Deadly Doyle wins Irish Girls qualifying by six
Winner Mary Doyle (The Heath) playing from the rough at the 8th hole in the final of the 2014 Irish Ladies Close Championship at Enniscrone Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman cashmanphotography.ie
The Heath's Mary Doyle played some sensational golf to lead the qualifiers in the Irish Girls Close Championship at Shannon.
The Irish Women's Close champion finished six shots clear of Laytown & Bettystown's Rachel Taylor with a remarkable 10 under total thanks to an opening 71 and a championship course record 67 that included eight birdies.
The faces Lurgan's Maeve Cummins in the first round on Thursday.
Irish Girls Close, Shannon GC
- 09:00 Mary Doyle (The Heath) V Maeve Cummins (Lurgan)
- 09:09 Alice Hutchinson (St. Anne's) V Clare Calvert (RCD Ladies)
- 09:18 Niamh Ward (Lurgan) V Ellie Metcalfe (Laytown & Bettystown)
- 09:27 Nicole McGavisk (Donabate) V Ciara Casey (Hermitage)
- 09:36 Caitriona Griffin (Killarney) V Ciara Leonard (Mitchelstow )
- 09:45 Tara Whelan (East Clare) V Chloe Weir (Shandon Park)
- 09:54 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) V Ciara Magill (East Clare)
- 10:03 Aideen Walsh (Woodstock) V Sophie Harrison (Killeen Castle)
- 10:12 Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) V Rachael McDonnell (Elm Park)
- 10:21 Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) V Lisa O'Shea (Shannon)
- 10:30 Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) V Molly Dowling (Lucan)
- 10:39 Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle) V Annabel Wilson (Lurgan)
- 10:48 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) V Elisa Corcoran (Grange)
- 10:57 Rachel Thompson (Cork) V Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast)
- 11:06 Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) V Clodagh Jones (Roscrea)
- 11:15 Zoe Collins (Castle Royle) V Rachel Taylor (Laytown & Bettystown)
36 Hole Qualifying Scores
Par 74, SSS 75, CSS Rd 1 74, Rd 2 74
- 138 Mary Doyle (The Heath) 71 67
- 144 Rachel Taylor (Laytown & Bettystown) 72 72
- 145 Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) 72 73
- 151 Sophie Harrison (Killeen Castle) 76 75
- 152 Caitriona Griffin (Killarney) 77 75
- 152 Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) 73 79
- 153 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) 79 74
- 154 Ciara Casey (Hermitage) 76 78
- 155 Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 79 76
- 155 Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast) 76 79
- 156 Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) 79 77
- 156 Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) 78 78
- 156 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 77 79
- 157 Lisa O'Shea (Shannon) 80 77
- 157 Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 77 80
- 158 Clare Calvert (RCD Ladies) 81 77
- 158 Alice Hutchinson (St. Anne's) 81 77
- 159 Clodagh Jones (Roscrea) 79 80
- 160 Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) 81 79
- 160 Ciara Magill (East Clare) 79 81
- 160 Tara Whelan (East Clare) 78 82
- 160 Molly Dowling (Lucan) 75 85
- 161 Rachel Thompson (Cork) 80 81
- 162 Ellie Metcalfe (Laytown & Bettystown) 77 85
- 163 Nicole McGavisk (Donabate) 83 80
- 164 Elisa Corcoran (Grange) 78 86
- 165 Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle) 84 81
- 165 Ciara Leonard (Mitchelstow ) 80 85
- 166 Aideen Walsh (Woodstock) 81 85
- 167 Rachael McDonnell (Elm Park) 84 83
- 168 Zoe Collins (Castle Royle) 85 83
- 168 Maeve Cummins (Lurgan) 84 84
CUT
- 168 Sara Byrne (Douglas) 78 90
- 169 Aoife Ni Thuama (Monkstown) 86 83
- 171 Aine Donegan (Woodstock) 87 84
- 171 Laura McCaw (Royal Belfast) 92 79
- 171 Eibhlin McCarthy (Killorglin) 85 86
- 171 Grace McGrath (East Cork) 86 85
- 172 Hilary O'Driscoll (Muskerry) 80 92
- 172 Clodagh Walsh (Castlewarden) 86 86
- 173 Kate Dwyer (Rossmore) 87 86
- 174 Ellen O'Gorman (Milltown) 90 84
- 174 Roisin Timothy (Roscommon) 92 82
- 176 Emma Guinane (Limerick) 81 95
- 176 Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden) 87 89
- 176 Elizabeth Kinsella Kent (Faithlegg) 87 89
- 176 Maeve Kelly (Castle Dargan) 85 91
- 176 Maeve Rooney (Co. Sligo) 92 84
- 177 Nicola Rainsford (Killarney) 82 95
- 178 Laura Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 92 86
- 179 Lorna Mullally (Tuam) 84 95
- 179 Dervla O'Neill (Dromoland) 90 89
- 179 Niamh Carey (Lahinch) 96 83
- 180 Jan Browne (Kilkenny) 90 90
- 180 Ellen Nolan (Grange) 90 90
- 181 Niamh Moreton (Galway) 86 95
- 182 Georgia Carr (Milltown) 91 91
- 185 Kate McElroy (Faithlegg) 92 93
- 185 Michelle Carey (Lahinch) 96 89
- 186 Chloe O'Connor (Roscommon) 94 92
- 186 Niamh Cronin (Co. Sligo) 96 90
- 186 Niamh Carmody (Tralee) 91 95
- 186 Jenna Coleman (Tramore) 99 87
- 187 Emma Elliott (Faithlegg) 96 91
- 188 Katie Keenan (Kilkenny) 92 96
- 188 Ailbhe Bourke (Enniscrone) 99 89
- 188 Sara Browne (Kilkenny) 91 97
- 189 Heather Fitzgerald (Limerick) 97 92
- 189 Cliodhna Drury (Charlesland) 89 100
- 190 Aoife Moloney (Ballybunion) 96 94
- 191 Samantha Henderson (Ballyclare) 96 95
- 191 Roisin O'Brien (Roscommon) 100 91
- 192 Sophie Dodd (Enniscrone) 91 101
- 192 Stephanie Glennon (Grange) 96 96
- 195 Louise Bickerstaffe (Scrabo) 95 100
- 196 Leanne O'Shea (Shannon) 99 97
- 197 Anna Dawson (Tramore) 98 99
- 200 Leah Temple Lang (Seapoint) 99 101
- 200 Aoife Vaughan (Shannon) 98 102
- 202 Jill Jennings (Carlow) 107 95
- 99 Sarah Burke (Mullingar) 99 w/d
- DQ Mairead Martin (Killarney) 71 DQ (Rule 6-6)
Brian Keogh