MARY DOWLING WINS IRISH LADIES SCRATCH CUP CIRCUIT ORDER OF MERIT

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Mary Dowling (New Ross) leapfrogged the field to win the very successful inaugural ILGU/Titleist Ladies Scratch Cup Circuit after finishing joint second in the final event at Hermitage Golf Club.

Trailing Karen Delaney (Carlow) and Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) after the penultimate event at Lahinch last weekend, Dowling fired a sensational opening 69 to lead the field at lunchtime at Hermitage. Paula Grant (Lisburn) carded a 2 under par 71 in the afternoon to win the event and finish third in the Order of Merit while Smith retained her second place after finishing fourth at Hermitage.

With four events from six to count, points were awarded to players with scores within three strokes of the Competition Scratch Score (CSS).

ILGU/TITLEIST SCRATCH CUP CIRCUIT FINAL TOTALS

 (Four from six events to count)202 pts Mary Dowling
192 pts Deirdre Smith
190 pts Paula Grant
166 pts Gillian O'Leary
158 pts Jessica Carty
156 pts Maria Dunne
138 pts Leona Maguire
136 pts Amy Farrell
130 pts Emma O'Driscoll
122 pts Karen Delaney
104 pts Olivia Mehaffey
98 pts Carla Reynolds
94 pts Sarah Cunningham
84 pts Sinead Sexton
82 pts Alison Taylor
72 pts Patrice Delaney
70 pts Victoria Bradshaw
62 pts Aedín Murphy
58 pts Ariana Coyle Diez
56 pts Chloe Ryan
52 pts Aoife Lowry
50 pts Helen Jones
46 pts Charlene Reid
44 pts Louise Mernagh
42 pts Sue Phillips Chloe Weir
40 pts Lisa Maguire
36 pts Anne McCormack Jean O'Driscoll Lucy Simpson Niamh Ward
32 pts Gertie McMullan Suzy Hayes
28 pts Shannen Brown Louise Coffey Pat Doran
22 pts Ashleigh Wilton
20 pts Kelsey Coey Sheena McElroy
16 pts Mary Doyle Laura Grant
14 pts Anna Courtney Jennifer Gannon Tara Gribben Clodagh Hopkins Nicky King Violet McBride Ailish McCartan Suzy Sheehan

Denise McCarthy

High Performance Unit

Irish Ladies Golf Union

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Sandyford Industrial Estate,

Dublin 18

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