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  Photo: Pat Cashman Beth Coulter (Kirkistown Castle) has won the Irish Girls’ Close Championship at Galway Golf Club. Leading from the start, Coulter won the Muwick Cup for best stroke play qualifier with rounds of 72 and 74 but that would not be the only silverware for her to take home as she also secured the Violet Haslett Cup as best under sixteen qualifier and the big one – the Black Cup. The Kirkistown Castle native needed no ...

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Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) claims three in a row defeating Maria O’Reilly from Headfort in the final.  Anita McCaw (Royal County Down Ladies) wins the Shirley MacDonald Plate trophy defeating Fiona Corbett from Castletroy and Alison Taylor wins the Therese O’Reilly trophy as leading qualifier. Corcoran overcame leading qualifier Alison Taylor (Malahide) in a tight semi final tussle to claim her berth in the final while O’Reilly beat past Champion Sheena McElroy (Grange). In the Shirley MacDonald (Plate Trophy), Fiona Corbett (Castletroy) defeated home ...

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      About: Advancements in technology, lighter overall club weight, expanded fitting options and premium materials combine to make the new G Le2 family PING’s highest performing women’s clubs to date, the company announced today. The complete line of clubs is available at authorised PING golf shops from 18th July and for pre-order around the world beginning today. “The G Le2 represents our continued commitment to providing women golfers of every skill level with premium, high-performance equipment optimised ...

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  Caption: Member of R.C. D. L. and Lisburn Golf Club Paula Grant – Image by Golffile The116th Women’s Amateur Championship Royal County Down Golf Club.  Contested by 144 competitors from 26 countries, including numerous players ranked in the top 100 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), the Women’s Amateur Champion will be crowned following 36-holes of stroke play qualifying and five rounds of matchplay. Of the 33 players representing the Home Nations, seven are from Ireland; Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe), ...

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With a final round 65, Leona Maguire found herself in a playoff at the Windsor Golf Classic on the Symetra Tour.    Leona Maguire stepped into the winner’s circle at the Windsor Golf Classic for the first win in her professional career. A birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Anannarukarn sealed the title. “I’ve been so close for the past few weeks and started off really well today, tried to keep my foot down,” said Maguire, ...

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England’s Meghan MacLaren secured a fourth successive top-10 finish on the Ladies European Tour as Daan Huizing won the inaugural Jordan Mixed Open presented by Ayla. MacLaren, 23, started her final round with three birdies in her first five holes and moved five shots ahead of Huizing in the first full field golf tournament to see men and women go head-to-head over the same course for a single prize purse. She bogeyed the sixth and birdied the ...

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The LET Access Series (LETAS) will field the strongest schedule in its history as it celebrates its 10th year in 2019. The series will feature 20 tournaments in nine countries across Europe, an increase from 13 last year. Total prize money also sees a significant increase to over €1 million, up from €590,000 in 2018. An exciting development for the 2019 LETAS season will see the top 55 players updated after each event throughout the series ...

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The Irish Girls Open Stroke Play takes place at Roganstown Hotel and Country Club from April 5th to 7th A discussion on the use of breathing techniques and mindfulness in golf at a recent ILGU Warm Weather Training week in Desert Springs, Spain, is what Aine Donegan (Woodstock) has attributed to her improved mental game and a boost in form since the beginning of 2019. “Donal [Scott] did a talk that week on breathing and mindfulness, which ...

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After landmark votes at separate meetings the I.L.G.U and the G.U.I. have formally approved the establishment of Golf Ireland.   The Irish Ladies Golf Union approved a special resolution at their AGM, while simultaneously the Golfing Union of Ireland passed a motion at a Special General Meeting.  In the case of the GUI, for the first time in its history postal voting was permitted, and 292 of the Union’s 395 clubs availed of this facility.  A further 34 ...

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12/01/2019. Ladies European Tour 2019. Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 10-12 January 2019. Charley Hull of England with her trophy. Credit: Tristan Jones   12 January 2019; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: England’s Charley Hull made the best possible start to 2019 when she claimed a wire-to-wire victory in the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open to earn her second Ladies European Tour trophy. Hull fired rounds of 67, 72 and 69 ...

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