It’s the last major of the year as Leona Maguire and Lauren Walsh bid to become the first female Irish major winner at the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales.
Anna Foster may join them after the Elm Park star carded a three-under 68 in Final Qualifying at Pyle & Kenfig this morning to leave her at the top of the leaderboard as the afternoon wave begin their round.
Seventeen places are on offer with Beth Coulter, Aine Donegan, Sara Byrne, Annabel Wilson and Olivia Mehaffey also bidding for a spot in the field this week.
Maguire continued her fine form at last week’s ISPS HANDA Scottish Open with a share of 16th place at Dundonald Links proving a nice follow up on her T7 finish at the Evian Championship and she looks set to break back into the top-70 of the Rolex World Rankings.
Walsh on the other hand has gone off the boil slightly, missing her second successive cut on the Ladies European Tour.
It’s fair to say there will be plenty of focus on Lottie Woad this week.
After winning the KPMG Women’s Irish Open as an amateur and then sensationally finishing T3 at the Evian Championship, Woad continued her incredible form by winning the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open last week in her first start as a professional.
The Englishwoman will surely enter the week as one of the favourites as she looks to wrap up a major title in double quick time.
PGA Tour
Seamus Power continues his bid to retain his full playing privileges at the Wyndham Championship.
Power is ranked 130th in the FedEx Cup rankings with the top-100 retaining full privileges.
This is the last regular season event before the FedEx Cup playoffs begin with the top-70 advancing to the end of season events.
HotelPlanner Tour
Liam Nolan and Max Kennedy are looking to keep their DP World Tour promotion hopes on track at the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge.
Nolan and Kennedy are 21st and 24th respectively with the top-20 at the end of the season earning DP World Tour cards.
Daniel Mulligan, Alex Maguire, Mark Power, Dermot McElroy and Jonathan Caldwell complete a strong Irish contingent.
Clutch Pro Tour
Conor Murtagh, Paul McBride, Robert Brazill and John-Ross Galbraith tee it up at the MotoCaddy Championships.
