IRELAND'S newest Curtis Cup player, Claire Coughlan, finished second in the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Championship at Royal Troon yesterday.

GARY WOLSTENHOLME and Michael Skelton, the oldest and youngest members of the Britain and Ireland team, have been paired together for the opening game of the Walker Cup against America at Ganton in Yorkshire today.

GREAT BRITAIN and Ireland carded the equal-best score of the day to jump eight places up the leaderboard in the women’s World Amateur Team Golf Championship in the sweltering heat of Kuala Lumpur yesterday.