TOP THREE QUALIFIERS ALL UNDER PAR AT SHANNON GOLF CLUB

MARY DOYLE RECORD-BREAKING TOP 

SEED FOR IRISH GIRLS' MATCH-PLAY


Irish champion Mary Doyle (The Heath) led the match-play qualifiers at the Irish U18 girls' (close) championship at Shannon Golf Club with a remarkable 10-under-par total of 138 for the 36-hole elimination opener.

The 17-year-old left-handed Irish women's champion's second-round, seven-under-par 67, which included eight birdies, was a championship and course record.

Mary, pictured, finished six shots ahead of the No 2 seed, Rachael Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown) who had two rounds of two-under-par 72

Third best qualifier Olivia Mehaffey was also under par for the 36 holes with an aggregate of 145 (72-73)

MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS

Par 148 (2x74). SS 75. CSS 74 74
138 Mary Doyle (The Heath) 71 67
144 Rachel Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown) 72 72
145 Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) 72 73
151 Sophie Harrison (Killeen Castle) 76 75
152 Caitriona Griffin (Killarney) 77 75 Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) 73 79
153 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) 79 74
154 Ciara Casey (Hermitage) 76 78
155 Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 79 76 Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast) 76 79
156 Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) 79 77 Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) 78 78 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 77 79
157 Lisa O'Shea (Shannon) 80 77 Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 77 80
158 Clare Calvert (RCD Ladies) 81 77 Alice Hutchinson (St. Anne's) 81 77
159 Clodagh Jones (Roscrea) 79 80
160 Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) 81 79 Ciara Magill (East Clare) 79 81 Tara Whelan (East Clare) 78 82 Molly Dowling (Lucan) 75 85
161 Rachel Thompson (Cork) 80 81
162 Ellie Metcalfe (Laytown and Bettystown) 77 85
163 Nicole McGavisk (Donabate) 83 80
164 Elisa Corcoran (Grange) 78 86
165 Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle) 84 81 Ciara Leonard (Mitchelstow ) 80 85
166 Aideen Walsh (Woodstock) 81 85
167 Rachael McDonnell (Elm Park) 84 83
168 Zoe Collins (Castle Royle) 85 83 Maeve Cummins (Lurgan) 84 84

MISSED THE CUT
168 Sara Byrne (Douglas) 78 90
169 Aoife Ni Thuama (Monkstown) 86 83
171 Aine Donegan (Woodstock) 87 84 Laura McCaw (Royal Belfast) 92 79 Eibhlin McCarthy (Killorglin) 85 86 Grace McGrath (East Cork) 86 85
172 Hilary O'Driscoll (Muskerry) 80 92 Clodagh Walsh (Castlewarden) 86 86
173 Kate Dwyer (Rossmore) 87 86
174 Ellen O'Gorman (Milltown) 90 84 Roisin Timothy (Roscommon) 92 82
176 Emma Guinane (Limerick) 81 95 Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden) 87 89 Elizabeth Kinsella Kent (Faithlegg) 87 89 Maeve Kelly (Castle Dargan) 85 91
176 Maeve Rooney (Co. Sligo) 92 84
177 Nicola Rainsford (Killarney) 82 95
178 Laura Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 92 86
179 Lorna Mullally (Tuam) 84 95 Dervla O'Neill (Dromoland) 90 89 Niamh Carey (Lahinch) 96 83
180 Jan Browne (Kilkenny) 90 90 Ellen Nolan (Grange) 90 90
181 Niamh Moreton (Galway) 86 95
182 Georgia Carr (Milltown) 91 91
185 Kate McElroy (Faithlegg) 92 93 Michelle Carey (Lahinch) 96 89
186 Chloe O'Connor (Roscommon) 94 92 Niamh Cronin (Co. Sligo) 96 90 Niamh Carmody (Tralee) 91 95 Jenna Coleman (Tramore) 99 87
187 Emma Elliott (Faithlegg) 96 91
188 Katie Keenan (Kilkenny) 92 96 Ailbhe Bourke (Enniscrone) 99 89 Sara Browne (Kilkenny) 91 97
189 Heather Fitzgerald (Limerick) 97 92 Cliodhna Drury (Charlesland) 89 100
190 Aoife Moloney (Ballybunion) 96 94
191 Samantha Henderson (Ballyclare) 96 95 Roisin O'Brien (Roscommon) 100 91
192 Sophie Dodd (Enniscrone) 91 101 Stephanie Glennon (Grange) 96 96
195 Louise Bickerstaffe (Scrabo) 95 100
196 Leanne O'Shea (Shannon) 99 97
197 Anna Dawson (Tramore) 98 99
200 Leah Temple Lang (Seapoint) 99 101 Aoife Vaughan (Shannon) 98 102
202 Jill Jennings (Carlow) 107 95
Withdrew: Sarah Burke (Mullingar) 99 w/d
Disqualified: Mairead Martin (Killarney) 71 DQ (Rule 6-6)

MATCH-PLAY DRAW FOR THURSDAY

09:00 Mary Doyle v Cummins     
09:09 Hutchinson v Calvert     
09:18 Ward v Metcalfe     
09:27 McGavisk v Casey      
09:36 Griffin v Leonard     
09:45 Whelan v Weir     
09:54 McCarthy v Magill     
10:03 Walsh v Harrison     
10:12 Mehaffey v McDonnell  
10:21 Meadhbh Doyle v O'Shea 
10:30 McCarthy v Dowling    
10:39 Aherne v Wilson     
10:48 McSherry v Corcoran     
10:57 Thompson v  Craig     
11:06 Henderson v Jones    
11:15 Collins v Taylor 

Sandra Barnett 

Tournament Officer

Irish Ladies Golf Union 

sandra@ilgu.ie