Loucks wins Irish Women's Open by three at Elm Park
Curtis Cup star Breanne Loucks (Wales) fired a final round 73 to beat Scotland’s Roseanne Niven by three strokes at the Irish Women’s Open Strokeplay at Elm Park Golf Club, 28 June 2008.
In blustery but dry conditions, Loucks registered two birdies early on and got to three under par before the turn. She encountered tree trouble on the inward nine but steadied the ship to finish just one over par and claim her first Irish Open title.
Scotland’s Roseanne Niven birdied 16 and 18 to post a two under par 70 to finish one ahead of Lisa Magure (Slieve Russell) and Charlotte Wild who posted a best of the day 69.
Lisa’s twin sister Leona was four shots further back alongside Tara Delaney (Carlow) and Audrey Goumard (France). Aedin Murphy (Carlow) celebrated a magnificent weekend’s work to finish in eighth place, earning her an invitation to play in the AIB Ladies Irish Open at The Portmarnock Links in mid July.
In the International team event, Wales beat Ireland by one shot with England four shots further back, six ahead of Germany.
IRISH WOMEN’S OPEN STROKEPLAY – ELM PARK GOLF CLUB
214 Breanne Loucks (WAL) 69 72 73
217 Roseanne Niven (SCO) 73 74 70
218 Charlotte Wild (ENG) 76 73 69 218 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 72 74 72
222 Tara Delaney (Carlow) 72 75 75 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 72 75 75 Audrey Goumard (FRA) 70 76 76
223 Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 74 73 76
225 Nina Holleder (GER) 77 76 72 Leigh Whittaker (GER) 77 74 74
226 Emilie Alonso (FRA) 76 76 74 Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) 76 75 75 Charlotte Ellis (ENG) 75 75 76
227 Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL) 78 74 75 Danielle McVeigh (RCDL) 78 71 78 Louise Kenney (SCO) 73 77 77
228 Jo Nicolson (WAL) 78 75 75
229 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 77 78 74 Nejla Gercek (TUR) 74 72 83
230 Alexandra Bonetti (FRA) 79 73 78 Tara Davies (WAL) 77 79 74
231 Elcin Ulu (TUR) 82 75 74 Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 78 76 77 Tara Watters (ENG) 76 75 80 Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 73 81 77
232 Jane Turner (SCO) 80 72 80 Ragna Bjork Olafsdottir (ISL) 77 80 75 Rosanna Crepiat (FRA) 76 78 78
234 Karen Delaney (Carlow) 80 78 76
235 Megan Briggs (SCO) 79 79 77
236 Dawn Marie Conaty (Ashbourne) 81 77 78 Rebecca Watson (SCO) 77 80 79 Gemma Hegarty (Greencastle) 75 78 83
239 Claire Marie Carlton (SCO) 76 83 80
240 Shirley Harvey (Ballyclare) 80 74 86 Anne McCormack (Roscommon) 76 80 84
241 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 75 84 82
242 Sarah Faller (Galway) 78 80 84
244 Claire MacDonald (SCO) 83 76 85 Tinna Johannsdottir (ISL) 77 81 86
INTERNATIONAL TEAM EVENT
439 WALES Tara Davies 77 (79) 74 Breanne Loucks 69 72 73 Rhian Wyn Thomas (78) 74 (75)
440 IRELAND Niamh Kitching (73) (81) (77) Leona Maguire 72 75 75 Lisa Maguire 72 74 72
444 ENGLAND Charlotte Ellis 75 75 76 Tara Watters 76 (75) (80) Charlotte Wild (76) 73 69
449 FRANCE Alexandra Bonetti (79) 73 (78) Rosanna Crepiat 76 (78) 78 Audrey Goumard 70 76 76
450 GERMANY Nina Holleder 77 76 72 Leigh Whittaker 77 74 74
459 SCOTLAND Jocelyn Carthew (81) (83) Louise Kenney 73 77 77 Jane Turner 80 72 80
460 TURKEY Nejla Gercek 74 72 83 Elcin Ulu 82 75 74
474 ICELAND Tinna Johannsdottir 77 (81) 86 Valdis Thora Jonsdottir (84) 79 Ragna Bjork Olafsdottir 77 80 85