Douglas’ Clodagh Coughlan won the AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Plate when she beat Laytown and Bettystown’s Ellen O’Gorman with a birdie on the 20th.
O’Gorman was 3-up with five to play before Coughlan fought back to force extra holes with a par at the 18th before clinching victory with a brilliant birdie at the 20th.
It was an important win for the 25-year-old and it came on the back of her interprovincial success with Munster.
“Overall, you’d be disappointed not to make the top 12, but you just dust yourself off and go again,” said Coughlan.
“I was three down with five to play, and I just told myself I had to dig deep.”
Royal Portrush’s Hannah Lee-McNamara won the AIG Irish Girls’ Amateur Close Plate following a 1-up victory over County Louth’s Ellen O’Shaughnessy.
The Irish teammates battled it out in the week before they travel to Conwy in Wales for the Home Internationals.
“It was a tough match; we both played well,” said Lee-McNamara (15). “I got a good lead; I was 3 up after nine. Then Ellen got a few birdies and a few long putts. On 17, I made bogey, and she made par. We went up 18, and the nerves were very high,”
“I was disappointed not to get into the main championship but to win this was very nice. I have Homes next week so it has given me good confidence heading into that.”
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