Lisa Maguire wins Irish Open at seventh tie hole
The professionals on the Ladies European Tour will be nervously looking out for 14 year old Lisa Maguire in this week’s Ladies Irish Open at Portmarnock Links.
The Cavan twin birdied the seventh extra hole to win the 3 Irish Women's Amateur Open Strokeplay following a playoff with England’s Hannah Burke after they tied on five under par at Douglas.
Named on the Vagliano Trophy side with sister Leona last week, Lisa’s victory gave her a coveted Irish Open - Irish Close double.
They Slieve Russell pair are the top attractions in this week's AIB Ladies Irish Open where Laura Davies is the headline act.
In blustery but dry conditions, Maguire parred the first to establish a five shot lead over second place Jane Turner (SCO). But her advantage narrowed to four when Turner birdied the second.
Steady play over the outward nine saw the lead increase to five at the turn as England’s Hannah Burke took up the running from Turner.
Burke went on to birdie ten, eleven, fifteen and eighteen to stage an amazing comeback and force tie holes with the Cavan teenager. Burke signed for a 67 while Maguire carded 75.
Both players thrilled the crowd matching each other par-for-par until Lisa overshot the seventh tie hole. Burke missed her birdie effort from 25 feet and Maguire cooly slotted her downhill left to righter from just off the edge.
IRISH WOMEN’S OPEN STROKEPLAY – FINAL RESULTS
214 Hannah Burke (ENG) 74 73 67 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 66 73 75
218 Jane Turner (SCO) 70 73 75
219 Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 78 71 70
220 Laure Castelain (FRA) 73 75 72
221 Kym Larratt (ENG) 76 72 73 Julia Boland (AUS) 74 73 74 Stacey Keating (AUS) 72 75 74
222 Kelly Tidy (ENG) 75 73 74
224 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 76 73 75
225 Carly Booth (SCO) 81 71 73 Ciara Butler (Newlands) 75 77 73
226 Tara Davies (WAL) 74 75 77
227 Rebecca Flood (AUS) 77 74 76
228 Charlotte Wild (ENG) 78 76 74 Manon Gidali (FRA) 75 75 78 Charlene Reid (Royal Portush) 74 80 74 Laura Murray (SCO) 74 76 78 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 73 74 81
229 Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway) 80 74 75 Mary Dowling (New Ross) 78 75 76 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 77 73 79 Caroline Bon (NZL) 73 81 75
230 Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL) 79 74 77 Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) 74 76 80
231 Charlie Douglass (ENG) 77 80 74 Sarah Faller (Galway) 76 80 75 Rachel Jennings (ENG) 76 77 78
232 Karen Delaney (Carlow) 79 78 75 Tara Watters (ENG) 75 78 79
233 Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 78 78 77 Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 77 81 75 Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 74 83 76 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 74 80 79
234 Amy Boulden (WAL) 81 77 76 Tilly Holder (ENG) 78 79 77 Annika Korkeila (FIN) 76 77 81
235 Gemma Bradbury (WAL) 78 77 80
236 Sarah Crowe (Tipperary) 79 78 79
244 Shauna O'Brien (Clonmel) 77 82 85
NON-QUALIFIERS (par +14)
160 Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 85 75 Sue Phillips (Woodbrook) 77 83
161 Minna Vuorenpaa (FIN) 84 77 Rachel Cassidy (The Island) 80 81 Lillian Harrington (East Cork) 79 82
162 Lucy Simpson (Massereene) 82 80
162 Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 81 81 Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 78 84
163 Fiona Howard (ENG) 86 77 Anne McCormack (Roscommon) 82 81 Jerry Lawrence (ENG) 79 84
164 Rebecca Watson (SCO) 85 79 Ailish Thompson (Douglas) 83 81 Catherine Tucker (Limerick) 80 84
166 Emma Gilmore (Mountbellew) 84 82
168 Rhona Brennan (Bandon) 86 82 Sarah Murray (Co. Louth) 85 83 Maria Dunne (Skerries) 82 86
170 Nicole Garcia (RSA) 83 87
171 Suzy Sheehan (The Island) 87 84 Jean Farrell (Youghal) 86 85 Lynda Maher ( Charleville) 86 85
174 Daisy-May Kenny (ENG) 82 92
177 Claire Keating (Charleville) 89 88
178 Val Shannon (Douglas) 87 91
179 Vivian Gallin (GER) 88 91
181 Mary Lowney (Dunmore) 92 89
TEAM EVENT
436 SCOTLAND Carly Booth [81] 71 73 Laura Murray 74 [76] [78] Jane Turner 70 73 75
441 AUSTRALIA Julia Boland 74 73 74 Rebecca Flood [77] 74 [76] Stacey Keating 72 [75] 74
442 IRELAND Niamh Kitching [81] [81] Leona Maguire 73 74 81 Lisa Maguire 66 73 75
447 ENGLAND Kym Larratt 76 72 73 Rachel Jennings 76 [77] [78] Charlotte Wild [78] 76 74
448 FRANCE Laure Castelain 73 75 72 Manon Gidali 75 75 78
455 WALES Amy Boulden [81] [77] 76 Tara Davies 74 75 77 Rhian Wyn Thomas 79 74 [77]
N/A FINLAND Annika Korkeila 76 77 81 Mina Vuorenpaa 84 77