McClean begins Irish AM defence with course record 64

Matthew McClean carded a course record 64 at Seapoint Golf Links to get his defence of the Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship off to the perfect start. Glorious sunshine and a fresh breeze made for perfect links conditions and the players took advantage on a low scoring Thursday with the course record broken twice in fifteen minutes. McClean’s eight under round was good enough to pip Concra Wood’s Charlie McDonnell by a shot. “It’s nice to get a course record, it’s not the goal to go and shoot course records but it’s always lovely to get one especially with