Tiger-like 15 shot win for Leona Maguire in Portugal
Leona Maguire cruised to a Tiger-like 15 stroke win in the Portuguese Ladies Amateur Championship at Aroeira Golf Glub near Lisbon.
The 16-year-old from Slieve Russell in Cavan, who led by eight shots entering the final round, closed with a four-under-par 68 to win with ease on 14 under 274.
“I’m very pleased. I played very well all week, starting with a 66 on the first day and finishing the last round with a birdie on the 18th,” said Leona, who hopes to turn professional in two years. “It was my first tournament of the year and it’s always good to start that way.”
After firing five birdies and one bogey on the final day, she added: “It’s one of the lowest totals I’ve ever had.”
Her twin sister Lisa shot a level-par 72 to finish in 10th place on four over and give Ireland the Nations Cup team prize.
Royal Portrush’s Charlene Reid (75) finished 33rd with Cork’s Gillian O’Leary in 38th after a final round 79.
1 Leona Maguire IRL - 14 274 66 70 70 68
2 Karolin Lampert GER + 1 289 70 74 72 73
3 Karlijn Zaanen NED + 1 289 68 73 73 75
4 Quirine Louise Eijkenboom GER + 2 290 72 72 74 72
5 Manon Molle FRA + 3 291 71 76 70 74
5 Clara Sanchez SPA + 3 291 75 75 72 69
5 Celine Boutier FRA + 3 291 72 74 72 73
5 Manon Gidali FRA + 3 291 73 76 73 69
5 Noemi Jimenez Martin SPA + 3 291 72 71 75 73
10 Lisa Maguire IRL + 4 292 71 76 73 72
11 Perrine Delacour FRA + 7 295 72 76 69 78
11 Mireia Prat SPA + 7 295 70 79 73 73
13 Antonia Scherer GER + 8 296 74 74 73 75
13 Beatriz Prados Fraile SPA + 8 296 72 71 79 74
15 Denise Kalek GER + 9 297 78 73 73 73
15 Louise Gateau FRA + 9 297 77 78 72 70
15 Lena Gautier FRA + 9 297 76 73 76 72
18 Vicki Troeltsch GER + 10 298 76 80 70 72
19 Jess Wilcox ENG + 11 299 73 75 76 75
20 Julia Neumann GER + 12 300 73 77 71 79
21 Anna-Lena Kramer GER + 13 301 74 77 77 73
22 Merle Kasperek GER + 14 302 77 79 75 71
22 Ana Fernandez Mesa SPA + 14 302 77 76 75 74
22 Stefania Avanzo ITA + 14 302 71 78 79 74
25 Anyssia Herbaut FRA + 15 303 80 74 74 75
25 Valeria Tandrini ITA + 15 303 76 72 78 77
25 Isabel Gadea GER + 15 303 76 75 77 75
28 Clemence Abrahamian FRA + 16 304 75 74 80 75
28 Roberta Roeller GER + 16 304 78 75 73 78
28 Valérie Sternebeck GER + 16 304 78 80 74 72
28 Lucy Williams ENG + 16 304 71 78 80 75
32 Charlotte de Corte BEL + 17 305 79 74 76 76
33 Cnops Fanny BEL + 18 306 77 75 73 81
33 Susana Mendes Ribeiro POR + 18 306 79 77 75 75
33 Charlene Reid IRL + 18 306 75 78 78 75
36 Silvia Bañon Ibañez SPA + 19 307 73 80 77 77
36 Gemma Bradbury WAL + 19 307 83 72 76 76
38 Nina Holleder GER + 20 308 76 76 77 79
38 Gillian O Leary IRL + 20 308 75 80 74 79
38 Isabel Jimenez Perea SPA + 20 308 75 76 78 79
41 Louise Latorre FRA + 24 312 82 78 72 80
- Katharina Sohnlein GER - - 80 77 75 NShow
- Emma O Driscoll IRL - - 75 77 81 -
- Jana Niedballa GER - - 81 78 74 -
- Stephanie Kirchmayr GER - - 82 74 78 -
- Emilie Piquot FRA - - 83 76 75 -
- Becky Harries WAL - - 77 79 78 -
- Danielle Anderson ENG - - 77 81 76 -
- Camilla Hedberg SPA - - 74 83 77 -
- Marion Kaddouche FRA - - 74 81 79 -
- Rocio Sanchez SPA - - 78 78 78 -
- Emma Broze FRA - - 77 79 80 -
- Marta Gutierrez SPA - - 78 81 77 -
- Christine Germershaus GER - - 80 79 77 -
- Agathe Sauzon FRA - - 78 81 78 -
- Samantha Birks WAL - - 77 77 84 -
- Kate Bradbury WAL - - 80 80 78 -
- Claudia Chemin FRA - - 80 83 75 -
- Anna Arrese SPA - - 77 77 85 -
- Samantha Krug GER - - 81 80 79 -
- Dana Greenslade ENG - - 82 79 79 -
- Isabel Gabsa GER - - 80 82 78 -
- Ana Rita Félix POR - - 80 83 80 -
- Ana Sofia Câmara POR - - 82 82 79 -
- Magda Carrilho POR - - 85 82 76 -
- Cyrielle Kern FRA - - 80 80 83 -
- Victoria Scherer GER - - 78 79 87 -
- Mariana Martins POR - - 80 87 82 -
- Lara Plachetka-Pohl FRA - - 83 92 77 -
- Laura Murray SCO - - 85 81 86 -
- Franziska Friedrich GER - - 78 86 88 -
- Rebeca Maruri Aldaz SPA - - 80 88 87 -
- Ann-Kathrin Lindner GER - - 73 73 Desq. -