Royal Portrush’s Stephanie Meadow came of age firing a one under par 71 in the third round at the Kraft Nabisco LPGA tour event at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California. After bogeying four of her first 7 holes on Saturday morning, Stephanie showed true character to knuckle down and birdie 5 of her remaining 10 holes to see her into the top 40 going into Sunday’s final round. Birdies at 9, 11, 13, 16 and ...
Ulster won the Interprovincial Matches from Leinster at Castle Dargan Co.Sligo. In a tense final afternoon, both teams secured two and a half points overall but Ulster took the title on matches won, 20 against 19 from Leinster. Final Points Table Ulster 2½ (20 matches won) Leinster 2½ (19 matches won) Munster 1 Connacht 0 Day 3 – Friday 5th April Leinster knew they needed to beat Connacht by a handsome margin in order to have any chance of retaining their title and started well ...
RCD Ladies’ Olivia Mehaffey leads the Irish Challenge after an opening 73 at the weather delayed Scottish U16 Girls Open Strokeplay at Strathmore, 4-5 April 2013. Mehaffey birdied the 2nd and 12th and then solidly parred the last 4 holes to lie just one stroke behind leader Alice Hewson (ENG) after she birdied the last to sign for a level par 72. Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little), Victoria Craig (Clandeboye) and Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) all signed for 77 ...
Lady Captain Robena McCandless and Mr. Captain Declan Dooher arrived in style at Banbridge Golf Club on St. Patricks Day to celebrate 100 years, of the Club’s founding. The course was opened for play on 17th March 1913 and was officially opened on 4th June 1913 by the Earl of Annesley who performed the ceremony before driving the first ball. The Ladies Branch had their first AGM on June 2nd, 1912 were Mrs. Wilson Smyth was elected ...
The €170,000 Northern Ireland Open Challenge will have two title sponsors and up to 13 minor backers when the action gets underway at Galgorm Castle from August 29 to September 1. Clannah Natural Energy and XJET are the main backers as top class golf returns to Northern Ireland hoping to ride the wave of enthusiasm created by last year’s hugely successful Irish Open staging at Royal Portrush. Tourism Minister Arlene Foster said: “Following the tremendous success of ...
The first scratch event of the 2013 ladies amateur golf season tees off at Royal Co. Down with their annual Scratch Salver 36 hole event on Sunday 24th March. Defending champion Paula Grant (Lisburn) will set out to claim back-to-back titles while the Maguire twins Leona and Lisa are sure to grace the winner’s enclosure as Ireland’s top female players return to the fairways after the winter break. Hot on their heels will be the in ...
Irish Intervarsities Championship University of Ulster student Paula Grant took that Ladies Intervarsity title after signing for a final round of 79 at the cold and breezy Co. Laois venue. This added to her opening 68 saw Grant win the event by eight shots from DCU’s Amy Farrell with Chloe Ryan of UCD a shot further back. Ryan Gribben rounded off a memorable week for the Northern University by winning the men’s event with a sensational three under ...
Intervarsities Match Play Tuesday 19th March University of Ulster claimed the Intervarsities Match Play title in a close encounter with pre tournament favourites NUI Maynooth. The northern side built a commanding lead at the halfway stage, being 3up in the first, third and fourth matches through 9 holes, with the other two matches all square. Matt McClean scored an early win for Ulster and the tie looked all but over when Paula Grant secured ...
The Irish Intervarsity Championship will take place at The Heritage Golf Club on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd March 2013. A full field will see 18 players compete over 36 holes for the ladies title which is sure to be fiercely contested as the high quality field boasts a number of current and past internationals, such as Lucy Simpson (QUB), Chloe Ryan (UCD), Emma O’Driscoll (UCD) & Aedin Murphy (NUIM Alumni) to name but a ...
The Team Ireland Golf Trust announced grants totaling €140,000 to fourteen aspiring golfers who are pursuing their careers on professional golf tours. More than €3 million has been provided to golf professionals since the scheme was introduced in 1999. The Team Ireland Golf Trust aims to contribute to an increase in the presence of Irish golf professionals on the various international tours. Peter Lawrie, Damian McGrane, Michael Hoey and Shane Lowry are some of the graduates of ...
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