Leona Maguire won twice and Olivia Mehaffey was unbeaten as the Continent of Europe came back from a 4-2 mid-afternoon deficit to lead 6.5 to 5.5 at the halfway stage of the two-day Vagliano Trophy match at Malone.

Olivia Mehaffey might have failed 5 and 4 to Sweden's Linnea Strom in the semi-finals of the Ladies' British Amateur Open but the Royal County Down Ladies star will overcome her disappointment to focus on finishing a stellar season as strongly as possible.

The success of Royal County Down Ladies' Olivia Mehaffey in reaching the morning semi-finals should ensure a full turn out from her "ain folk" as she bids to follow in the footsteps of the 2012 champion from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, Stephanie Meadow, writes the LGU.

Olivia Mehaffey remains on course for back-to-back wins after she posted a one over 73 to go into the final round of the Helen Holm Scottish Strokeplay just three shots behind Swedish leader Linnea Strom.

Olivia Mehaffey flew the flag for Irish golf as world No 3 Linnea Strom fired a four under 68 on Troon Portland to share the first round lead in the Helen Holm Scottish Strokeplay.

Ireland's Kevin Le Blanc and Olivia Mehaffey finished tied for 27th as Sweden won the gold medal after a dramatic play-off victory over Korea in the Mixed Team event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics in China.