 83
159: R Cannon (Laytown & Bettystown) 84 75, O Gilmartin (Switzerland) 84 75, A Dowling (Hermitage) 81 78, W Telford (Rathmore) 81 78, D Lernihan (Castle) 80 79, R McNamara (Headfort) 79 80, S Binning (Scotland) 78 81, J Joia (Portugal) 76 83
160: R Carter (England) 84 76, K Benz (Switzerland) 84 76, G Lawlor (Newbridge) 82 78, A Kiernan (Forrest Little) 82 78, T O'Flynn (Fota Island) 81 79, L Desmond (England) 80 80, M Buggy (Castlecomer) 80 80, R O'Donovan (Lucan) 78 82, J White (Scotland) 78 82, C Schroeder (Germany) 76 84
161: R O'Sullivan (Fota Island) 84 77, D Morgan (Mullingar) 83 78, P McLean (Scotland) 80 81, M Kippen (England) 78 83, M Shanahan (West Waterford) 75 86
162: R Weldon (Killeen Castle) 82 80, J Greene (Carlow) 79 83
163: K McDonagh (Athlone) 87 76, J Findlay (Scotland) 84 79, R Megens (Belgium) 83 80, N Gorey (Lee Valley) 82 81, D Reilly (Westmanstown) 82 81, R Prophet (England) 76 87
164: S Quy (Belgium) 84 80, K Stack (Dungarvan) 81 83, C Robb (Scotland) 80 84, G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 79 85
165: B Casey (Headfort) 84 81, R McConnell (Belvoir Park) 84 81
166: C Drumm (Rosslare) 84 82, G Collins (Rosslare) 79 87, M Sinclair (Knock) 77 89
167: C O'Sullivan (Fota Island) 82 85
168: A Pitcher (The Island) 81 87
169: J Mulready (Castle) 84 85, G D'Hulst (Belgium) 83 86
170: M McKnight (Lisburn) 84 86
171: M Hammond (Moyola Park) 89 82, R Bridges (Stackstown) 86 85, D Ruddy (Thurles) 84 87
172: A Lynch (Royal Tara) 90 82
175: I Brennan (Greenore) 87 88
176: B Dillon (Canada) 89 87
180: G Leahy (Okeeheelee) 92 88
    
NR:  M Bookless (Scotland) 84 NR
DQ:  C Boggan (Co. Meath) 80 DQ
RTD:  S O'Connor (Skerries) 86 RTD, T Dogil (Germany) 81 RTD

CSS:
Round 1: 78. Round 2: 77. Round 3: 75; Round 4: 76