Co Sligo Golf Club's Alan Gaynor has won the Irish Open for players with a disability at Roganstown Golf & Country Club near Swords in Dublin.
Gaynor, a native of Rosses Point, finished on 10-over par for his two rounds of golf, which was nine strokes clear of the rest of the field.
Alan Gaynor is the 2023 Irish Open for Players with a Disability Champion!🏆
Alan finished nine strokes clear of his nearest challenger to become the first Irish winner of the event! 👏
Scores: https://t.co/bmH9WlVNud@CountySligoGC | @roganstowngolf pic.twitter.com/Egiw8xvN12
— Golf Ireland (@GolfIreland_) June 28, 2023
Gaynor is the first Irish winner of this event.
Monkstown's Colin O’Sullivan was second with Germany’s Jennifer Sräga finished in third place, one shot further back and was the leading female in the tournament.
Gaynor felt the nerves coming down the last, but he showed his class throughout the tournament to come out on top.
“It’s great, nice to get it done, it was a nervy one there finishing off, but great to get it done. Obviously delighted with the win. Nice to come out on top this week, my home event, so it’s obviously one that I wanted to win, and nice to get the job done in the end."
The County Sligo golfer has become the first Irish person to win the event in it's second year and looks forward to watching the event grow over the next few years.
“It’s brilliant, it’s only the second one obviously as we all know, so it’s nice to actually be the first Irish player to win it. It’s nice that my name will always be on the trophy. But the event is only going to get bigger and better as the years go on. So, it’s great to see so many here this week, and long may it continue as it gets bigger and better.”
