Galway produced their best football against the wind in the second-half to carve out a first win of this season's Allianz Football League with a deserved victory over Tyrone in difficult conditions.
The visitors, having opted to play against the breeze on a wet afternoon in Tuam, trailed by 0-07 to 0-03 at the break but were unable to push on from there.
Tyrone, unsurprisingly, kept plenty of players behind the ball in the opening half and broke well, often stringing a multitude of passes to get into a scoring position and they shot five wides in the opening half in addition to picking off three points.
Galway also kicked five wides in the opening half but none of their starting full-forward line found the range with the wind.
An early exchange of points from Matthew Tierney and Darragh Canavan then gave way to a period of Galway dominance and they eventually made it count.
Paul Conroy pointed a free to edge them in front after 16 minutes before Peter Cooke landed one from 30 metres.
Another free from Conroy was followed by one from the right by Tierney, after Conroy was fouled going forward, for Galway to lead by 0-05 to 0-01 after 27 minutes.
Tyrone worked the ball from deep for wing-back Cormac Quinn to land an invaluable point and after Tierney struck a good effort from the right, Darren McCurry finished off another good passing movement to cut the gap to three in the closing stages of the half.
But Galway extended their lead just before the break when corner-back Jack Glynn went forward and kicked an excellent point after being set up by a long fisted pass from Cillian McDaid to lead by 0-07 to 0-03 at the interval.
Tyrone got on top after the restart: two points from Darren McCurry and one from Cathal McShane whittled the lead back to the minimum after 44 minutes.
Galway responded with Conroy shooting a good point to make it 0-08 to 0-06 after 47 minutes before Cormac McMunroe and Cathal Sweeney exchanged points.
McShane cut the gap to one going into the final quarter but Galway took control and made the most of what they created, shooting six points in succession as Tyrone struggled to get their hands on the ball.
Two Tierney frees and one from Ian Burke set them on their way and after Sean Kelly went forward to score, Tierney landed the point of the game with a superb effort before Sweeney extended the lead.
Tyrone rallied in the closing stages but while they got the margin down to three in the fifth minute of stoppage time, they never looked like getting in for the goal they needed to salvage something from the match
Galway: Connor Gleeson; Eoghan Kelly, Sean Kelly (0-01), Jack Glynn (0-01); Dylan McHugh, John Daly, Daniel O’Flaherty; Paul Conroy (0-03, 0-02f)), Peter Cooke (0-01); Matthew Tierney (0-06, 0-03f), Cillian McDaid, Johnny Heaney; Patrick Kelly, Eoin Finnerty, Ian Burke (0-01).
Subs: Johnny McGrath for O’Flaherty (half-time), Cathal Sweeney (0-03) for E Finnerty (half-time), 21 John Maher for P Kelly (68), Rob Finnerty for McDaid (70).
Tyrone: Niall Morgan; Michael McKernan, Cormac Munroe (0-01), Padraig Hampsey (0-01); Cormac Quinn (0-01), Peter Harte (0-01), Niall Devlin; Brian Kennedy, Colm Kilpatrick; Conor Meyler, Frank Burns, Niall Sludden; Darren McCurry (0-04, 0-02f), Cathal McShane (0-02, 0-01m), Darragh Canavan (0-02f).
Subs: Joe Oguz for Devlin (50), Ruairí Canavan for Sludden (56), Richie Donnelly (0-01) for Quinn (58), Matthew Donnelly for Burns (64).
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
