Wild quadruple bogey, birdie finish for Egan but he remains in contention at the Island

Ronan MacNamara
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Keith Egan (Photo by Richard Martin-Roberts/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

Ronan MacNamara

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A penultimate hole quadruple bogey left a sour taste in the mouth of Keith Egan after he dropped back to level-par at the halfway stage of the Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship with a two-over 74.

It leaves the Carton House man on level-par for the championship but having been just two back of the lead on three-under standing on the 17th tee he was stinging slightly after a quadruple bogey eight scuppered his round. With minimal time to respond from such a sucker punch, he took his fury out on the downwind 18th and rolled in a 12-footer for a closing birdie to at least return half a grin to his face.

“Some very good and very solid golf and then some brain dead mistakes. Today was a lot trickier with the wind, it definitely picked up on our back nine and made some of the tee shots indecisive. But I’ve played well so far.

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“I was so pissed off on the 18th tee that I just hit two good shots to 12 feet. Finished nice but I turned a very, very good round into a mediocre one but overall I’m still very happy.”

The 30-year-old put things into perspective and accepted that 74 was not a bad score given the tricky conditions but the circumstances upon which it came about annoyed him.

“If you gave me 74 this morning with a good wind off the left I would have taken it. But considering how I played it leaves a little sour taste but look you take what you’re given. The course is definitely trickier I’d say in the afternoon but I’m happy with how I played and hopefully I can shoot two good scores and see where it leaves me.”

Egan birdied 7 and 10 before bogeys on 11 and 13 left him where he started the day on -2. An excellent birdie from the right rough on 14 wrestled back the momentum for him.

“I missed it on the right on 14 and there is a little space between the fairway and the hazard, hit a great approach shot and took my chance. It’s one of those holes if you hit a good drive you fancy a birdie but if you gave everyone a par on the tee they would take it.”

At the time of writing, the personal trainer shares 12th place as the afternoon players approach the turn.

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