Brian Keogh Ireland’s hopes of winning a medal suffered a devastating blow when they were left spluttering the exhaust fumes of golf’s superpowers on day two of the World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy at Carton House.

Olivia Mehaffey had the lowest score, but teenage schoolgirl Annabel Wilson summed up Ireland’s fighting spirit a with battling performance on the opening day of the World Amateur Team Championship at Carton House.