Darkness suspends play at the AIG Ladies Cups and Shields

Photos above: Deirdre Lee (Lee Valley) and Lee Valley –AIG Minor Cup Champions Courtesy of  Pat Cashman Photography

Lee Valley win the AIG Minor Cup but the AIG Senior Foursomes and AIG Intermediate Cup were suspended due to darkness.

After overcoming Donaghadee yesterday, Lee Valley met Connacht champions Mountbellew in today’s AIG Minor Cup Final. The first point went to Rose Driscoll, who carded a 2&1 victory over Katie Coleman. Breda O’Callaghan added a second win for the Munster team and it was Deirdre Lee who secured the win for the Cork club. “We’re absolutely thrilled, it could have gone either way right up until the end, it was an amazing contest,” said Team Captain Angela Corcoran. “This is our third All-Ireland, we have won two Intermediate Cups and now a Minor Cup in the last 5 years, it’s a huge honour for our 25-year-old club!”

In the AIG Intermediate Cup final, Carton House and Cahir Park were neck and neck throughout. A convincing 7&5 win for Michelle Keating in the second match was counterbalanced by a win for Siobhan Plunkett. Emma Fox and Joanne Noonan added another point for each team with the last match becoming the decider. However, the final match went the distance and while both teams had a chance to win on the 19th and 20th, light was the winner and after 4 extra holes both team managers decided to suspend play and continue the match tomorrow morning.

Killarney were aiming to win their second All-Ireland pennant of the year in the AIG Senior Foursomes final. The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Cup Champions were up against Roscommon, playing in their first All-Ireland final. Top match pairing Mary Sheehy and Fidelma O’Connor won their match for the Munster side on the 18th, with Roscommon pair Ruth Lennon and Ciara Hereward-Ryan closing out their match 5&3. Again, due to light, the 3rd match, which had just finished the 20th hole, decided to return tomorrow to finish their match.

The play will resume tomorrow at 10:00am for the Senior Foursomes on the 21st tee and Intermediate Cup on the 23rd tee, with the Junior Foursomes Final also teeing off at 10.00am.

AIG LADIES CUPS AND SHIELDS DAY 3 RESULTS
AIG Junior Foursomes Semi Finals
Ballykisteen (2) Woodbrook (1) (Ballykisteen names first) Jane Cowhey & Catherine Murphy lost to Gail Wolfe & Siobhan Ward 4&3; Catherine English & Nessa Fahy O’Donnell beat Bridgette Byrne & Susan O’Dwyer by 1 hole; Sarah Toomey & Mary Toomey beat Ger Cantrell & Marcell Acton 2&1
Portumna (3) The Heath (0) (Portumna names first) Mary Kelly & Brid Kelly beat Sadie Ging & Mary Malone 2&1; Carmel Cunningham & Bernie Kilmartin beat Helen Kelly & May Tyrrell 4&3; Mary McElroy & Mary Madden beat Mary Cushen & Ann Dunne 3&2

AIG Junior Cup Semi Finals
Limerick (3) Stackstown (2) (Limerick names first) Emma Guinnane lost to Mairaid Cronin by 1 hole; Fiona McGann beat Mary Horn 3&1; Siobhan Conway lost to Kate O’Connor by 1 hole; Emily Walsh beat Marian White 5&4; Heather Fitzgerald beat Anne O’Connor 3&1
Athenry (4) Royal Curragh (1) (Athenry names first) Marie Carr beat Regina Foley by 1 hole; Nicola Nally beat Mary McNally 6&5; Pat Jacobsen halved with Mary O’Meara (called-in); Nicola Burke halved with Caroline Condon (called-in); Teresa Coen beat Marie Egan 5&3.

AIG Challenge Cup Semi Finals
Malahide (4.5) Doneraile (0.5) (Malahide names first) Vanessa McCann beat Marie Kelleher 8&6; Niamh Clarke beat Jean Harrington 19th; Louise Lynch beat Noreen Roche by 2 holes; Maire Falvey halved with Sarah Coughlan (called-in); Louise Young beat Marie Murphy 3&1.
Fintona (4) Mountbellew (1) (Fintona names first) Pat Quinn lost to Emma Morrow 8&6; Bernie McCillen beat Mary Ryan 2&1; Angela Montague beat Bridie Jones by 1 hole; Fanchea Donnelly beat Mary Dolan 2&1; Kathleen Donnelly beat Bernadette Jordan 4&3

AIG Minor Cup Final
Mountbellew (1) Lee Valley (4) (Mountbellew names first) Rose Driscoll beat Katie Coleman 2&1; Deirdre Lee beat Kathleen Raftery 19th; Jane O’Neill halved with Geraldine Coyne (called-in); Breda O’Callaghan beat Patricia Burke 2&1; Helen Gough halved with Rose Devaney (called-in)

AIG Intermediate Cup Final
Cahir Park vs. Carton House TBC (Cahir Park names first) Emma Fox beat Susan Carey 19th; Maura Bruton lost to Michelle Keating 7&5; Siobhan Plunkett beat Breda Keating 2&1; Ros McCarthy lost to Joanne Quaid Noonan 2&1; Ann McQuillan vs. Patricia Browne TBC (AS thru 22)

AIG Senior Foursomes Final
Roscommon vs. Killarney TBC (Roscommon names first) Sinead Benedetti & Mary Lalor lost to Mary Sheehy & Fidelma O’Connor by 2 holes; Ruth Lennon & Ciara Hereward-Ryan beat Deirdre Prendergast & Ann Moynihan-Rudden 5&3; Paula Quinn & Rosemary O’Brien vs. Eimear O’Donnell & Amy Arthur TBC (AS thru 20)

AIG LADIES CUPS AND SHIELDS DAY 4 DRAW
10:00 Senior Foursomes Final & Intermediate Cup Final resume play
10:00 Junior Foursomes Final
10:40 Junior Cup Final
11:30 Challenge Cup Final

SCOT FIONA LIDDELL EQUALS BAYLOR UNIVERSITY RECORD WITH A 65

Fiona Liddell

Baylor Universitywomen’s golf shot 3-under-par 281 in the final round to finish in 12th place at the Schooner Fall Classic. The Lady Bears carded a 54-hole total of 18-over-par 870.
Baylor (+18) earned wins over Texas State (+24), Mississippi State (+33) and Tulsa (+38). BU finished behind Alabama (-21), Clemson (-4), Florida (-3), Texas (-1), Florida State (+1), Oklahoma (+2), Notre Dame (+2), Texas A&M (+7), Washington (+7), Miami (+11) and UCF (+15). Gerema
Sophomore Fiona Liddell, a former Scottish U18 girls champion and daughter of a Germany-based Scottish golf professional, recorded seven birdies and one bogey on her way to tying the school record with a 65 in the final round. She posted the ninth 65 in school history and joined Laura Lonardi, Hayley Davis, Lene Hafsten-Morch and Jaclyn Jansen atop the Baylor record book.
Liddell finished tied for 13th place with a 54-hole total of 2-under-par 211.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Fiona Liddell became the fifth different BU player to shoot 65 in tournament play.
• Liddell’s 6-under tie the sixth-best score to par in school history.
• Liddell finished second in the 81-player field in par-3 scoring at 3-under 2.80 and tied for ninth in par-4 scoring at 2-under 3.93.
• Liddell tied the best par-4 scoring average in the final round at 4-under 3.56, and her seven birdies tied for second-most in the final round.

• Baylor finished 10th in the 15-team field in par-3 scoring at 10-over 3.13, tied for 11th in par-5 scoring at 3-over 5.05 and 12th in par-4 scoring at 34-over 4.25.
• BU made 43 birdies over three rounds, tied for seventh-most in the field.
• BU made 20 birdies on Monday, tied for third-most in the final round.
STAT OF THE DAY
65 – Fiona Liddell tied the school record with a final round 65. Five different BU players have shot 65 a total of nine times – Hayley Davis (four times), Laura Lonardi (twice), Lene Hafsten-Morch (once), Jaclyn Jansen (once) and Liddell (once). Liddell’s 6-under tied the sixth-best score to par in school history.
TOP QUOTE I
Head coach Jay Goble on the tournament …
“It’s not exactly the way we wanted to start off the year, but I scheduled it this way so that we could gain some momentum. It was nice to have a good round today. We talked this morning about learning from our mistakes and trying to get better to get some momentum going into the Annika next week, so we accomplished what we wanted today. They don’t give away national championship trophies in September, and I want my team to get better throughout the year and feel good about their games in April and May, so that’s what we’re going to shoot for. We’re going to learn from each tournament and each round that we play and try to move forward from here.”
TOP QUOTE II
Goble on Fiona Liddell’s record-tying round …
“It was pretty awesome. It was an amazing day for her. The thing with Fiona is that she can be as good as she wants to be. She had a great round for us at regionals last year with a 68 at University of Georgia. She really turns a switch every once in a while and looks like she just can’t miss a shot. She hit her irons amazing today, and she putted better. I think she’s an average putter that can get better, and she putted really well today, so it was nice to see the ball go in the hole.”
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor next competes at The ANNIKA Intercollegiate, a match play event that runs Oct. 1-3 at Olympic Hills Golf Club in Eden Prairie, Minn. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.

Revive Active Ladies Fourball National Finals

Margaret McAuliffe (Ballybunion)

Molly Dowling (Lucan) -- both photos courtesy of Pat Cashman

Revive Active Ladies Fourball National Finals
Royal Tara Golf Club
7th & 8th October 2017

All-Ireland Dreams at Revive Active Fourball Finals

Full Tournament Information CLICK HERE

The Revive Active Fourball National Finals take place at Royal Tara on the 7 – 8 of October. Nestling at the base of the Historic Hill of Tara in the Royal County of Meath, Royal Tara Golf Club is one of Ireland’s most enjoyable and conveniently located inland golf courses. Played across the Cluide and Tara nine’s the Ladies Fourball National Finals are sure to provide an exciting spectacle of golf.

Regional Champions Lucan, Killymoon, Ballybunion and Portumna have battled to reach the final 4 from 220 clubs who entered the event at the beginning of the year. Ballybunion have tasted success before in this event, winning at Newlands in 2015, while both Lucan and Portumna also had teams competing at the AIG Cups and Shields National Finals this year.

Each team consists of 5 pairings, the lowest handicap in each match plays off scratch and will concede strokes to the other three players based on 90% of the difference between full handicaps.

Revive Active is in its second year of sponsoring the National Ladies Fourball, providing a range of super supplements, Revive Active generously give a 15% Discount to ILGU Members by using the code L15 on their website www.reviveactive.com

Revive Active National Finals
Semi- Finals – Saturday 7th October
10:30 Lucan vs. Killymoon
11:20 Ballybunion vs. Portumna

Final – Sunday 8th October
13:00 Semi Final 1 vs. Semi Final 2

LAUREN WHYTE HELPS DENVER WIN TEAM TITLE

Denver team -- Lauren third from left

Former Scottish U18 girls champion Lauren Whyte from St Andrews played a big part in helping Denver University win the GolfWeek Conference Women's College Challenge title at Red Sky Golf Club, Wolcott in Colorado.
The Scot had rounds of 72, 75 and 70 for a total of 217 and finished 11th in a field of 90 players, eight shots behind the winner by four, Haley Moore (Arizona).

Denver (872) won the team title by two shots from Pepperdine in a field of 18 teams