Connemara's Luke O'Neill narrowly misses out on Boys Order of Merit title

Tom McKibbin (Holywood) has won the Bridgestone Boys International Order of Merit for 2019 following a superb season. McKibbin, 16, won the Peter McEvoy Trophy in April and made his second appearance at the Jacques Leglise Trophy in August. The Belfast teenager also featured for Ireland at the European Boys Team Championship, where he was Ireland’s leading player in stroke-play qualifying, and the Boys Home Internationals.

Connemara’s Luke O’Neill, who won the German Boys Championship in June, finished second on the Bridgestone Boys International Order of Merit. O’Neill accumulated the same number of points as the winner but lost out overall as McKibbin amassed the most points in a single event.

BRIDGESTONE BOYS INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF MERIT TOP 10

1 Tom McKibbin (Holywood) 241

2 Luke O'Neill (Connemara) 241

3 Max Kennedy (Royal Dublin) 202

4 Aaron Marshall (Lisburn) 169

T5 Joseph Byrne (Baltinglass), Joshua McCabe (Roganstown) 129

7 Joshua Hill Galgorm Castle) 89

8 Sean Doyle (Black Bush) 74

9 Dylan Keating (Seapoint) 67

10 Josh Mackin (Dundalk) 64