Coughlan second in Scottish Open

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

Coughlan shot a final round 71 to finish second on her own, five shots adrift of Emma Duggleby from England.

Duggleby and Shelley McKevitt won the international team event for England after a tie on 437 with the Irish team of Coughlan and Maura Morrin. The tie-breaker was the better final-round aggregate.