Olivia Mehaffey masters weather - and Irish 

open stroke field

By SARAH CROWE

Irish Ladies Golf Union

An orange status weather warning was put in place for the final day of the Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship at the Island Golf Club. 51 players took to the course in swirling winds, but ready for battle.

The final group of Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL), Chloe Williams (Wales) and Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) teed off at 10:50. Mehaffey started the day one shot clear of Chloe Williams but her lead was extended to five shots through the front nine after Williams suffered three double bogeys and three bogeys. 

Despite an impressive eagle at the par 4 8th, it took Williams 44 shots (+7) to complete the front nine. Mehaffey dropped three shots on the front nine but turned in 40 (+3) to still hold a substantial lead.

Jessica Ross slowly crept up the leaderboard and turned in 41 (+4) to share second place with Chloe Williams. Chloe Ryan was +6 through nine to sit in 4th place on her own. It was all to play for on the back nine but required the chasing pack to go low in order to catch up on the world number 9. 

A steady back nine considering the conditions saw Mehaffey come home in 39 shots to card the joint best score of the day, 79. An 83 by Ryan and 87 from Williams placed them 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Winners
Nations Cup 451
IRELAND Team A
Maria Dunne
Olivia Mehaffey
Chloe Ryan
 
Best Gross 1st 18 76 Samantha Giles (England)
Best Gross 2nd 18 72 Fiona Liddell (GER)
Best Gross 3rd 18 79 Hannah McCook (SCO) on back 9 from Inci Mehmet (England) & Aedin Murphy
 
2nd Nett Overall  236 Celina Rosa Sattelkau (GER) 1 – 76, 78, 82
Best Nett Overall 235 Valerie Clancy (Killarney) 2, - 80, 70, 85
 
Cathy Smith Trophy for Under 18s 221 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) 78, 72, 84
 
4th place 233 Jessica Ross (Donaghadee) 75, 73, 85
3rd place 232 Chloe Williams (Wales) 75, 70, 87
2nd place 231 Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) 77, 71, 83
Champion  223 Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) 69, 75, 79

RESULTS R1 & R2
R1 Par 74 SSS 77 CSS 80 R2
Par 74 SSS 77 CSS 77
*R3 (reduction only) Par 74 SSS 77 CSS 80

Olivia Mehaffey wins Irish women's open stroke by 8 shots

1st		Olivia Mehaffey Royal Co. Down Ladies	69	75	79	223	+1
2nd		Chloe Ryan Castletroy Golf Club	77	71	83	231	+9
3rd		Chloe Williams Wales	75	70	87	232	+10
4th		Jessica Ross Donaghadee Golf Club	75	73	85	233	+11
5th		Niamh McSherry Lurgan Golf Club	78	72	84	234	+12
6th		Hannah McCook Scotland	77	78	79	234	+12
7th		Fiona Liddell Germany	82	72	81	235	+13
8th		Inci Mehmet England	77	79	79	235	+13
9th		Isabella Holpfer Austria	79	74	83	236	+14
10th		Samantha Giles England	76	75	85	236	+14
11th		Lianna Bailey England	81	75	82	238	+16
12th		Bethan Popel England	78	77	83	238	+16
13th		Gabrielle MacDonald Scotland	80	75	84	239	+17
14th		Celina Rosa Sattelkau Germany	77	79	83	239	+17
15th		Sophie Lamb England	77	75	87	239	+17
16th		Maria Dunne Skerries Golf Club	80	80	80	240	+18
17th		Valerie Clancy Killarney Golf Club	82	72	87	241	+19
18th		Gemma Clews England	78	80	83	241	+19
19th		Sinead Sexton Lahinch Golf Club	82	78	83	243	+21
20th		Olivia Winning England	84	76	85	245	+23
21st		Paula Grant Lisburn Golf Club	81	75	89	245	+23
22nd		Annabel Wilson Lurgan Golf Club	80	74	91	245	+23
23rd		Hanna Gunther Germany	85	80	81	246	+24
24th		Holly Morgan England	82	82	83	247	+25
25th		Rochelle Morris England	80	80	87	247	+25
26th		Aedin Murphy Carlow Golf Club	86	83	79	248	+26
27th		Mary Doyle The Heath Golf Club	86	78	84	248	+26
28th		Mairead Martin Killarney Golf Club	77	81	90	248	+26
29th		Cloe Frankish	79	80	90	249	+27
30th		Gillian O'Leary Island	81	85	84	250	+28
31st		Natalie Wagner Germany	81	76	93	250	+28
32nd		Anna Maria Diederichs Germany	90	79	82	251	+29
33rd		Marie Bechtold Germany	88	78	85	251	+29
34th		Rebecca Earl England	88	75	88	251	+29
35th		Meadhbh Doyle Portarlington Golf Club	85	81	85	251	+29
36th		Nina Lang Germany	85	79	87	251	+29
37th		Rachel Thompson Cork Golf Club	90	78	84	252	+30
38th		Fenja Rengstorf Germany	86	78	88	252	+30
39th		Shannon Burke Ballinrobe Golf Club	85	83	84	252	+30
40th		Katrina Gillum England	84	85	83	252	+30
41st		Ava Bergner Germany	84	82	86	252	+30
42nd		Nora Wrenger Germany	92	80	83	255	+33
43rd		Emily Toy England	88	79	91	258	+36
44th		Sarina Schmidt Germany	85	81	92	258	+36
45th		Molly Dowling Lucan	84	82	93	259	+37
46th		Shannen Brown The Heath Golf Club	93	80	87	260	+38
47th		Monika Isabella Hartl Germany	88	85	87	260	+38
48th		Angharad Evans Wales	88	80	92	260	+38
49th		Gemma McCarthy Clonmel Golf Club	82	83	97	262	+40
50th		Eva Lucia Linder Germany	88	84	92	264	+42
51st		Widya Van Velp Netherlands	85	82	101	268	+46
52nd		Anna Courtney Island	94	80		174	+26
53rd		Nicole McGavisk Donabate Golf Club	89	85		174	+26
54th		Chiara Vikkula Belgium	90	85		175	+27
55th		Gertie McMullen Island	88	87		175	+27
56th		Zhane Mayo England	93	83		176	+28
57th		Elisa Corcoran Grange Golf Club	90	86		176	+28
58th		Shannon O'Dwyer England	87	89		176	+28
59th		Emma Gilmore Mountbellew Golf Club	89	88		177	+29
60th		Maeve Kelly Castle Dargan	92	88		180	+32
61st		Hilary Hall Enniscrone Golf Club	89	91		180	+32
62nd		Talisa Brinker Germany	89	91		180	+32
63rd		Jenny Hennessy Lahinch Golf Club	92	89		181	+33
64th		Rachel McDonnell Elm Park Golf Club	101	85		186	+38
65th		Christine Bitterle Germany	99	88		187	+39
66th		Honoria Fogarty Castlecomer Golf Club	111			111	+37
67th		Hannah Leonie Karg Germany	88	WD
68th		Victoria Craig Royal Belfast Golf Club	94	WD
69th		Lauren Walsh Castlewarden Golf Club	WD
70th		Sara Byrne Douglas	WD
71st		Annabell Chedor Germany	WD	WD

Southampton student Emma finishes 

second at Ponte Vedra


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Emma Allen from Southampton, a freshman student at Missouri University, finished second in the Web.com Intercollegiate tournament at Marsh Landing Country Club, Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Emma, pictured below, had rounds of 69, 70 and 75 for a two-under-par total of 214 over a par-72 course of 5,987yd, finishing two strokes behind the winner, Nadine White (Campbell) who scored 70, 68 and 74 for 212.

Scottish women's amateur champion Clara Young, a second-year student at Missouri, finished T51 in a field of 90 players. The North Berwick player had rounds of 74, 74 and 81 for 229.
On the same mark was another Missouri student, Jess Meek from Carnoustie. 
She had rounds of 73, 78 and 78. Judging by all the scores, the conditions for the final round had not been easy.
Middle Tennessee (873) won the team title by a single shot from Campbell University (874) with North Florida (881) third.
Missouri (886) finished sixth in a field of 16 teams.

Meanwhile, at the Red Raider Invitational at The Rawls Course, Lubbock, Texas, Chloe Weir (Kansas State), a freshman from Belfast, finished T23 in a field of 75 players. 
Chloe scored 73, 74 and 77 for 224 - 15 shots behind the winner from Thailand, Yupaporn Kawinpakorn (Kansas) with 71, 66 and 72 for seven-under-par 209 over a 6,541yd, par-72 course.
Connie Jaffrey  (Kansas State), a second-year student from Kilwinning, Ayrshire, finished T31 on 226 with scores of 78, 75 and 73.

In the Argonaut Women's Invitational at Pensacola, Florida, Daisy-May Kenny (West Florida) , a final year student from Purley, finished T33 in a field of 99 players. She scored 83, 79 and 76 for 238 
Sophie Madden (Nova Southeastern), a freshman from Essex, finished T44 with scores of 79, 83 and 80 for 242.

Hally Leadbetter (Rollins), pictured right, daughter of famous coach David Leadbetter, lost at the second hole of a three-player play-off against Bernadette Little (Lee University) and Shannon McKew (Florida Southern) who holed a 40ft birdie putt to win the individual title. 
McKew's rounds were 75, 75 and 76; Leadbetter (who was placed second with a par at the second extra hole) 77, 74 and 75; Little 73, 77 and 76.