Warrenpoint Golf Club brings home the All-Ireland Barton Shield crown
Warrenpoint Golf Club won the All-Ireland Barton Shield crown at Douglas, Co Cork on Friday.
They defeated Muskerry in their quarter-final before a win against County Louth in the semi-finals, and on Friday the club who went back-to-back in 2016 and 2017, were up against Grange.
The experienced duo of Colm Campbell and Rian Carvill secured victory with a par on 17 that gave Warrenpoint a three-hole aggregate win.
“It’s absolutely fabulous. We’re delighted we came down, our intention was to try and win the Barton Shield again, our last time was 2017,” said Warrenpoint Captain Peter Kenny.
“We were cruising at one stage, through 12, 13 holes we were five holes up. We’re all thinking we need to hang on in there but Barton Shield can turn very quick, you can lose two holes at a time and that’s exactly what happened.
“The guys got within two holes of us and we sunk two very important putts on 17 for pars which gave us a wee bit of leeway going to the last two holes.
“That was crucial to get us over the line.”