Olivia Mehaffey and Maria Dunne were the only Irish players to make the cut in the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship near Lisbon.

World No 11 Olivia Mehaffey shook off her jet-lag to move up the leaderboard and head the Irish challenge in the 86th Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship.

Leona Maguire tied for fourth to help the Duke women’s golf team win the 2015 Landfall Tradition team title.

Maynooth University captured the inaugural Jerry Murray/Notre Dame Invitational at Waterville Golf Links with James Sugrue the individual winner.

Gavin Moynihan summed up the sense of shock in Irish golf when news filtered through of the sudden-death at the age of 75 of the great PGA professional Hugh Jackson at the Connemara Pro-Am this morning. 

She was in tears that her parents missed her moment of glory but Enniscrone’s Sarah Helly paid them the greatest tribute possible by using her sparking short game to clinch a shock win over Olivia Mehaffey in the Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship over the Old Tom Morris Links at stunning Rosapenna.

She might have some way to go to catch world No 1 Leona Maguire but Olivia Mehaffey can pick up her fourth title of the season in this afternoon's Irish Women's Amateur Close final at Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort.

The Heath’s Mary Doyle remained on course to retain her Irish Women’s Close title at Rosapenna as Olivia Mehaffey continued her bid for a fourth title this season.

World amateur No 1 Leona Maguire has opted to skip the Irish Women's Close at Rosapenna to better prepare for the Vagliano Trophy, a Ladies European Tour appearance and the European Ladies Team Championship.

Watch out Wales. Fresh from completing a hat-trick of wins in the Irish Girls Open Strokeplay last week, Olivia Mehaffey overcame a three stroke deficit to add her name to the illustrious list of winners of the prestigious Helen Holm Scottish Open Strokeplay at Royal Troon.

Olivia Mehaffey remains on course for back-to-back wins after she posted a one over 73 to go into the final round of the Helen Holm Scottish Strokeplay just three shots behind Swedish leader Linnea Strom.

Olivia Mehaffey flew the flag for Irish golf as world No 3 Linnea Strom fired a four under 68 on Troon Portland to share the first round lead in the Helen Holm Scottish Strokeplay.

Ireland slipped to tied 23rd as Canada took a two stroke lead on 14 under par after two rounds of the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship (WWATC) at Karuizawa 72 Golf East.