McVeigh seeks new horizons: “People want security and certainty in their lives and golf is not any of those things”
Thinking of turning professional? Stop for a moment to listen to Danielle McVeigh, who has decided to seek her future in the real world for now after coming to the conclusion that the weekly tour grind was going to change her irrevocably as a person.
McVeigh hits the front thanks to eagle finish
Danielle McVeigh is tied for the lead on the LET Access Tour with a round to play in Sweden. Photo via LET.comDanielle McVeigh closed with a superb eagle three to grab a share of the lead in the Solvesborg Ladies Open hosted by Fanny Sunesson on the LET Access Tour in Sweden.
McVeigh comes up short at Q-School
Danielle McVeigh had a disappointing finish but still earned category 9 membership of the LET at the Q-School in Morocco. Picture via daniellemcveigh.co.ukDanielle McVeigh saved her worst round for last as she came up short in her bid to win her Ladies European Tour card at the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School in Morocco.McVeigh rallies to set up Q-School D-Day
Danielle McVeigh has a fighting chance of winning her Ladies European Tour card with a round to play in Morocco. Picture via daniellemcveigh.co.ukDanielle McVeigh brilliantly birdied three of her last four holes to make the cut and go into Monday’s final round of the Lalla Aicha Tour School in Morocco with a fighting chance of winning her Ladies European Tour card.McVeigh and Grant do well at School
Danielle McVeigh lit up the second round of the LET Q-School with a red-hot finish. Royal County Down’s Danielle McVeigh birdied five of her last six holes in a superb 66 to surge into contention for her Ladies European Tour card at Lalla Aicha Tour School in Morocco.
McVeigh handed Ladies British Masters invite
Danielle McVeigh at Killeen Castle last week. The Royal County Down player has been given a sponsor’s invitation for next week’s ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters at the Buckinghamshire. Picture by Tristan Jones (LET)Danielle McVeigh is playing on the Ladies European Tour Access Tour in Finland this week as she tries to battle her way onto the main tour.
But after missing the cut in the Ladies Irish Open she will have another chance to shine on the big stage next week after receiving one of 11 sponsor invitations for the inaugural ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club.
Pettersen lurking ominously at Killeen Castle
Scotland’s Carly Booth is just two strokes behind compatriot Catriona Matthew in the Ladies irish Open at Killeen Castle. Photo Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ieNorwegian world No 6 Suzann Pettersen can make like hell for the leaders as she chases down her third Ladies Irish Open title in five years at Killeen Castle today.Memories can wait as Matthew sets pace
Leona Maguire in action on the opening day of the Ladies Irish Open at Killeen Castle. Photo Jenny Matthews/www.golffile.ieWhile it’s said that the key to happiness is a bad memory several member of the European side that recorded that sensational Solheim Cup victory over the United States last September might beg to differ.Lisa Maguire makes a mockery of Vagliano snub with historic European Individual triumph
Happy families. The Maguires celebrate Lisa’s famous victory in Holland. Picture courtesy of Leo Vogelzang.She might have been handed No 13 at registration but the tag on Lisa Maguire’s bag was no bad omen as she became the first Irish player to win the prestigious European Ladies Individual Amateur Championship at wind-lashed Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
Did snubbing the Astor Trophy cost Lisa Maguire a Vagliano Trophy place?
Ireland will have three players on the Great Britain and Ireland team for next month’s Vagliano Trophy at Royal Portcawl - one third of the team.
But the absence of Lisa Maguire from a line-up that features her twin sister Leona, Danielle McVeigh and US-based Stephanie Meadow has shocked both her family and the Irish Ladies Golf Union.
ILGU deny Astor Trophy snub
There will be no Irish players at Fairhaven for next month’s Astor Trophy.ILGU Chief Executive Sinead Heraty has defended the decision to make Ireland’s top amateurs unavailable for selection for Great Britain and Ireland’s Astor Trophy defence next month.
At the insistence of the Irish Ladies Golf Union, Danielle McVeigh, Lisa and Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow were not considered for selection for the five-strong side which will battle Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa at Fairhaven in Lancashire from June 15-19.
“In the normal course of events we would be absolutely thrilled for the Irish players to play for a GB&I team,” Heraty said. “It is more to do with the scheduling of the Astor Trophy with the Vagliano Trophy, one after another.”
AIB Irish Golf Writers’ Award for McDowell
Graeme McDowell, who enjoyed a spectacular season on tour which saw him anchor Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and claim a breakthrough win in the Majors when winning the US Open at Pebble Beach, has been voted the ‘Professional of the Year’ in the AIB Irish Golf Writers’ Awards for 2010.