OLIVIA MEHAFFEY DEFENDS TITLE ON APRIL 5-6

Olivia Mehaffey in action. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

 

STRONG FIELD FOR IRISH GIRLS OPEN 

AT ROGANSTOWN

NEWS RELEASE FROM ILGU

Reigning Irish Girls Open Champion Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co. Down Ladies) alongside International team mate Mary Doyle (The Heath) lead the field of Irish challengers and this years’ Championship to be staged at Roganstown Golf and Country Club on April 5 and 6.  

An International Open Championship for girls aged under 18 January 1, 2014, the event has attracted the cream of Europe’s underage golfing talent as players vie for valuable World Amateur Golf Ranking points.  The tournament will be the first outing in the season for many of the players and will be an early indicator for team selectors throughout Europe. 
Olivia Mehaffey returns to Roganstown to defend her title.  Mehaffey, who is just 16 years of age, competed in her first Ladies European Tour event when she lined up in the Lalla Meryem Cup at Golf de L’Ocean in Agadir, Morocco in March finishing a very credible 47^th.

Mary Doyle has made a strong start to the season with impressive results at the Portuguese and Spanish Championships and current form would indicate she is a favourite for this years’ title.

The German contingent is strong with Greta Isabella Voelker, Chiara Mertens and Carolin Kauffmann all returning to Roganstown.  Scots Connie Jaffrey and Heather Munro also return to the venue along with numerous scratch players from Scotland, Sweden and England.  
The impressive list of entries (cut falling at 7 h’cap) also includes players from Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland, Latvia and Norway in what is a truly European field.
Roganstown Golf and Country Club, a stone's throw from Dublin Airport and listed as one of Golf Monthly’s top 50 Play and Stay Resorts, has proved a very popular venue for the Championship, now hosting a third successive year.   The Championship course measures 5,580 yards, with a par of 71 and greens that will test these elite golfers’ ability over the two days. 

Seventy-two competitors will play 36 holes on Saturday with the top 50 players qualifying for the final round on Sunday.

 
Draw for Saturday 5^th April

1^st tee          10^th tee
07:30           13:00        Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) Samantha Fuller (ENG) Greta Isabella Voelker (GER)

07:40           13:10        Mary Doyle (The Heath) Marina Hedlund (SWE) Chiara Mertens (GER)

07:50           13:20        Connie Jaffrey (SCO) Carolin Kauffmann (GER) Sarah Nilsson (SWE)

08:00           13:30        Clara Young (SCO) Sophie Hausmann (GER) Isabella Holpfer (AUT)

08:10           13:40        Frida Kinhult (SWE) Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) Sophie Harrison (Killeen Castle)

08:20           13:50        Gunnhildur Kristjansdottir (ISL) Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) Megan Jenkins (ENG)

08:30           14:00        Miriam Emmert (GER) Hazel MacGarvie (SCO) Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington)

08:40           14:10        Marie Luise Kuschke (GER) Niamh Ward (Lurgan) Emma Adolfson (SWE)

08:50           14:20        Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) Molly Dowling (Lucan) Lauren Watson (SCO)

09:00           14:30        Clodagh Jones (Roscrea) Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast) Sara Hinriksdottir (ISL)

09:10           14:40        Caitriona Griffin (Killarney) Zoe Collins (IRE - Castle Royle) Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle).

09:20           14:50        Lisa O'Shea (Shannon) Priya Pankhania (ENG) Charlotte Munro (SCO)

10^th tee       1^st tee

07:30           13:00        Heather Munro (SCO) Lilia Kraft (GER) Karoline Stormo (NOR)

07:40           13:10        Emma Hale (SCO) Kirsty Beckwith (ENG) Anna Diana Svanka (LAT)

07:50           13:20        Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) Ella Ofstedahl (ENG) Sara Kjellker (SWE)

08:00           13:30        Sally Fridstrom (SWE) Emily Dalgetty (SCO) Mollie Lawrence (ENG)

08:10           13:40        Frederike Johanna Kutschinski (GER) Shannon McWilliam (SCO) Louise Henningsson

                                       (SWE)

08:20           13:50        Ella Stromfelt (SWE) Tia Teiniketo (FIN) Rachel Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown)

08:30           14:00        Lauren Mackintosh (GER) Ciara Casey (Hermitage) Nicola Fall (FIN)

08:40           14:10        Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) Hannah Karg (GER) Ainee O'Connor (ENG)

08:50           14:20        Mairead Martin (Killarney) Fenja Rengstorf (GER) Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown and Bettystown).

09:00           14:30        Valerie Clancy (Killarney) Maeve Rooney (Co. Sligo) Amy O'Donnell (Royal Portrush)

09:10           14:40        Maeve Kelly (Castle Dargan) Gemma Allman (ENG) Laura Ryan (Dun Laoghaire)

09:20           14:50        Hafdis Johannsdottir (ISL) Magdalena Cervinkova (CZE) Linda Kirke (LAT)

 

 

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