Olivia Mehaffey finished with a frustrating 12 pars in a row to end up just two strokes behind winner Sofía García in the South American Amateur Championship in Peru.

World No 11 Olivia Mehaffey make six birdies in her last 11 holes to move within two of the lead entering today's final round of the South American Amateur Championship in Peru.

Olivia Mehaffey and Colin Fairweather are just three strokes off the pace at the halfway stage of their respective events in the South American Amateur Championship in Peru.

The 2015 season was a superb campaign for Irish amateur golf. But with the likes of Walker Cup stars Paul Dunne, Gavin Moynihan and Gary Hurley now in the professional ranks, a new band of potential heroes and heroines must fly the flag in 2016.

Skerries' Maria Dunne finished just a shot behind the winner in the South American Amateur Championship in Peru.

Maria Dunne shot a magnificent second round to lead the Irish challenge at the midway point of the South American Amateur Golf Championship in Peru.

Irish quartet Chris Selfridge, Paul McBride, Paula Grant and Maria Dunne are off the pace after the opening round of the 10th South American Amateur Championship in Peru.

Tullamore's Stuart Grehan and Castletroy's Chloe Ryan finished in the Top-20 in the South American Amateur Championship in Colombia.