Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship

The Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of Ireland. It was first played in 1894 and is currently organised by Golf Ireland.

Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship
Tournament information
LocationIreland
Established1894
Organised byGolf Ireland
FormatMatch play
Current champion
Beth Coulter

The Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship is contested through two phases. It begins with a 36 hole stroke play competition, with the leading 32 competitors progressing to the knock-out match play competition.[1]

It is a close event, entry being restricted to women born on the island of Ireland, or with one parent or grandparent born on the island of Ireland, or resident on the island of Ireland for five years. In addition, players must not have played for another country's international team or in another country's close championship, except at the under-18 or younger level.[1]

Winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef
2022Beth Coulter6 & 5Sara ByrneGrange
2021Anna Foster2 & 1Beth CoulterBallybunion[2]
2020Not held
2019Annabel Wilson19 holesPaula GrantWoodbrook[3]
2018Sara Byrne2 & 1Louise CoffeyEnniscrone[4]
2017Paula Grant3 & 1Ciara CaseyMullingar[5]
2016Olivia Mehaffey1 upLouise CoffeyLahinch[6]
2015Sarah Helly6 & 5Olivia MehaffeyRosapenna[7]
2014Mary Doyle2 & 1Jessica CartyEnniscrone[8]
2013Paula Grant19 holesLisa MaguireBallybunion[9]
2012Leona Maguire2 upStephanie MeadowCounty Louth[10]
2011Danielle McVeigh19 holesKaren DelaneyCarlow[11]
2010Mary Dowling1 upLisa MaguirePortstewart[12]
2009Lisa Maguire5 & 4Mary DowlingFota Island[13]
2008Leona Maguire3 & 2Lisa MaguireWestport[14]
2007Karen Delaney3 & 2Marian RiordanLahinch[15]
2006Tricia Mangan2 & 1Martina GillenThe European Club
2005Tricia Mangan3 & 2Catherine TuckerPortsalon[16]
2004Deirdre Smith20 holesTara DelaneyThe Island[17]
2003Martina Gillen2 upMaria DunneDonegal[18]
2002Rebecca Coakley4 & 3Alison CoffeyCork
2001Alison Coffey4 & 3Claire CoughlanThe European Club
2000Alison Coffey3 & 1Suzanne O'BrienCounty Louth
1999Claire Coughlan4 & 3Eileen Rose PowerCarlow
1998Lillian Behan19 holesOonagh PurfieldClandeboye
1997Suzanne Fanagan4 & 3Eileen Rose PowerEnniscrone
1996Barbara Hackett3 & 2Lillian BehanTramore
1995Eileen Rose Power1 upSheena O'Brien KenneyCork
1994Laura Webb20 holesHazel KavanaghCounty Sligo
1993Eavan Higgins1 upAideen RogersRoyal Belfast
1992Eileen Rose Power1 upClaire HourihaneCounty Louth
1991Claire Hourihane2 upEileen Rose McDaidBallybunion
1990Eileen Rose McDaid2 & 1Lesley CallenThe Island
1989Mary McKenna19 holesCarol WickhamWestport
1988Laura Bolton2 & 1Eavan HigginsTramore
1987Claire Hourihane5 & 4Catherine HickeyLahinch
1986Therese O'Reilly4 & 3Eavan HigginsCastlerock
1985Claire Hourihane4 & 3Mary McKennaWaterville
1984Claire Hourihane19 holesMaureen MadillCounty Sligo
1983Claire Hourihane6 & 4Valerie HassettCork
1982Mary McKenna2 & 1Maureen MadillRoyal Portrush
1981Mary McKenna1 upMary KennyLaytown & Bettystown
1980Claire Nesbitt19 holesClaire HourihaneLahinch
1979Mary McKenna6 & 5Claire NesbittDonegal
1978Mary Gorry4 & 3Ita ButlerGrange
1977Mary McKenna2 upRhona HegartyBallybunion
1976Claire Nesbitt20 holesMary McKennaCounty Sligo
1975Mary Gorry1 upElaine BradshawTramore
1974Mary McKenna3 & 2Vivienne SingletonLahinch
1973Maisie Mooney3 & 1Mary McKennaBundoran
1972Mary McKenna5 & 4Ita ButlerKillarney
1971Elaine Bradshaw3 & 1Maisie MooneyCounty Louth
1970Philomena Garvey2 & 1Moira EarnerRoyal Portrush[19]
1969Mary McKenna3 & 2Catherine HickeyBallybunion
1968Elaine Bradshaw4 & 3Mary McKennaLahinch[20]
1967Gwen Brandom3 & 2Pat O'SullivanCastlerock
1966Elaine Bradshaw3 & 2Pat O'SullivanRosslare
1965Elizabeth Purcell3 & 2Pat O'SullivanMullingar
1964Zelie Fallon37 holesPat O'SullivanRoyal Portrush
1963Philomena Garvey9 & 7Elizabeth BarnettKillarney
1962Philomena Garvey7 & 6Moira EarnerCounty Louth
1961Kitty MacCann5 & 3Ann SweeneyRoyal County Down
1960Philomena Garvey5 & 4Kitty MacCannCork[21]
1959Philomena Garvey12 & 10Heather ColhounLahinch[22]
1958Philomena Garvey7 & 6Zelie FallonCarlow[23]
1957Philomena Garvey3 & 2Kitty MacCannRoyal Portrush[24]
1956Pat O'Sullivan13 & 12Girlie HegartyKillarney[25]
1955Philomena Garvey10 & 9Audrey O'DonohoeCounty Sligo[26]
1954Philomena Garvey13 & 12Dorothy GlendinningPortmarnock[27]
1953Philomena Garvey8 & 7Girlie HegartyRosslare
1952Dorothy Forster3 & 2Kitty MacCannRoyal County Down[28]
1951Philomena Garvey12 & 10Dorothy ForsterBallybunion[29]
1950Philomena Garvey6 & 4Jean MarksCounty Sligo[30]
1949Kitty Smye9 & 7Dorothy BeckCounty Louth[31]
1948Philomena Garvey9 & 7Clarrie ReddanRosslare[32]
1947Philomena Garvey5 & 4Kitty SmyeRoyal Portrush
1946Philomena Garvey39 holesClarrie ReddanLahinch[33]
1940–1945: Not played due to World War II
1939Chrystabell MacGeagh1 upEna GildeaBundoran
1938Dorothy Beck5 & 4Bridget JacksonPortmarnock[34]
1937Dorothy Glendinning37 holesIda KiddRoyal Portrush[35]
1936Clarrie Tiernan7 & 6Sybil MooreBallybunion
1935Daisy Ferguson2 & 1Betty EllisRosapenna[36]
1934Pat Sherlock3 & 2Pat WalkerPortmarnock[37]
1933Eithne Pentony3 & 2Fanny BlakeRoyal County Down[38]
1932Betty Latchford7 & 5Daisy FergusonBallybunion[39]
1931Eithne Pentony3 & 2Nancy ToddCounty Sligo[40]
1930Pat Walker2 & 1Patsy JamesonPortmarnock
1929Mrs Harry Hall1 upIris TaylorRosapenna
1928Agnes Dwyer3 & 2Sybil ClarkeCork
1927Molly McLoughlin2 upFanny BlakeRoyal Dublin
1926Patsy Jameson5 & 3C.H. MurlandRoyal County Down
1925Janet Jackson2 & 1Sheelagh JamesonLahinch[41]
1924Sheila Thornton4 & 3Genevieve HewittCastlerock
1923Janet Jackson5 & 4Mrs BabingtonPortmarnock
1922Stella Gotto2 upMaisie HirschRoyal County Down
1921Wanda Stuart-French4 & 3May FitzgibbonHermitage[42]
1920Janet Jackson5 & 4Florence CramsieRoyal Portrush[43]
1919Janet Jackson5 & 4Marion AlexanderPortmarnock[44]
1915–1918: Not played due to World War I
1914Janet Jackson3 & 2Rose MeldonCastlerock[45]
1913Janet Jackson4 & 3Mabel HarrisonLahinch[46]
1912Mabel Harrison5 & 3Florence CramsiePortsalon[47]
1911Mabel Harrison6 & 4Florence Walker-LeighMalahide[48]
1910Mabel Harrison5 & 4Jessie MagillRoyal County Down[49]
1909Amy Ormsby4 & 2Violet HezletLahinch[50]
1908May Hezlet5 & 4Florence HezletRoyal Portrush[51]
1907Florence Walker-Leigh4 & 3May FitzgibbonRoyal Dublin[52]
1906May Hezlet2 & 1Florence HezletRoyal County Down[53]
1905May Hezlet2 & 1Florence HezletPortsalon[54]
1904May Hezlet4 & 2Florence Walker-LeighLahinch
1903Rhona Adair7 & 5Violet HezletRoyal Portrush[55]
1902Rhona Adair9 & 7Maud StuartRoyal County Down[56]
1901Rhona Adair4 & 2Florence Walker-LeighPortmarnock[57]
1900Rhona Adair9 & 7Violet HezletPortrush[58]
1899May Hezlet5 & 4Rhona AdairNewcastle[59]
1898Jessie Magill1 upMay HezletMalone[60]
1897Nellie Graham4 & 3Jessie MagillDollymount
1896Nellie Graham4 & 3Edith BrownriggNewcastle[61]
1895Helen Cox3 & 2Miss MacLaineRoyal Portrush
1894Clara Mulligan3 & 2Nellie GrahamCarnalea

Source:[62]

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