Pictured (l to r): Marrita Coyne (Lancome), Rose Beamish (Lady Captain, Fota Resort), Lisa Maguire (2009 Champion), Trevor Tighe (Lancome), Anne Wallace (ILGU President), Leta Sue Brady (Lady President Fota Resort). Image by courtesy of the Irish Ladies Golf Union. Click to enlarge.

Lisa Maguire wins Irish title with

brilliant five-under-par display

Beaten in the final by her twin sister Leona 12 months ago, Lisa today won the Lancome Irish women's closed amateur championship at Fota Island Golf Resort, Cork.

The No 1 qualifier - for the second year in a row, 14-year-old Lisa from the Slieve Russell club in Co Cavan, beat the No 2 qualifier Mary Dowling (New Ross) by 5 and 4 in the 18-hole final. Lisa was five under par for the holes played, having been six under at one stage.

Maguire played quality golf, birdieing the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth in covering the first eight holes in a phenomenal six under par!

Lisa had only 11 putts over the first nine holes.

Dowling matched Lisa's birdie at the eighth and produce another one at the ninth but found herself four down at the turn, despite having covered the first nine holes herself in two under par.

Lisa’s only bogey of the day came at the 11th hole where she missed a 6 ft putt for par. Solid pars for the remaining holes saw her win the title for the first time on the 14th green.