Shannon and Ryan tie at Killeen Castle

Keith Shannon and David Ryan (above) finished as joint winners of the Etihad Airways PGA Sprint tournament at Killeen Castle.

It proved to be a testing day at the 2011 Solheim Cup venue with Shannon and Ryan finishing the event on level-par, a shot ahead of Wexford GC's Darren Walsh.

Shannon, from the Greenore Club, birdied the par-four third but immediately dropped a shot at the par-four fifth. A string of pars was then broken up by a birdie at the par-five 12^th, followed by another dropped shot at the par-three 14^th.

Cahir Park's Ryan opened with a par, birdied the par-five second but then dropped a shot at the fourth. Back-to-back birdies at seven and eight saw him to the turn in two-under but he dropped shots on the par-four 11^th and par-four 13^th.

There was an eight-way tie for fourth with Daniel Sugrue (Killarney Golf & Fishing Club), John Kelly (St Margaret's Golf & Country Club), Liam Bowler (Wexford GC), Brendan McGovern (Headfort GC), Damien McGrane, Glen Robinson (St Helen's Bay Resort) and Dara Lernihan (Elm Park GC) finishing on two-over.