WINS BY A SHOT FROM CHLOE RYAN AT DOUGLAS GC, CORK

ENGLAND'S LUCY GODDARD WINS IRISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY TITLE

NEWS RELEASE FROM IRISH LGU England’s Lucy Goddard led from wire to wire to win her first Irish women’s open amateur stroke-play title at Douglas Golf Club, Cork today.
Having led the field by one stroke yesterday morning with an opening 71, the 23-year-old Hanbury Manor Golf Club member (pictured) and last year's Herfordshire county champion,  held the overnight lead by the slimmest of margins over Castletroy’s Chloe Ryan after an afternoon 74. Ryan herself had fired a best of the tournament 69 in the wind and rain of Saturday afternoon.
In the final round, Ryan started strongly to make the turn in two under par and take a one-shot lead over Goddard into the final nine holes. 

Undeterred by her opponent’s comeback, Goddard steadied herself and regained the initiative the once again with a fine eagle 3 at the long 14th. Although Goddard bogeyed 17, her one shot margin on the eighteenth tee was enough to secure victory as she two putted for a regulation par on the home green.
Ireland won the Nations Cup by three strokes from England with Wales.
FINAL TOTALS 

Par 219 (3x73) SSS 75, CSS 75 75 75
217 Lucy Goddard (ENG) 71 74 72

218 Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) 77 69 72

224 Mary Doyle (The Heath) 74 75 75

226 Paula Grant (Lisburn) 72 78 76

228 Inci Mehmet (ENG) 80 72 76 Amy Farrell (Moate) 77 74 77 Mairead Martin (Killarney) 77 78 73

229 Bethan Popel (ENG) 80 74 75 Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 74 79 76

230 Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) 78 73 79 Alexandra Peters (ENG) 77 77 76

231 Chelsea Masters (ENG) 78 77 76 Gemma Clews (ENG) 75 73 83

232 Katie Bradbury (WAL) 76 76 80

233 Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) 80 78 75 Samantha Fuller (ENG) 79 75 79 Paula Walsh (Doneraile) 79 75 79 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) 77 79 77

234 Gemma Bradbury (WAL) 77 74 83

235 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) 75 79 81

236 Meghan MacLaren (ENG) 78 79 79

237 Darcey Carr (Milltown) 80 77 80 Jenny Maguire (Foxrock) 79 80 78

238 Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) 80 78 80 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 79 79 80

241 Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast) 80 82 79

244 Lauren Horsford (ENG) 79 81 84

245 Carla Reynolds (Seapoint) 81 82 82

247 Fiona McCann (ENG) 86 77 84 Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 83 81 83

248 Sharna Louise Dutrieux (ENG) 86 81 81 Jean O'Driscoll (Muskerry) 82 81 85

249 Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 84 85 80

252 Jennifer Hickey (Doneraile) 85 82 85

255 Lillian Harrington (East Cork) 86 82 87

258 Sarah O'Brien (East Cork) 81 90 87

260 Grace McGrath (East Cork) 86 84 90

274 Aoife Ni Thuama (Monkstown) 91 94 89
Withdrew: Rachel Thompson (Cork) 84 80 WD, Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 85 83 WD, Mary Scriven (Bandon) 84 91WD, Ailish Thompson (Cork) 93 83 WD, Kelsey Coey (Clandeboye) 87 90 WD, Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 89 WD.
No Return: Claire Keating (Killarney) 92 NR

NATIONS CUP
439 IRELAND Paula Grant 72 [78] 76 Olivia Mehaffey [78] 73 [79] Chloe Ryan 77 69 72  

460 ENGLAND Samantha Fuller 79 75 [79] Meghan MacLaren 78 [79] 79 Bethan Popel [80] 74 75

466 WALES Gemma Bradbury 77 74 83 Katie Bradbury 76 76 80

Further details from the ILGU from:
Denise McCarthy
High Performance Unit
Irish Ladies Golf Union
103-105 Q House, 76 Furze Road,
Sandyford Industrial Estate,
Dublin 18, IRELAND
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E: denise@ilgu.ie  M: +353 (0) 87 2890127