Ballycastle first up on the US Kids Golf North of Ireland Summer Tour double header weekend

The first of two double header weekends on the U.S. Kids North of Ireland Summer Tour took the players to beautiful Ballycastle, for a test of links golf, followed by a stiff parkland challenge provided by the stunning Lurgan Golf Club.

A feature of the North of Ireland Summer Tour is the number of new players competing. Ballycastle had a true international field with players from all over Ireland, England and Buffalo, New York.

The firm Ballycastle fairways were running very fast with a number of players from several age groups driving the par 4 eighth hole setting up birdie and eagle chances.

North of Ireland Summer Tour Results from Ballycastle

Boys 6 and under

Parker Bonnes took his second first place of the tour with a great score of 3 under par from Tomas Owens with Sevie Trowlen taking 3rd place.

Boys 7

Buncrana’s Tiernan Bradley continued his good form with an excellent 4 under par to take 1st place in boys 7. Dublin’s Atharva Rajeshkumar took 2nd place from Rhys McDowell followed by Rory Brown and Carter McLarnon in 4th and 5th place.

Boys 8

Ollie McEvoy knows his way around Ballycastle as it's his home club. Ollie shot a great score of level par to take first place. Dublin’s Maddox Meers took second place by one shot from Zac Hay in third. Lewis McGarry took fourth place.

Boys 9

Harry O’Hara tamed Ballycastle with an excellent level par round to take 1st place. Harris Fleming and Zaack Kane shared 2nd place followed by Alex Graham in 4th and Ben Todd in 5th place.

Boys 10

This is one of the most competitive groups. Oliver Gartley improved on his 3rd place at Castlerock to take first place from Samual Lee-McNamara in 2nd. This was a great result for Samuel in his first event, Paul Fletcher was one shot further back taking 3rd place. Brookmans Park’s Daniel Hobbs took 4th place by one shot from Ballycastle’s Patrick McCaughan, both players playing their first events on Tour.

Boys 11

Thompson Gedge, having won at Shandon Park in the Spring Tour recorded his first win on the Summer Tour. Louis Goodman fresh from his victory at Castlerock took 2nd place. Sam Rutledge took 3rd place in his first U.S. Kids North of Ireland Tour event from Jack Maguire in 4th place.

Boys 12

Local Ballycastle player, Eddie McCaughan, took 1st place in boys 12.

Boys 13-14

Just three shots separated 1st to 4th place in Boys 13-14 with Armagh’s Sheà Williamson recording his first win on tour. Second place was shared by Ballymena’s Kaeden Anderson and Owen Rooney from Buffalo, New York with Taylor Morrison in 4th place.

Owen is a member of the U.S. Kids Niagara Tour based just across the border in Canada and looked up the events on the North of Ireland Tour when here on holiday.

Girls 8-9

Lucie Strnadova from London had an excellent start in her first event on the North of Ireland Tour edging out Hannah Lee-McNamara by one shot. Third place was shared by Amelia Penrose from Tullow and Lurgan’s Aisling Totton. Mollie Douglas took 4th place.

Girls 12-14

Millie Thompson recorded her second win on the U.S. Kids North of Ireland Summer Tour matching her 1st place in Castlerock.

The North of Ireland Summer Tour at Ballycastle Golf Club

The full results and Summer Tour order of merit points are available on the U.S. Kids North of Ireland Tour website.

• Event results
• Order of Merit
• Photos from Ballycastle

If you want to download photos they are available at this dropbox link.

Registration and Event entries

If you haven't registered for the Tour or if you wish to enter for the remaining event please use this link The North of Ireland Local Tour.

US Kids North of Ireland Summer Tour Registration now Open for remaining events

Venue	Tournament Event Date First Tee Time	Registration Opens	Late Registration*
Allen Park Golf Centre	Saturday 30th June, 2018 13:00	Register here May 9 - June 25	Late Registration June 26 - June 27
Galgorm Castle Golf Club	Sunday 1st July, 2018 13:45	Register here May 9 - June 26	Late Registration June 27 - June 28
Bangor Golf Club	Sunday 8th July, 2018 13:00	Register here May 9 - July 3	Late Registration July 4 - July 5
Massereene Golf Club	Sunday 15th July, 2018 13:00	Register here May 9 - July 10	Late Registration July 11 - July 12
Spa Golf Club (Tour Championship)	Sunday 12th August, 2018 13:00	Register here May 9 - August 7	Late Registration August 8 - August 9

^*There is an additional fee for late registration.

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