Irish women's open amateur stroke play championship

Olivia Mehaffey shows her class  to lead by six

 

FROM SARAH CROWE
IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION

 

Full Scores – Available HERE

On a day downtrodden by rain and wind at the Island Golf Club, 

Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) didn’t fail to impress. 

With a round of 69 (CSS 80), Olivia leads the 71 person field by 

six shots from Jessica Ross (Donaghadee) and Chloe Williams 

(Wales) at the Irish women'open amateur stroke play championship.

A flawless front nine included 3 birdies and 6 pars. One dropped shot on the 11^th was made up for when she carded an eagle 3 at the 18^th. 

Commenting on her round, Mehaffey 

(pictured right) said ‘I played really 

steady today and if I got in trouble I 

recovered well. Kevin LeBlanc, 

caddied for me so he was a great help’. 

Asked about her eagle 3 on 18, she 

commented ‘I hit driver and then 3 

wood to 12 feet and holed the putt so 

that was a nice way to finish’.

Wind picked up as the day progressed but the majority of players battled through the testing conditions to sign off on round one and prepare for Saturday's second round.

 Mehaffey’s closest Irish competitors include Jessica Ross (Donaghadee) on 75 and Mairead Martin (Killarney) and Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) with scores of 77’s.  There will be a cut to 50 players (+ ties) after 36 holes.    

For all Championship information, including live scoring please follow this link: Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship.  

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
CSS 80

1st Olivia Mehaffey(-4) Royal Co. Down Ladies	69
2nd Jessica Ross(-2) Donaghadee Golf Club	75
3rd Chloe Williams(-2) Wales	75
4th Samantha Giles(-3) England	76
5th Sophie Lamb(-3) England	77
6th Mairead Martin(0) Killarney Golf Club	77
7th Chloe Ryan(-2) Castletroy Golf Club	77
8th Inci Mehmet(-3) England	77
9th Hannah McCook(-1) Scotland	77
10th Celina Rosa Sattelkau(1) Germany	77
11th Bethan Popel(-3) England	78
12th Niamh McSherry(-1) Lurgan Golf Club	78
13th Gemma Clews(-2) England	78
14th Isabella Holpfer(-3) Austria	79
15th Cloe Frankish(-2)	79
16th Annabel Wilson(0) Lurgan Golf Club	80
17th Gabrielle MacDonald(-2) Scotland	80
18th Maria Dunne(-1) Skerries Golf Club	80
19th Rochelle Morris(-2) England	80
20th Paula Grant(-2) Lisburn Golf Club	81
21st Lianna Bailey(-2) England	81
22nd Natalie Wagner(-2) Germany	81
23rd Gillian O'Leary(1) Island	81
24th Holly Morgan(-2) England	82
25th Gemma McCarthy(3) Clonmel Golf Club	82
26th Valerie Clancy(2) Killarney Golf Club	82
27th Sinead Sexton(-1) Lahinch Golf Club	82
28th Fiona Liddell(-3) Germany	82
29th Ava Bergner(-1) Germany	84
30th Molly Dowling(1) Lucan	84
31st Katrina Gillum(2) England	84
32nd Olivia Winning(-2) England	84
33rd Shannon Burke(2) Ballinrobe Golf Club	85
34th Meadhbh Doyle(3) Portarlington Golf Club	85
35th Hanna Gunther(-2) Germany	85
36th Widya Van Velp(4) Netherlands	85
37th Nina Lang(-1) Germany	85
38th Sarina Schmidt(-1) Germany	85
39th Aedin Murphy(1) Carlow Golf Club	86
40th Fenja Rengstorf(1) Germany	86
41st Mary Doyle(0) The Heath Golf Club	86
42nd Shannon O'Dwyer(4) England	87
43rd Monika Isabella Hartl(0) Germany	88
44th Eva Lucia Linder(1) Germany	88
45th Rebecca Earl(1) England	88
46th Gertie McMullen(1) Island	88
47th Marie Bechtold(1) Germany	88
48th Hannah Leonie Karg(0) Germany	88
49th Angharad Evans(2) Wales	88
50th Emily Toy(0) England	88
51st Hilary Hall(9) Enniscrone Golf Club	89
52nd Nicole McGavisk(6) Donabate Golf Club	89
53rd Talisa Brinker(5) Germany	89
54th Emma Gilmore(5) Mountbellew Golf Club	89
55th Elisa Corcoran(5) Grange Golf Club	90
56th Rachel Thompson(5) Cork Golf Club	90
57th Chiara Vikkula(4) Belgium	90
58th Anna Maria Diederichs(0) Germany	90
59th Maeve Kelly(5) Castle Dargan	92
60th Jenny Hennessy(5) Lahinch Golf Club	92

DRAW SHEET
Sat 9th Player (Club)                                                                                             

08:00   Gillian O'Leary (The Island)

            Celina Rosa Sattelkau (Germany)

            Chiara Vikkula (Belgium)

08:10   Fenja Rengstorf (Germany)

            Aedin Murphy (Carlow)

            Angharad Evans (Wales)

08:20   Eva Lucia Linder (Germany)

            Molly Dowling (Ireland)

            Shannon O'Dwyer (England)

08:30 Starters Gap

08:40   Gertie Mcmullen (The Island)

            Christine Bitterle (Germany)

            Widya Van Velp (Netherlands)

08:50   Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe)

            Jenny Hennessy (Lahinch)

09:00   Shannon Brown (The Heath)

            Valerie Clancy (Killarney)

09:10   Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast)

            Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel)

            Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington)

09:20 Starters gap

09:30   Zhane Mayo (England)

            Anna Courtney (The Island)

            Emma Gilmore (Mountbellew)

09:40   Talisa Brinker (Germany)

            Rachel Thompson (Cork)

            Maeve Kelly (Castle Dargan)

09:50   Rachael McDonnell (Elm Park)

            Elisa Corcoran (Grange)

10:00   Nicole McGavisk (Donabate)

            Hilary Hall (Enniscrone)

            Hororia Fogarty (Castlecomer)

10:10   Inci Mehmet (England)                                              

            Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co. Down Ladies)                 

            Fiona Liddell (Germany)                                                                                            

10:20   Samantha Giles (England)                             

            Chloe Ryan (Castletroy)                                                                     

            Chloe Williams (Wales)                                                                                             

10:30   Sophie Lamb (England)                                  

            Jessica Ross (Donaghadee)                                                                

            Isabella Holpfer (Austria)                                                                                          

10:40   Bethan Popel (England)                                 

            Paula Grant (Lisburn)                                                                                                 

10:50   Rochelle Morris (England)                 

            Natalie Wagner (Germany)                           

            Niamh McSherry (Lurgan)                                                                                         

11:00   Cloe Frankish (England)                                 

            Hanna Gunther (Germany)                                                                

            Gabrielle MacDonald (Scotland)                                                                               

11:10   Gemma Clews (England)                               

            Nina Lang (Germany)                                                                                                

11:20   Lianna Bailey (England)                                 

            Ava Bergner (Germany)                                                                    

            Maria Dunne (Skerries)                                                                                             

11:30   Holly Morgan (England)                                

            Sarina Schmidt (Germany)                                                                

            Hannah McCook (Scotland)                                                                                       

11:40   Olivia Winning (England)                               

            Hannah-Leonie Karg (Germany)                                                                                            

11:50   Mairead Martin (Killarney)                           

            Anna-Maria Diederichs (Germany)                                                                           

12:00   Emily Toy (England)                                       

            Sinead Sexton (Lahinch)                                                         

            Nora Wrenger (Germany)                                                                                         

12:10   Annabel Wilson (Lurgan)                                           

            Monika Isabella Hartl (Germany)                                          

            Rebecca Earl (England)                                                                                             

12:20   Mary Doyle (The Heath)                                                                    

            Marie Bechtold (Germany)                                                               

            Katrina Gillum (England)       

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Chloe shoots record 66 to pip Gemma for 

British Universities title at Crail

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Chloe Goadby (Stirling University), pictured above with the trophy,  shot a brilliant final round of eight-under-par 66 - three shots inside the old record of 66 set by rival and team-mate Gemma Batty 24 hours earlier - to win the British Universities Golf Tour's women's championship at Crail Golfing Society today.

Chloe, a member of the St Regulus Club, St Andrews, had ever improving scores of 81, 75, 70 and 66 for a four-under-par aggregate of 292.
Chloe (pictured) pipped the overnight leader Gemma Batty by one stroke. Scottish universities title-holder Gemma had scores of 77, 73, 69 and 75 for a total of 293.
Miranda Brain (St Andrews) finished third on 298.
The men's championship was won by Durham University's Spanish student Juan Miguel Heredia with scores of 70, 73, 71 and 70 for four-under-par 284.
He won by two shots from Andrew Wilson (Northumbria) 75-74-67-70 with James Glenn (Durham) and Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling) tied for third place on 287.
Eggenberger, a Swiss international, won the R and A Foundation Scholars tournament men's title after a play-off at St Andrews earlier this week.
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BRITISH UNIVERSITIES GOLF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Crail Golfing Society
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
MEN
par 288 (4x72)
284 J M Heredia (Durham) 70 73 71 70
286 A Wilson (Northumbria) 75 74 67 70
287 J Glenn (Durham) 74 70 71 72, M Eggenberger (Stirling) 71 72 72 72
288 R Dutton (Ulster) 71 73 75 69, T Beasley (St Andrews) 74 71 69 74
290 L Shepherd (Stirling) 75 72 71 72, H Tomlinson (Stirling) 74 73 70 73.
294 C MacLean (Stirling) 80 71 72 71

WOMEN
par 296 (4x74)
292 C Goadby (Stirling) 81 75 70 66
293 G Batty (Stirling) 77 72 69 75
298 M Brain (St Andrews) 78 74 73 73
301 J Saxton ( 80 71 74 76
304 M Lockett (Birmingham) 79 75 75 75
308 T Mactaggart (Stirling) 78 76 79 75
309 S Stone (Exeter) 81 76 76 76
310 A Cockram (Bournemouth) 81 81 72 76
311 M Danielsson (St Andrews) 80 78 80 73
315 N Banovec (Abertay Dundee) 77 81 80 77

The MyGolfRankings for  Week 2016/13

                                                                                                                                        

ANGUS LADIES

1 Sakuna Ramsay (Edzell) 1275 points

2 Jackie Brown (Monifieth) 969

3 Jane Tough (Brechin) 928

4 Pauline Logue (Montrose Caledonia) 873

5 Jan Ord (Forfar) 867

6 Carol Grant (Montrose Caledonia) 813

7 Doreen Adam (Montrose Caledonia) 800

8 *Margaret Smith (Arbroath) 773

9 *Mary Summers (Panmure) 756

10 *Linda Myles (Forfar) 750

ANGUS CLUBS – LADIES

1 Montrose Caledonia 770 points

2 Forfar 707

3 Arbroath 677

4 Monifieth 599

5 Brechin 580

6 Panmure 562

7 Edzell 558

8 *Montrose Mercantile 518

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Scottish Under-18 girls' open stroke-play play-off

 Hazel top Scot in 7th place as Emily Price 

wins play-off against Annabel Fuller (13)

      Emily Price with the championship trophy. Picture by courtesy of Kenny Smith
 By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Emily Price made it three big wins in a row over the past two weeks when she beat 13-year-old Annabel Fuller in an all-England play-off for the inaugural Scottish Under-18 girls' open amateur stroke-play championship after they had tied at the end of the regulation 54 holes at Strathmore Golf Centre, Alyth.

Last week, within the space of four days, 16-year-old Price, whose home club, the  quaintly-named Cleobury Mortimer is in Shropshire, won two prestigious open tournaments in England - The Whittington Trophy and the Leveret Trophy.

An eagle 3 at the 14th and a birdie at the 18th in a closing round of three-under-par 69 after a pair of par 72s for a total of three-under 213 put Price into a play-off with Roehampton's young Fuller who had scores of 71, 70 and 72 after a bogey-free final inward half that included birdies at the 11th, 14th, 16th and 18th.

It took only one play-off hole to determine the overall winner, with Price birdieing the 16th for the championship

There was consolation for Fuller who was presented with the Menzies Trophy as the leading player under the age of 16. 

Hazel MacGarvie from Troon Ladies was the leading Scot in seventh place, ending her week on level par 216 with scores of 71, 73 and 72. Birdies at the 11th and 14th helped to keep her in the top 10.

Aboyne’s Shannon McWilliam just missed out on a top 10 finish with rounds of 74, 73 and 71 for two-over 218 and a share of 11th place.

Home course hope Kirsty Brodie finished joint 18th on 222 with 75-73-74.

SCOTTISH UNDER-18 GIRLS' OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Strathmore Golf Centre, Alyth

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) SSS 73 CSS 73 73 73
213 E Price (Cleobury Mortimer) 72 72 69, A Fuller (Roehampton) 71 70 72 (Price won play-off at first extra hole)
214 S Johnson (Telford) 74 71 69, C Borge (Norway) 72 69 73, A Williamson (Royal Cromer) 71 72 71
215 K Lund (Norway) 75 71 69
216 H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 71 73 71
217 S Dutrieux (Wrotham Heath) 74 72 71, H Muse (West Lancs) 72 74 71

SELECTED TOTALS
218 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 74 73 71 (T11)
222 K Brodie (Strathmore) 75 73 74 (T18)
224 J Farrell (Cardross) 76 75 73, J Free (Gullane) 74 77 72 (T21)
228 L Duncan (West Kilbride) 77 79 72, A Muirhead (Jumeirah) 74 78 76 (T29)
232 J Rankine (Haggs Castle) 78 79 75 (T38)
233 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 74 82 77 (T40)
234 C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 74 83 77 (T46)
235 E Morrison (Craigmillar Park) 82 76 77, M Fraser (Powfoot) 79 77 79 (T50)
238 C Griffiths (Aboyne) 77 80 81 (T56)
240 M Robb (Peterculter) 82 77 81, P Wilson (Burntisland) 77 78 75 (T60)
246 L Lee (Musselburgh) 82 76 88 (62nd). 

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Roll up! Arbroath Smokie Seniors (July 20-21)  open to Lady pros, lady amateurs over age of 18


From COLIN FARQUHARSON
David  James, organiser of the Senior Golf Circuit for amateurs and
 professionals over the age of 48, is proposing to thrown the "Arbroath Smokie Seniors" t p;ournament (July 20-21, practice day July 19) open to ALL lady professionals over the age of 18.
Low handicap lady amateurs (5 and under, say) would also be welcome.
Will have more details shortly but put the dates in your diary.
If we can get enough ladies to enter then David might well make entry to ladies a regular feature of his Senior Golf Ciruit, which is completely separate from the European Senior Tour but also runs events all over the Continent.
Let me know if you are interested,  please.
Below is the original announcement about the "Arbroath Smokie Seniors" but I would stress again that it would be open to ANY lady pro or low handicap lady amateur over the age of 18.
Colin Farquharson  

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Introducing the Arbroath Smokie Seniors for 

amateurs and pros over the age of 48

SENIOR GOLF CIRCUIT NEWS RELEASE
Have you ever wondered what happens to the hundreds of players who travel to the Senior Open Qualifying and do not make it through to the main event?  
Until now they have made a long sad drive home or moped around for a couple of days checking flights and tried to get on a local golf course.  
Well not anymore!  Following this year’s Monday Qualifying for the Senior Open at Carnoustie, we now have the Arbroath Smokie Seniors on July  20th and 21st. 
The practice round on the Tuesday is followed by 36 holes on the next two days.  Arbroath is a true, old links course, dating back to 1877, and is on the East coast of Scotland between Aberdeen and Dundee, only 10 minutes north of Carnoustie.  
The Arbroath Smokie Seniors  is open to amateurs and pros over the age of 48 and you do not have to play in the Senior Open Qualifying to be eligible.