IRISH UNDER-18 GIRLS' STROKE--PLAY FIELD OUT TO GAIN JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP PLACES

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION

Current Irish U18 Internationals Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park), Mary Doyle (The Heath) and Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co. Down Ladies), who was third at the recent Scottish Under16 Open Championship, will lead the Irish challenge at the third staging of the Irish Girls U18 Open Strokeplay Championship at Roganstown Golf and Country Club, Swords, Co. Dublin this Saturday 20^th and Sunday 21^st April.

This year’s 54 hole tournament has attracted the cream of Europe’s underage golfing talent as players vie for valuable Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking points and look to impress the team Captain Janice Moodie who has six picks for the PING Junior Solheim Cup match to be staged in Denver, Colarado 13^th -14^th August this year.

Roganstown Golf and Country Club  - winner of Golf Ireland Magazine’s best New Golf Course 2006 and 2007 - measures 5,580 yards, with a par of 71 and will provide a tough test for competitor’s stroke play skills, with  greens that will test these elite golfers’ ability  over the two days. 

England’s Sophie Madden, runner-up at the Scottish Under 16  Championship at Strathmore, and compatriot Dulcie Sverdloff both play off +1 handicap and will hope to feature on Sunday while the Scots are well represented in the field with four current Girls Internationals, Clara Young, Lesley Atkins, Lauren Whyte and Nicola Callander all playing off 2 or lower. 

The German contingent is strong with scratch players Fiona Liddell, Esther Henseleit and Chiara Mertens in the field.  Norwegian International Marthe Wold plays off +1 while Belgium’s International star Charlotte de Corte tops the list with a +3 handicap. 

Players from Sweden, Iceland, Latvia, Tunisia, Portugal and Austria are also represented in what is a truly European field. 

The 73 competitors will play 36 holes on Saturday with the top 50 players qualifying for the final round on Sunday.

Spectators are welcome to come and watch what is sure to be some excellent golf at Roganstown Golf & Country Club – admission complimentary.

 

Draw for Saturday 20^th April

1^st tee/10^th tee

07:30  13:00     Charlotte De Corte (BEL) Sophie Madden (ENG) Marthe Wold (NOR)

07:40  13:10     Lesley Atkins (SCO) Esther Henseleit (GER) Desiree Andersson (SWE)

07:50  13:20     Lauren Whyte (SCO) Marina Hedlund (SWE) Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies)

08:00  13:30     Heather Munro (SCO)  Greta Isabella Voelker (GER) Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park)

08:10  13:40     Laura Doherty (Howth) Feriel Chahed (TUN) Barbara Neto-Bradley (POR)

08:20  13:50     Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) Lucy Eaton (ENG) Gunnhildur Kristjansdottir (ISL)

08:30  14:00     Mary Doyle (The Heath) Kate Whyte (Lucan) Judithe Allen (Ballyclare)

08:40  14:10     Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) Clodagh Jones (Roscrea) Saeros Eva Oskarsdottir (ISL)

08:50  14:20     Emma Adolfsson (SWE) Victoria Craig (Clandeboye) Shauna Barry (Corrstown)

09:00  14:30     Alise Burkane (LAT) Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle) Blaithine O'Brien (Roscommon)

09:10  14:40 Mairead Martin (Killarney), Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown and Bettystown), Hafdis Johannsdottir (ISL)

09:20  14:50     Grace McGrath (East Cork) Niamh Jordan (Seapoint)

09:30  15:00     Amy O'Donnell (Royal Portrush) Laura Ryan (Bray)

 

10^th tee/1^st tee

07:30  13:00     Dulcie Sverdloff (ENG) Clara Young (SCO) Fiona Liddell (GER)

07:40  13:10     Chiara Mertens (GER) Connie Jaffrey (SCO) Stephanie Henning (SWE)

07:50  13:20     Nicola Callander (SCO) Anna Solveig Snorradottir (ISL) Sarah Nilsson (SWE)

08:00  13:30     Anna Diana Svanka (LAT) Carlin Kauffmann (GER) Kirsty Beckwith (ENG)

08:10  13:40     Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) Sara Magret Hinriksdottir (ISL) Ainee O'Connor (ENG)

08:20  13:50     Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) Sophia Poschl (AUST)

08:30  14:00     Niamh Ward (Lurgan) Sophie Harrison (Sutton) Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe)

08:40  14:10 Molly Dowling (Lucan), Tara Whelan (East Clare), Emily Eaton (ENG)

08:50  14:20  Zoe Collins (ENG), Rachel Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown), Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington)

09:00  14:30     Ghozlene Saki (TUN) April Timothy (Roscommon) Caitriona Griffin (Killarney)

09:10  14:40     Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) Julie Ann Malone (Rosslare) Anna Meleshkina (GER)

09:20  14:50     Ruth Keating (Castlewarden) Clare Calvert (RCD Ladies) Alice Hutchinson (St. Anne's)

 

For more information on the Irish Girls U18 Open Strokeplay Championship, please contact:

Sandra Barnett
Irish Ladies Golf Union
103-105 Q House, 76 Furze Road,
Sandyford Industrial Estate,
Dublin 18, IRELAND
Tel: +353 (0) 1 2934833
E: sandra@ilgu.ie  M: +353 (0) 87 2336248