Brilliant teenager Olivia Mehaffey retained her Welsh Ladies Open stroke-play title at a canter at Conwy on the North Wales coast on Sunday.
Having surrendered her Scottish open title in horrendous conditions at Troon the previous weekend the 18-year-old from Royal County Down named last week in the Curtis Cup team arrived in Wales in determined mood.
After a steady first round in difficult conditions Mehaffey moved into top gear in round two and fired a sensational bogey-free 68- five under par- to take a grip on proceedings.
She closed with a highly-respectable 73 for a 54-hole aggregate of 220- one over par-for a comfortable five stroke success over Scotland’s Jessica Ross with German Fiona Liddell a further two strokes back in third spot.
Mehaffey had halves of 37 and 36 yesterday and what was noteworthy is that she did not have a six on her card in either of the last two rounds.
Marie Dunne,the Skerries star celebrated her Curtis Cup call-up by finishing ninth on 232.
Lahinch’s Sinead Sexton and Rachel Thompson of Cork ended up on 238 and 239 respectively while Shannon Burkefinished on 244 but Chloe Ryan surprisingly did not make the cut.
