John Doyle’s victory at the Munster Men’s Stroke Play Amateur Open Championship last weekend has catapulted the young Fota Island golfer into the top five of this year’s Men’s Bridgestone Order of Merit. It has been a blistering start to the season for the 17-year-old, as he claimed the Flogas Irish Boys’ Championship on 25 April before returning to Cork to claim his first men’s crown, and first Order of Merit points of the season. The 180 points earned on the south coast have put Doyle straight into fifth position on the Men’s Bridgestone Order of Merit leaderboard, just 93
John Doyle will carry a sizeable five-shot lead into the final round of the Flogas Irish Boys’ Amateur Open Championship at Cork Golf Club, after the Fota Island golfer produced impressive back-to-back under-par rounds in vastly contrasting conditions. 90 of the best up and coming golfers, including eight international players from countries such as France, Norway, Germany, and the USA, teed it up on the south coast this week all vying for the coveted trophy. It was the former Irish Boys’ Close Champion, Doyle that made a near faultless start to his campaign on Wednesday. A birdie at the second,