Louise Coffey edges out Deirdre Smith at Woodbrook
Malone’s Louise overcame tough conditions edge out County Louth’s Deirdre Smith by a stroke in the Cassidy Travel sponsored Woodbrook Ladies Senior Scratch Cup.
The experienced Ulster player knows what it takes to win around Woodbrook having captured the East of Ireland Mixed Foursomes with Peter O’Neill in 2014 and finished as runner up to Lucy Simpson in the scratch cup in 2013.
An opening, one over 75 gave her a three-stroke lead over Shannon Burke and while Smith pressed in the afternoon with a wonderful 75, Coffey proved too strong and an 80 was enough to win by one stroke on seven over 155.
Meadhbh Doyle (159), Nicola Coffey (162), Gemma McCarthy (162) and Aedin Murphy (163) rounded out the top-six while Burke’s 172 took the Under 21 gross prize.
There was also an excellent performance by 10-handicap Georgia Carr, who won the nett prize with rounds of 87 and 85.
Woodbrook Ladies Scratch Cup, sponsored by Cassidy Travel (Par 74)
- 36 hole gross — Louise Coffey (+2) 155
- 2nd gross — Deirdre Smith (0) 156
- 3rd gross — Meadhbh Doyle (3) 159
- 4th gross — Nicola Coffey (2) 162 (countback)
- 5th gross — Gemma McCarthy (3) 162
- 6th gross — Aedin Murphy (1) 163 (countback)
- Seniors 36 hole gross — Maria O'Reilly (5) 172
- Under 21 36 hole gross — Shannon Burke (2) 163
- Best Gross, 1st 18 holes — Jenny Hennessy (5) 80
- Best Gross, 2nd 18 holes — Maeve Kelly 80
- Best Nett, 36 holes — Georgia Carr (10) 152 (countback)
- 155 Louise Coffey 75 80
- 156 Deirdre Smith 81 75
- 159 Meadhbh Doyle 81 78
- 162 Nicola Coffey 82 80
- 162 Gemma McCarthy 78 84
- 163 Aedin Murphy 83 80
- 163 Shannon Burke 78 85
- 164 Suzanne Phillips 81 83
- 164 Mary Dowling 81 83
- 165 Maeve Kelly 85 80
- 165 Orla Barry 83 82
- 166 Rachel McDonnell 85 81
- 168 Orla Dunphy 88 80
- 168 Caroline Hewitt 82 86
- 169 Emma Forbes 82 87
- 169 Jenny Hennessy 80 89
- 170 Sophie Harrison 84 86
- 170 Hilary Hall 83 87
- 172 Kate Lanigan 87 85
- 172 Georgia Carr 87 85
- 172 Sally Ann Lenehan 86 86
- 172 Maria O’Reilly 86 86
- 173 Rosemary Howell 88 85
- 173 Suzanne Hayes 85 88
- 173 Clodagh Hopkins 84 89
- 174 Ciara Sharkey 88 86
- 177 Lavinia Bowe 89 88
- 178 Barbara Cooney 90 88
- 179 Ruth Maguire 91 88
- 179 Lee Murphy O’Connor 90 89
- 179 Jan Browne 89 90
- 179 Katie Keenan 83 96
- 180 Olivia McClurg 92 88
- 180 Niamh Giblin 87 93
- 181 Madeline Canty 91 90
- 182 Mary Leahy Browne 93 89
- 182 Emma Thorne 93 89
- 184 Susan Lynch 94 90
- 184 Laura Dempsey 88 96
- 185 Anne Marie Powell 93 92
- 185 Vonny Kelly 93 92
- 186 Annie Harpur 99 87
- 186 Beth Coulter 91 95
- 186 Katie O’Hart 90 96
- 187 Tina Meehan 93 94
- 188 Ellen Nolan 96 92
- 188 Eithne Knight 94 94
- 188 Kim Moloney 93 95
- 189 Aimee Wickham 96 93
- 189 Penelope Gleeson 94 95
- 190 Ruth Farrell 97 93
- 190 Aisling Nolan 96 94
- 190 Rosemary Hayes 93 97
- 191 Orla O’Mahony 98 93
- 192 Ursula O’Reilly 90 102
- 193 Laura Noble 96 97
- 198 Tracey Smith 96 102
- NR Deirdre Bradshaw 87 NR
- NR Michaelle McCarthy NR