Inaugural Women’s West of Ireland Championship tees off

The first ever women’s West of Ireland Golf Championship began on Sunday morning at Castle Dargan Golf Club in Sligo.

A field of 49 players are competing on the Darren Clarke designed Sligo parkland course for the 54-hole championship, with 36 holes of Stroke Play on Sunday before a cut ahead of Monday’s final round, where the first champion will be crowned.

Play began at half-seven on Sunday morning with Irish Girls’ Amateur Close champion Hannah Lee-McNamara (Royal Portrush) and Flogas Irish Girls’ Amateur Open champion Olivia Costello (Roscommon) leading out the field.

There’s plenty of local interest, with Maeve Kelly (Strandhill), Jessica Reynolds (Co. Sligo), Maebh McLoughlin (Co. Sligo), Sophie Reynolds (Co. Sligo) and Sophie Dodd (Enniscrone) all set to compete at the historic event.

Follow the live scoring here.