UCD STUDENT EMMA Fleming spearheads the home challenge at the KPMG Women’s Irish Open after the opening round at Carton House.
Dublin amateur Fleming carded a four-under-par 69 to sit two shots off the lead, with the Elm Park club member chipping in on 8 — her 17th hole — to ignite her chase in Maynooth.
Fleming, 20, won the Victorian amateur championship in Australia last month and is currently the 165th-ranked amateur in the world. She currently sits in a tie for ninth, alongside 10 other players who shot four under on Thursday.
First-year professional Anna Foster and Clare amateur Áine Donegan each shot two-under 71s to sit in a tie for 26th.
Leona Maguire is a shot further back after signing for a one-under-par 72. The Cavan woman began with a bogey on the first before a steady, par-laden front nine. She birdied the 11th before dropping further shots on holes 16 and 17, and rounding off with a second birdie on the 18th.
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Cavan's Leona Maguire in action at Carton House. Laszlo Geczo / INPHO
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Maguire is five back from joint leaders Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland — who last year topped the LET order of merit in her rookie season — and Spain’s Blanca Fernandez, each of whom posted six-under-par 67s.
Elsewhere among the home competitors, Canice Screenan carded an even-par 73 to sit six shots off the lead heading into the second round.
There are three ‘Annas’ — almost — on one over par, with Anna Dawson, Anna Abom and Annabel Wilson all shooting 74.
Kildare local Lauren Walsh signed for a two-over 75 after an improved showing on the back nine, with Roisin Scanlon and Sara Byrne on the same score, eight shots adrift of the overnight leaders.
Beth Coulter, Olivia Costello, and Northern Ireland’s Marina Joyce Merino are on three over after opening with 76 each.
Olivia Mehaffey made a dream start with an eagle on the first but ultimately fell to a four-over-par 77, while amateur Rebekah Gardner signed for a 78 and finished her first round five over.
John Deere Classic
On the men’s PGA Tour, Séamus Power opened with a four-under-par 67 to sit five shots off the lead at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.
Waterford’s Power birdied the par-5 second at TPC Deere Run and parred his way to the turn, where he picked up three successive birdies on the par-4 ninth, the par-5 10th and the par-4 11th.
A bogey on the par-3 12th stymied Power’s momentum until he birdied again on 17, another par 5, to head into Friday in a tie for 26th.
America’s Doug Ghim is the standalone overnight leader after his nine-under-par 62 on Thursday.
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Dublin amateur Emma Fleming leads the home challenge at Women's Irish Open
LAST UPDATE | 3 Jul
UCD STUDENT EMMA Fleming spearheads the home challenge at the KPMG Women’s Irish Open after the opening round at Carton House.
Dublin amateur Fleming carded a four-under-par 69 to sit two shots off the lead, with the Elm Park club member chipping in on 8 — her 17th hole — to ignite her chase in Maynooth.
Fleming, 20, won the Victorian amateur championship in Australia last month and is currently the 165th-ranked amateur in the world. She currently sits in a tie for ninth, alongside 10 other players who shot four under on Thursday.
First-year professional Anna Foster and Clare amateur Áine Donegan each shot two-under 71s to sit in a tie for 26th.
Leona Maguire is a shot further back after signing for a one-under-par 72. The Cavan woman began with a bogey on the first before a steady, par-laden front nine. She birdied the 11th before dropping further shots on holes 16 and 17, and rounding off with a second birdie on the 18th.
Maguire is five back from joint leaders Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland — who last year topped the LET order of merit in her rookie season — and Spain’s Blanca Fernandez, each of whom posted six-under-par 67s.
Elsewhere among the home competitors, Canice Screenan carded an even-par 73 to sit six shots off the lead heading into the second round.
There are three ‘Annas’ — almost — on one over par, with Anna Dawson, Anna Abom and Annabel Wilson all shooting 74.
Kildare local Lauren Walsh signed for a two-over 75 after an improved showing on the back nine, with Roisin Scanlon and Sara Byrne on the same score, eight shots adrift of the overnight leaders.
Beth Coulter, Olivia Costello, and Northern Ireland’s Marina Joyce Merino are on three over after opening with 76 each.
Olivia Mehaffey made a dream start with an eagle on the first but ultimately fell to a four-over-par 77, while amateur Rebekah Gardner signed for a 78 and finished her first round five over.
John Deere Classic
On the men’s PGA Tour, Séamus Power opened with a four-under-par 67 to sit five shots off the lead at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.
Waterford’s Power birdied the par-5 second at TPC Deere Run and parred his way to the turn, where he picked up three successive birdies on the par-4 ninth, the par-5 10th and the par-4 11th.
A bogey on the par-3 12th stymied Power’s momentum until he birdied again on 17, another par 5, to head into Friday in a tie for 26th.
America’s Doug Ghim is the standalone overnight leader after his nine-under-par 62 on Thursday.
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