GERTIE MULLEN WINS IRISH SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN AT CASTLEROCK

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Ireland’s Gertie McMullen (The Island) fired a final round 79 to defeat Canada’s Diane Williams by four strokes to win her first Irish Senior Women’s Open Strokeplay title at Castlerock Golf Club.

As the gale force winds and torrential rain abated for the first time all week, overnight leader McMullen started shakily to lose the lead and stood four over par on the fifth tee. However she settled impressively into the round to complete the next fourteen holes in level par to secure the title.
Canada’s Williams matched her 79 to finish second while team mate Diane Dolan went one better with a 78 to finish third. Along with USA’s Mary Kay Zordani , past Champion Alison Murdoch (CAN) fired a best-of-the-day 77 to finish sixth while Irish Seniors Close Champion Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) finished one further back in seventh place. In the Nations Cup, Canada B finished strongly to push Ireland B and England A into joint second place.
LEADING SCORES 
Par 75. SSS 75. CSS 78 (RO) 78 (RO) 77
238 Gertie McMullen (The Island) 80 79 79
242 Diane Williams (CAN) 79 84 79
243 Diane Dolan (CAN) 86 79 78
244 Marianne Towersey (USA) 80 79 85

SCOTS:
251 Heather Anderson (SCO) 83 85 83
263 Fiona Hunter (SCO) 86 92 85
264 Barbara Biggart (SCO) 84 90 90
271 Pamela Williamson (SCO) 90 90 91
271 May Hughes (SCO) 89 88 94 (West Vets)

IRISH SENIOR WOMEN'S STROKEPLAY - MAY HUGHES MAKES THE CUT

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Ireland’s Gertie McMulen (The Island) is tied for the lead with the USA’s Marianne Towersey going into the final round of the Irish Senior Women’s Open Strokeplay at Castlerock Golf Club
As the gale force winds and torrential rain continued for a second consecutive day, McMullen and Towersey took advantage of their early tee time to establish a two stroke lead over Donabate’s Pat Doran. England’s Amanda Mayne is one stroke further back followed by Irish Seniors’ Close Champion Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) and Canada’s Diane Williams on 163. In the Nations Cup, Ireland B and Canada B continue to set the pace, one shot ahead of Ireland A with England a following closely behind.The field, now cut to 50 plus ties, play a final round tomorrow Friday with the leaders playing at the end of the field around 11am. The Champion is due to be crowned around 3pm later that afternoon.
36 HOLE SCORES (PAR 75 SSS 75 CSS 78RO 78RO)
Leading scores

159 Gertie McMullen (The Island) 80 79
159 Marianne Towersey (USA) 80 79
161 Pat Doran (Donabate) 79 82
162 Amanda Mayne (ENG) 84 78
163 Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) 83 80 Diane Williams (CAN) 79 84
164 Helen Jones (Royal Portrush) 80 84
165 Diane Dolan (CAN) 86 79
167 Ivy Steinberg (CAN) 81 86
168 Heather Anderson (SCO) 83 85 Susan Dye (ENG) 83 85 Alison Murdoch (CAN) 82 86
Other Scots:
174  Barbara Biggart (SCO) 84 90
177 May Hughes (SCO) 89 88
178  Fiona Hunter (SCO) 86 92
180  Pamela Williamson (SCO) 90 90
Missed Cut ...1
186 Janice Paterson (SCO) 94 92 M
NATIONS CUP after ROUNDS 1 & 2 (2 from 3 scores to count each round)
323 CANADA B Diane Dolan [86] 79 Ivy Steinberg 81 [86] Diane Williams 79 84
323 IRELAND B Helen Jones 80 84 Mary MacLaren [84] [87] Gertie McMullen 80 79
324 IRELAND A Suzanne Corcoran 83 80 Pat Doran 79 82 Sheena McElroy [92] [86]
328 ENGLAND A Caroline Berry [88] 83 Susan Dye 83 [85] Amanda Mayne 84 78
333 CANADA A Jackie Little 82 [89] Alison Murdoch 82 86 Karen Pultz [90] 83
336 USA A Diane Gall [93] [111] Sally Krueger 91 86 Marianne Towersey 80 79
342 SCOTLAND A Heather Anderson 83 85 May Hughes [89] 88 Fiona Hunter 86 [92]
348 ENGLAND B Carolyn Kirk 89 84 Ruth Lindley 82 93 Vivien Saunders [97] [97]
354 SCOTLAND B Barbara Biggart 84 90 Janice Paterson [94] [92] Pamela Williamson 90 90
356 WALES Jane Rees 87 94 Vicki Thomas 86 89
358 GERMANY Cornelia Fischer 94 86 Elke Neumann-Drope 90 88
362 SWEDEN Ann Stahle 87 92 Elisabeth Wendells 90 93
382 NETHERLANDS B Manja Reef 93 98 Ada Vrolijk 98 93
386 DENMARK Sonja Gottschalch [104] [105] Sigrid Johannesen 100 104 Mette Meyer Larsen 89 93
428 NETHERLANDS A Iet Hagels 104 118 Wanda Mochtar 101 105