Pettersen joins line-up for Irish Open Pro-Am

LADIES representing a dozen Irish golf clubs will tee it up alongside the world’s best in the AIB Ladies Irish Open Pro-Am at Portmarnock Links on July 10.

The championship has attracted the world third ranked player, Suzann Pettersen of Norway and the 15th placed American Morgan Pressel. The clubs to come through the qualifying process at venues throughout the country were Rosslare, Ennis, Adare Manor, Gort, Galway Bay, Glen of the Downs, Headfort, Highfield, Ashbourne, Enniscorthy, Castle Hume and Nuremore.

Almost 200 clubs entered the Club Challenge with over 1,000 teams and over 3,000 ladies participating in the four regional finals at Galway, Dun Laoighaire, Cork and Royal Belfast.