McCaughey leads home the 64 qualifiers for the 2022 Gold Medal

Gregory McCaughey (8) led the 64 qualifiers for the Gold Medal when the qualifying competition was held over the first weekend in April.

McCaughey fired three birdies and eight pars on his way to a score of 39pts and took the prize for top qualifier on countback from Danny Gallagher (14) who had two birdies and six pars but also blanked the 11^th.

As top seed for the matchplay phase McCaughey will face the 64^th and final qualifier Derek Teather with Gallagher meeting the 63^rd seed Davy McDonnell.  All first round matches must be completed by May 9.

Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 – Gold Medal Qualifying Leaderboard: Gregory McCaughey (8) 39/19pts, Daniel Gallagher (14) 39/16pts, Barry Cunningham (10) 38/21pts, Brendan Reilly (16) 38/20pts, Connor McCaughey (5) 38/19pts.    

Gold Medal First Round Draw: Gregory McCaughey v Derek Teather, Daniel Gallagher v David McDonnell, Barry Cunningham v Michael McKevitt, Brendan Reilly v Martin Byrne, Connor McCaughey v John Paul Casey, Alan McCabe v Neil Smyth, Edward Lawrence v Noel Crowe, Sean Reidy v Gerry Campbell, Jim Dwyer v David Lawrence, Sean Matthews v Richard Barry, Stephen Murphy v Michael Noone, Stephen Lynch v Ollie Reilly, Ciaran Johnston v Anthony O’Donoghue, Eoin Hamill v Martin Crosby, David Kelly v Neal Mackell, Conor Marron v Peter Moran Jnr, Noel McGuinness v Clem Walshe, Joe Flanagan v Gerry Murray, James Rogers v Colin Roche, Patrick G Reilly v Fergal Sexton, Sean O’Sullivan v Niall Sloane, Michael Hamilton v Derek Murdock, John McKeever v Brendan Tinnelly, Ciaran Sheridan v Michael J Keating, Niall McCaul v Brian McDonnell, P J Dooley v Michael Byrne, Seamus Bailey v Brian Og Renaghan, Matthew McCaughey v Paschal Phelan, Maurice Soraghan v Denis Cunningham, Fearghal Duffy v Aaron Waite, Andrew Shekleton v Conor McClenaghan, Michael Coburn v Noel Reid. All matches to be played by May 9.