Gavin Tiernan pipped to Amateur Championship glory by American Ethan Fang
Tiernan, from the County Louth club in Baltray, had confounded expectations by surging to the final.
The 19-year old Tiernan is ranked outside the top 1000 male amateur golfers in the world at 1340th.
But he beat Riccardo Fantinelli of Italy, who is ranked more than 1000 places above him, in the semi final by 4&3 on Friday to set up the final meeting with Fang.
However, it was the American who would triumph one-up after their 36-hole battle was decided on the final hole, with Tiernan having lead for significant portions of the contest.
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