Kirkistown Castle’s Beth Coulter continued her fine start to the season when she recorded a course record 66 en route to an emphatic 13-stroke victory in the 50th Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup.

Named as the second non-travelling reserve for the Curtis Cup earlier in the week, Coulter (18) made eight birdies in a seven-under 66 in the morning rain to lead by 10 strokes from Grange Castle’s Lisa Cullen.

She birdied the second, third and fifth, bogeyed the par-three seventh but then birdied the eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th before picking up another shot at the 18th.

In the afternoon she made seven birdies and two bogeys in her first 15 holes to get to 12-under only to double bogey the 16th and add a three-under 70 to her opening 66 to win by 13 shots on 10-under from Rossmore’s Kate Dwyer, who closed with a one-under 72

Her second round 70 was still the best score of the afternoon by a shot from Doughlas’ Clodagh Coughlan, who would go on to finish third overall on four-over.

Coulter was runner-up in the R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship in 2021 – the first Irish player to reach the final since 1980 – after losing out to Hannah Darling at Fulford.

She also finished second in the Irish Women’s Close Championship last year, but claimed success in the Irish Girls’ Close. An Ireland international, Coulter tied for third place at the European Nations at Royal Club de Golf Sotogrande in April.

50th Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup, Hermitage GC (Par 73)

Sponsored by The Hudson Rooms, Liffey Valley

1 Beth Coulter (Kirkistown Castle) -10 66 70 136 Overall Winner

2 Kate Dwyer (Rossmore) +3 77 72 149 2nd

3 Clodagh Coughlan (Douglas) +4 79 71 150 3rd

4 Lisa Cullen (Grange Castle) +5 76 75 151 4th

5 Louise Mernagh (Elm Park) +6 79 73 152 5th

6 Kate Lanigan (Hermitage) +7 78 75 153 6th

7 Anna Abom (Edmondstown) +10 79 77 156 7th

8 Kate Dillon (Oughterard) +11 81 76 157

9 Kate Fleming (Elm Park) +11 82 75 157 8th

Detailed scores

1 Beth Coulter Kirkistown Castle -10 66 70 136 Overall Winner
2 Kate Dwyer Rossmore +3 77 72 149 2nd
3 Clodagh Coughlan Douglas +4 79 71 150 3rd
4 Lisa Cullen Grange Castle +5 76 75 151 4th
5 Louise Mernagh Elm Park +6 79 73 152 5th
6 Kate Lanigan Hermitage +7 78 75 153 6th
7 Anna Abom Edmondstown +10 79 77 156 7th
8 Kate Dillon Oughterard +11 81 76 157
9 Kate Fleming Elm Park +11 82 75 157 8th
10 Ann Geoghegan Athlone +12 81 77 158
11 Emily Murray Co. Louth +12 80 78 158
12 Sinead Benedetti Roscommon +13 80 79 159
13 Ellen O’Gorman Milltown +15 82 79 161
14 Gertie McMullen The Island +15 81 80 161
15 Fionnuala Halpin Dun Laoghaire +16 77 85 162
16 Clodagh Hopkins Woodbrook +18 84 80 164
17 Nicola Coffey Woodbrook +19 81 84 165
18 Ella (Sloan) Wojnar Grange +20 87 79 166
19 Ada Bowler Lucan +20 83 83 166
20 Lauren Dancis Carton House +20 86 80 166
21 Gemma McMeekin Massereene +21 85 82 167
22 Ellen O’Shaughnessy Co. Louth +21 83 84 167
23 Maebh McLoughlin Co. Sligo +22 84 84 168
24 Fiona Burke Mullingar +24 85 85 170
25 Rachel McDonnell Elm Park +24 85 85 170
26 Dawn-Marie Conaty Corrstown +26 90 82 172
27 Caroline Hewitt Woodbrook +28 88 86 174
28 Mary Kyne Lucan +32 90 88 178
29 Leah Dunne Hermitage +32 84 94 178
30 Joanna Dunne Elm Park +33 91 88 179
31 Sophie Park Grange +34 89 91 180
32 Eileen Reddan Dooks +34 88 92 180
33 Mai Tan Dun Laoghaire +34 92 88 180
34 Aideen Kellaghan Mullingar +36 92 90 182
35 Ruth Maguire Hermitage +38 93 91 184
36 Mai McCann Narin Portnoo Links +39 94 91 185
37 Leah Lennon Roscommon +40 96 90 186
38 Sinead Corley Luttrellstown Castle +45 100 91 191
39 Tara Hollowed Hermitage +45 95 96 191
40 Emily Donohue Tullamore +48 105 89 194
41 Barbara Harte Hermitage +49 97 98 195
42 Anne Hannon Mullingar +50 95 101 196
43 Carmel Cahill Hermitage +55 97 104 201

WD Sheena McElroy Grange - 79 WD WD
WD Evelyn Park Edmondstown - 81 WD WD
WD Sue Phillips Woodbrook - 85 WD WD
WD Sadhbh Bullock Castletroy - 90 WD WD
WD Lorna Fitzsimons Balbriggan - 91 WD WD
WD Margaret Sievwright Strathlene, Scotland - 93 WD WD
WD Eilish O’Connell Tullamore - 100 WD WD