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Strong Connacht Line up For North of Ireland Women's Amateur Open

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Strong Connacht Line up For North of Ireland Women's Amateur Open

A strong line up of golfers from Connacht have been confirmed for the North of Ireland Women's Amateur Open at at Lough Erne that starts tomorrow. 

Galway Golf Club's Alice Keogh will be the first out at 7.40am followed by Maebh McLoughlin of County Sligo Golf Club at 8.50.

Roscommon's Olivia Costello, who was beaten in a playoff by Kate Dillon in the East of Ireland Championship, will tee off at 9.20 followed by Ballinrobe's Shannon Burke at 10.10.

The last Connacht golfer to tee off will be Galway Bay's Aoife Kelly at 10.40.

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The fourth and final of Golf Ireland’s new regional championships gets underway on Sunday, with 57 players competing to become the first winner of the North of Ireland Women’s title at the Sir Nick Faldo designed parkland in Fermanagh.

As with the South, West and East before it, the championship will see players compete over 36 holes of stroke play on Sunday before a cut ahead of the final 18 holes on Monday.

Play gets underway at 7.30am on Sunday as Caitlin Wilson (Portstewart) and Paula Bleakley (Shandon Park) lead out the field.

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