Dwyer and Kerley share first prize at St Margarets

John Dwyer claimed his fifth win of the year with a confident display in the St Margarets pro-am.  

The Ashbourne GC PGA Professional carded a three-under-par round of 70 but had to share top billing with Brian Kerley, GreenLife Golf Centre.

Kerley has played sporadically this season, and coming into this event his best finish was tied 10^th at the PGA Southern Championship at Powerscourt.

He began his round at the 10^th and went to the turn in one-under 36 with bogeys at 16 and 18 offset by birdies at the 12^th, 15^th and 16^th.

Another birdie at the first [his 10^th] was immediately cancelled out by a bogey at the second but he responded with back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth before wrapping up his round with five straight pars.

In contrast to Kerley, Dwyer's last win of what has been a very productive season was the Fred Daly Centennial Memorial Pro-Am at Balmoral GC on August 14^th.

He also began his round at the 10^th and made a sparkling start, collecting an eagle at the par-five 12^th. Unfortunately for John, he dropped two shots at the par-three 15^th but a birdie at the 16^th saw him out in one-under 36.

The 40-year-old dropped another shot at the first but he then reeled off four birdies in the next seven holes to move to four-under for the tournament before a final dropped shot at the last.

Ciaran Molloy (Blackwood GC) and Michael McDermott (Pure Golf Leopardstown) finished tied for second on two-under (71).

In the team event, David Ryan's (Cahir Park) 91 points proved too good for the field.