Five-shot lead for Loucks at Elm Park

Curtis Cup star Breanne Loucks (Wales) leads the field by five strokes going into the final round of the Irish Women’s Open Strokeplay at Elm Park Golf Club.
 
In blustery but dry conditions, Loucks fired an impressive 69 over the testing par 73 layout where all but one of the tees was played off the men’s blue medal sticks.
 
Thirteen year old twin Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), runner-up to Leona at the Women’s Close in Westport, was next best on 146 with a fine 74 added to her opening one under 72. French U18 International Audrey Goumard with an opening 70 matched Maguire’s tally as did Turkish International Nejla Gercek after a fine 72 in the afternoon.
Irish Women’s Close Champion Leona Maguire added a 75 to her opening 72 to lie just one shot further back alongside Carlow’s Aedin Murphy who punched well above her weight to return a one over par 74 following an opening 73. Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co. Down Ladies) was best in the afternoon with a 71 to leave her eight shots off the pace.

The in-form Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) signed for a disappointing 81 in the afternoon following a level par 73 in the morning while just six shots off the pace Tara Delaney (Carlow) is well placed to attack on the home stretch.
The top forty who survived today’s cut, at 13 over par, commence their final round at 8am on Sunday with the leaders teeing off at 10.20am.

IRISH WOMEN’S OPEN STROKEPLAY – leaders after 36 holes
141 Breanne Loucks (WAL) 69 72
146 Nejla Gercek (TUR) 74 72 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 72 74 Audrey Goumard (FRA) 70 76
147 Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 74 73 Roseanne Niven (SCO) 73 74 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 72 75 Tara Delaney (Carlow) 72 75
149 Danielle McVeigh (RCDL) 78 71 Charlotte Wild (ENG) 76 73
150 Charlotte Ellis (ENG) 75 75 Louise Kenney (SCO) 73 77
151 Leigh Whittaker (GER) 77 74 Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) 76 75 Tara Watters (ENG) 76 75
152 Jane Turner (SCO) 80 72 Alexandra Bonetti (FRA) 79 73 Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL) 78 74 Emilie Alonso (FRA) 76 76
153 Jo Nicolson (WAL) 78 75 Nina Holleder (GER) 77 76 Gemma Hegarty (Greencastle) 75 78
154 Shirley Harvey (Ballyclare) 80 74 Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 78 76 Rosanna Crepiat (FRA) 76 78 Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 73 81
155 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 77 78
156 Tara Davies (WAL) 77 79 Anne McCormack (Roscommon) 76 80
157 Elcin Ulu (TUR) 82 75 Ragna Bjork Olafsdottir (ISL) 77 80 Rebecca Watson (SCO) 77 80
158 Dawn Marie Conaty (Ashbourne) 81 77 Karen Delaney (Carlow) 80 78 Megan Briggs (SCO) 79 79 Sarah Faller (Galway) 78 80 Tinna Johannsdottir (ISL) 77 81
159 Claire MacDonald (SCO) 83 76 Claire Marie Carlton (SCO) 76 83 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 75 84

NON-QUALIFIERS
160 Maura Morrin (The Curragh) 75 85
161 Lauren Mackin (ESP) 83 78 Veronika Holisova (CZE) 80 81 Monique Smit (RSA) 79 82 Mary McKenna (Donabate) 76 85 Deirdre Walsh (Milltown) 75 86
162 Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 84 78 Rachel Cassidy (Stirling Univ) 81 81 Elle Sandak (AUS) 80 82 Nano Brennan (Elm Park) 79 83 Ciara Butler (Newlands) 78 84
163 Matia Maffiuletti (ITA) 84 79 Valdis Thora Jonsdottir (ISL) 84 79 Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 81 82 Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 80 83
164 Fiona Howard (ENG) 82 82 Jocelyn Carthew (SCO) 81 83
166 Hermione Fitzgerald (ENG) 84 82
167 Pat Doran (Donabate) 83 84
168 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) 88 80 Emma Fairnie (SCO) 81 87
169 Eilidh Briggs (SCO) 82 87
170 Naoimh McMahon (Shannon) 81 89
171 Catherine Tucker (Limerick) 84 87 Agnes Doherty (Ballyliffin) 82 89
172 Mairead MacNamara (Woodbrook) 88 84
175 Laurence Herman (BEL) 84 91
177 Christine Armanasco (Claremorris) 85 92
184 Sarah Crowe (Tipperary) 92 92
 RTD Gertie McMullen (The Island) 85 RTD Maria Dunne (Skerries) 88 RTD Vicki Power (Dundalk) 94 RTD

Timesheet – Sunday 29 June:
08:00 Claire MacDonald (SCO) Audrey Goumard (FRA)
08:10 Rosanna Crepiat (FRA) Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL)
08:20 Claire Marie Carlton (SCO) Alexandra Bonetti (FRA) Emilie Alonso (FRA)
08:30 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) Sarah Faller (Galway) Tinna Johannsdottir (ISL)
08:40 Dawn Marie Conaty (Ashbourne) Karen Delaney (Carlow) Megan Briggs (SCO)
08:50 Ragna Bjork Olafsdottir (ISL) Rebecca Watson (SCO) Elcin Ulu (TUR)
09:00 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) Tara Davies (WAL) Anne McCormack (Roscommon)
09:20 Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) Gillian O'Leary (Cork) Shirley Harvey (Ballyclare)
09:30 Jo Nicolson (WAL) Nina Holleder (GER) Gemma Hegarty (Greencastle)
09:40 Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) Tara Watters (ENG) Jane Turner (SCO)
09:50 Charlotte Ellis (ENG) Louise Kenney (SCO) Leigh Whittaker (GER)
10:00 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) Danielle McVeigh (RCDL) Charlotte Wild (ENG)
10:10 Aedin Murphy (Carlow) Roseanne Niven (SCO) Tara Delaney (Carlow)
10:20 Breanne Loucks (WAL) Nejla Gercek (TUR) Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell)