Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship

Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship

Tournament information
Location	Ireland
Established	1993
Organised by	Golf Ireland
Format	Stroke play
Current champion
Anna Foster

The Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship is the women's national amateur stroke play golf championship of Ireland. It was first played in 1993 and is currently organised by Golf Ireland.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue(s)	Ref.
2024	Anna Foster	210	4 strokes	Annabel Wilson	Woodbrook	[1]
2023	Lorna McClymont	206	3 strokes	Beth Coulter	Woodbrook	[2]
2022	Lorna McClymont	213	4 strokes	Katie Poots	County Louth	[3]
2021	Charlotte Back	212	3 strokes	Beth Coulter Moa Svedenskiöld	County Louth	[4]
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland				County Louth
2019	Lily May Humphreys	212	6 strokes	Romy Meekers	County Louth	[5]
2018	Hannah McCook	223	2 strokes	Romy Meekers	County Louth	[6]
2017	Maria Dunne	216	2 strokes	Gemma Clews Sophie Lamb	County Louth	[7]
2016	Olivia Mehaffey	223	8 strokes	Chloe Ryan	The Island	[8]
2015	Isabella Holpfer	221	Playoff [a]	Chloe Ryan	Dun Laoghaire	[9]
2014	Lucy Goddard	217	1 stroke	Chloe Ryan	Douglas	[10]
2013	Meghan Maclaren	218	1 stroke	Paula Grant	Castle	[11]
2012	Emily Taylor	233	3 strokes	Mary Dowling Gillian O'Leary	The Island	[12]
2011	Leona Maguire	206	8 strokes	Stephanie Meadow	Elm Park	[13]
2010	Hannah Burke	214	5 strokes	Justine Lee	Newlands	[14]
2009	Lisa Maguire	214	Playoff [b]	Hannah Burke	Douglas	[15]
2008	Breanne Loucks	214	3 strokes	Roseanne Niven	Elm Park	[16]
2007	Stacey Keating	225	1 stroke	Bree Arthur Stephanie Evans Niamh Kitching Marian Riordan	Clandeboye	[17]
2006	Martina Gillen	224	3 strokes	Deirdre Smith	County Sligo	[18]
2005	Tara Delaney	219	2 strokes	Maura Morrin Kylie Walker	Hermitage	[19]
2004	Tara Delaney	220	Playoff [c]	Martina Gillen	Cork	[20] [21]
2003	Claire Coughlan	215	7 strokes	Maura Morrin	Rathsallagh	[22]
2002	Rebecca Coakley	214	Countback [d]	Martina Gillen	Dundalk	[23]
2001	Anne Laing	214	4 strokes	Vikki Laing	Birr	[24]
2000	Rebecca Coakley	205	6 strokes	Claire Coughlan	Birr	[25]
1999	Hazel Kavanagh	217	2 strokes	Elaine Dowdall	Waterford Castle
1998	Suzanne O'Brien	141 [e]	6 strokes	Lillian Behan	Waterford Castle	[26]
1997	Yvonne Cassidy	217	1 stroke	Paula Gorman	Waterford Castle	[27]
1996	Eileen Rose Power	218	2 strokes	Lisa Dermott	Grange
1995	Naoimh Quigg	300 [f]	1 stroke	Kate Egford Denise McCarthy	Grange
1994	Hazel Kavanagh	286 [f]	7 strokes	Tracey Eakin	Milltown
1993	Tracey Eakin	293 [f]	8 strokes	Eileen Rose Power Aideen Rogers Vicki Thomas	Milltown

1. Holpfer beat Ryan on the first playoff hole.
2. Maguire beat Burke on the seventh playoff hole.
3. Delaney beat Gillen in a playoff. They were still tied after a 3-hole playoff. Delaney won after a further five sudden-death holes.
4. Coakley won on countback having the lower score for the last 36 holes: 140 to Gillen's 141.
5. Event reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather.
6. Event contested over 72 holes.

Source: ^[28]

References

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11. "Meghan Maclaren wins Irish stroke-play after Eilidh fades". Kirkwood Golf. 26 May 2013.
12. "Emily Taylor wins Irish women's open amateur stroke-play championship by three strokes". Kirkwood Golf. 27 May 2012.
13. "Leona Maguire wins Irish open stroke title by eight shots". Kirkwood Golf. 19 June 2011.
14. "Hannah Burke wins Irish women's open title this time". Kirkwood Golf. 6 June 2010.
15. "Lisa wins play-off against Hannah at the seventh extra hole". Kirkwood Golf. 21 June 2009.
16. "Roseanne Niven finishes runner-up in Irish open stroke-play". Kirkwood Golf. 29 June 2008.
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18. "Martina Gillen wins Irish Open Stroke-play". Gillian Kirkwood Golf News. 2 July 2006.
19. "Irish Open Strokeplay Championship". Gillian Kirkwood Golf News. 24 July 2005.
20. "Scottish kiwi finishes sixth in Irish Women's Open Stroke Play". Gillian Kirkwood Golf News. 1 August 2004.
21. "Delaney in marathon". Irish Independent . 2 August 2004.
22. "Louise Kenney fourth behind seven-shot Irish winner". Gillian Kirkwood Golf News. 20 July 2003.
23. Farquharson, Colin (20 July 2002). "Defending champion Anne Laing fourth in Irish stroke play". Gillian Kirkwood Golf News.
24. McDermott, Gerry (30 July 2001). "Steady Anne does enough for victory". Irish Independent .
25. Watterson, Johnny (31 July 2000). "Coakley races away to six shot winning margin". Irish Times .
26. "O'Brien wins as rain halts Open". Irish Times . 27 July 1998.
27. Reid, Philip (29 July 1997). "Cheap putter pays dividend for Cassidy". Irish Times .
28. "Irish Womens Open Stroke-Play Championship". Go Golfing. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

External links

• Golf Ireland