AILSA SUMMERS FIFTH BEHIND RUNAWAY WINNER LEONA

Curtis Cup team selection Leona Maguire from Ireland beat an international field for  the Irish Under-18 girls’ open amateur stroke-play golf championship by the runaway margin of eight strokes over three rounds at Roganstown Golf club on Sunday.

The 17-year-old twin from the Slieve Russell club led from start to outclass the field with rounds of 72, 69 and 74 for a one-under-par total of 215.

Last summer, Leona won the British women’s open amateur stroke-play title by six strokes. GB and I Curtis Cup team skipper Tegwen Matthews will be hoping that Leona maintains her excellent form for the June 8-10 match against the United States at The Nairn Golf Club.

Two French players Manon Molle and Mathilda Cappeliez were runners-up.

Leona was delighted to be the first Irish winner of this event. Twin Lisa, last year’s European women’s individual amateur champion but unable to play at Roganstown because of an ongoing wrist iujury, joined her sister on the bag on the 11th in the final round and Leona duly birdied the 13th and 14^th.

Carnoustie’s Ailsa Summers finished a creditable fifth on 226 with scores of 81, 70 and 75. Her second round was the second lowest score of the tournament.

Former Scottish girls champion Lesley Atkins (Gullane) finished joint 13th on 231 with three scores of 77

Scotland finished third in the international team event behind France and Ireland.

 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

|Par 216 (3x72) CSS 76 74 74.

215 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 72 69 74
223 Manon Molle (Fra) 76 72 75 Mathilda Cappeliez (Fra) 73 73 77
225 Louise Latorre (Fra) 78 74 73
226 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 81 70 75
227 Marion Veysseyre (Fra) 81 74 72 Celia Mansour (Fra) 76 74 77
228 Sophie Madden (Eng) 78 75 75
229 Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down) 74 79 76, Gudrún Brá Bjorgvinsdottir (Iceland) 73 76 80
230 Josephine Farrando (Fra) 78 79 73 Dulcie Sverdloff (Eng) 75 79 76
231 Emma Broze (Fra) 78 78 75 Lesley Atkins (Gullane) 77 77 77 Gabriella Cowley (Eng) 76 79 76
Other Scots totals:

237 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 84 75 78.

238 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 80 77 81.

MISSED CUT

171 Clara Young ( North Berwick ) 85 86