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Pedro Figueiredo wins 2008 AIB Irish Men’s Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Royal Dublin Golf Club

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16-year-old Pedro Figueiredo, the Portuguese Mens Champion (pictured below) shot a 10-under-par total of 278 to give him a seven-stroke victory over some of the best amateurs in Europe on his way to winning the 2008 Irish Mens Open Championship.

This victory will significantly improve Pedro’s mens world amateur ranking with Keir McNicoll from Carnoustie finishing a distant tied second.

Scotland had six players finish in the top 20.

FINAL SCOREBOARD AS FOLLOWS (Par 72)
278: P Figueiredo (Portugal) 73 67 70 68.
285: K McNicoll (Scotland) 73 72 69 71, C Doran (Banbridge) 71 71 70 73, B Hemstock (England) 70 75 69 71.
286: N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 72 73 71 70.
287: F De Vries (Holland) 73 70 73 71, S Lowry (Esker Hills) 71 71 72 73.
288: F Keenan (England) 73 72 70 73, D Lernihan (Castle) 72 73 69 74, P O’Hara (Scotland) 70 71 72 75.
289: W Booth (Scotland) 77 72 72 68, J Morris (Rosslare) 76 69 72 72, A Kristiansen (Norway) 70 79 70 70, O Serres (France) 70 72 75 72.
290: C Macaulay (Scotland) 75 70 73 72, H Satama (Finland) 73 74 73 70, M Thistleton (England) 72 68 76 74.
291: G Dear (Scotland) 74 73 69 75, R Kellett (Scotland) 73 72 76 70.
292: F Abadie (France) 76 70 70 76, J Brun (France) 73 74 74 71, N Gorey (Lee Valley) 73 72 74 73.
293: A Hogan (Newlands) 76 73 71 73, Z Gould (Wales) 74 75 71 73, E Richardson (England) 73 74 75 71, P Murray (Limerick) 73 73 75 72, M Oueld-Es-Cheikh (France) 73 71 69 80.
294: A Knappe (Germany) 77 71 73 73, F Illouz (France) 76 73 73 72, J Smedley (England) 75 73 72 74, R Cannon (L’town & B’town) 74 72 72 76, J Mikkelsen (Norway) 73 75 72 74.
295: A Gabella-Wenne (Sweden) 80 69 75 71, G Ozcan (Turkey) 75 73 74 73, J Fox (Portmarnock) 73 75 73 74, J Carvill (Warrenpoint) 72 76 75 72, E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 68 74 73 80.
296: T Pollari (Finland) 75 74 74 73.
297: R Carson (Scotland) 74 75 71 77, M Veijalainen (Finland) 74 74 71 78.
298: J Lando-Casanova (France) 78 71 73 76, V Guillaume (France) 75 71 77 75.
300: F Rouilleaux (France) 75 73 76 76.
302: P O’Hanlon (Curragh) 77 72 74 79.
303: M Delay-Termoz (France) 73 72 75 83.