Double top for Mehaffey
Olivia Mehaffey continued her magnificent season with victory at Roganstown. Picture Pat Cashman/www.cashmanphotography.ieOlivia Mehaffey overcame a mid-round wobble to complete a memorable week with victory in the Irish Girls Open Stroke Play Championship at Roganstown Golf & Country Club.
The 15-year old Royal County Down Ladies starlet, an impressive winner of the Faldo Ireland Series final at Lough Erne this week, closed with a level par 71 shot a level par final round 71 to finish two strokes clear of England’s Dulcie Sverdloff on 220.
Three strokes behind Norway’s Marthe Wold starting the day, Mehaffey storned to the turn in four under thanks to birdies at the third, sixth, seventh and ninth holes before a treble bogey eight at the 10th threatened to wreck her title hopes.
Olivia Mehaffey with Bernadette Scully Laing (Lady Captain Roganstown), Mary McKenna (President, ILGU) & Michael Murphy (Captain Roganstown)But she regained her composure to close out an impressive victory with a birdie four at the last.
England’s Sophie Madden and Dulcie Sverdloff won the team award with 296 from “Ireland A” who finished on 298.
Dulcie also won the silver pendant as runner up on a score of 222 which was equalled by her team partner Sophie Madden, Wold and Sweden’s Marina Hedlund.
Final Results - Par 71, SSS 73, CSS Rd1, Rd2 & Rd3 73
220 Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) 72 77 71
222 Dulcie Sverdloff (ENG) 75 73 74
222 Marthe Wold (NOR) 75 71 76
222 Sophie Madden (ENG) 74 74 74
222 Marina Hedlund (SWE) 72 76 74
227 Mary Doyle (The Heath) 77 74 76
228 Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park) 75 78 75
229 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 77 73 79
232 Lauren Whyte (SCO) 77 77 78
232 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan ) 76 76 80
233 Heather Munro (SCO) 81 75 77
233 Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 77 82 74
233 Charlotte De Corte (BEL) 75 81 77
234 Anna Solveig Snorradottir (ISL) 81 76 77
234 Barbara Neto-Bradley (POR) 73 78 83
235 Connie Jaffrey (SCO) 79 75 81
236 Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) 80 76 80
236 Carolin Kauffmann (GER) 79 77 80
236 Kirsty Beckwith (ENG) 78 83 75
236 Chiara Mertens (GER) 77 82 77
237 Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) 78 74 85
240 Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) 81 77 82
240 Lesley Atkins (SCO) 77 82 81
240 Desiree Andersson (SWE) 76 84 80
241 Sara Magret Hinriksdottir (ISL) 80 81 80
242 Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) 82 78 82
242 Molly Dowling (Lucan) 81 81 80
242 Lucy Eaton (ENG) 77 86 79
243 Caitriona Griffin (Killarney) 82 80 81
243 Victoria Craig (Clandeboye) 81 78 84
243 Fiona Liddell (SCO) 79 83 81
243 Esther Henseleit (GER) 79 82 82
243 Stephanie Henning (SWE) 78 79 86
244 Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 86 77 81
244 Rachel Taylor (Laytown & Bettystown) 84 74 86
245 Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe) 85 75 85
245 Nicola Callander (SCO) 83 85 77
245 Greta Isabella Voelker (GER) 76 84 85
246 Ainee O’Conor (ENG) 88 80 78
246 Sophie Harrison (Sutton) 86 81 79
246 Sarah Nilsson (SWE) 86 76 84
246 Zoe Collins (ENG) 83 78 85
246 Gunnhildur Kristjansdottir (ISL) 79 87 80
246 Blaithin O’Brien (Roscommon) 79 85 82
248 Anna Diana Svanka (LAT) 81 81 86
249 Emma Adolfsson (SWE) 82 85 82
251 Kate Whyte (Lucan) 84 86 81
255 Ghozlene Saki (TUN) 86 84 85
255 Saeros Eva Oskarsdottir (ISL) 86 83 86
256 Laura Ryan (Bray) 89 79 88
256 Laura Doherty (Howth) 84 84 88
258 Clare Calvert (RCD Ladies) 85 85 88
Missed Cut
173 Alice Hutchinson (St. Anne’s) 88 85 Mairead Martin (Killarney) 88 85 Clodagh Jones (Roscrea) 88 85
175 Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle) 87 88
176 Feriel Chahed (TUN) 89 87
177 Sophia Poschl (AUT) 86 91
179 Rachel Thompson (Cork) 93 86
181 Caroline Hewitt (Arklow) 87 94
182 Amy O’Donnell (Portrush) 93 89 Shauna Barry (Corrstown) 92 90 Hafdis Johannsdottir (ISL) 90 92 Aoife Ni Thuama (Monkstown) 89 93
183 Grace McGrath (East Cork) 92 91
184 Julie Ann Malone (Rosslare) 96 88
186 April Timothy (Roscommon) 93 93
187 Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown & Bettystown) 92 95
189 Niamh Jordan (Seapoint) 98 91 Alise Burkane (LAT) 92 97
191 Ruth Keating (Castlewarden) 96 95 Emily Eaton (ENG) 93 98
196 Clodagh Walsh (Castlewarden) 93 103
Prize winners
Winner: Olivia Mehaffey (Royal County Down Ladies)
Runner Up: Dulcie Sverdloff (England)
Third: Marthe Wold (Norway)
Fourth: Sophie Madden (England)
Fifth: Marina Hedlund (Sweden)
Best Gross 1st 18: Barbara Neto Bradley (Portugal / Ireland)
Best Gross 2nd 18:Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel)
Best Gross 3rd 18: Niamh Ward (Lugan)
Winner nett: Annabel Wilson (Lurgan)
Runner up nett: Mary Doyle (The Heath)
Third Nett: Caitriona Griffin (Killarney )
International Team Award: England, Sophie Madden, Dulcie Sverdloff
International Team Event
296 ENGLAND Sophie Madden 74 74, Dulcie Sverdloff 75 73
298 IRELAND A Ariana Coyle Diez 75 [78], Mary Doyle [77] 74, Olivia Mehaffey 72 77
300 SWEDEN A Marina Hedlund 72 76, Sarah Nilsson [86] 76, Desiree Anderson 76 [84]
308 SCOTLAND A Lauren Whyte 77 77, Connie Jaffrey 79 75, Fiona Liddell [79] [83]
308 IRELAND B Laura Doherty [84] [84], Julie McCarthy 80 76, Niamh McSherry 76 76
312 GERMANY Chiara Mertens 77 82, Gretta Isabella Voelker 76 [84], Carolin Kauffmann [79] 77
315 SCOTLAND B Nicola Callander [83] [85], Lesley Atkins 77 82, Heather Munro 81 75
318 ICELAND A Hafdis Johannsdottir [90] [92], Anna Solveig Snorradottir 81 76, Sara Magret Hinriksdottir 80 81
324 SWEDEN B Stephanie Henning 78 79, Emma Adolfsson 82 85
335 ICELAND B Gunnhildur Kristjansdottir 79 87, Saeros Eva Oskarsdottir 86 83
346 TUNISIA Feriel Chahed 89 87, Ghozlene Saki 86 84
351 LATVIA Anna Diana Svanka 81 81, Alise Burkane 92 97