Heartbreak as Ireland denied by Scotland

IRELAND were pipped at the post in a gripping finale to the Women’s Amateur Home International at rain-sodden Whitchurch in Cardiff yesterday.

A six foot putt on the last green by Scotland’s British Open strokeplay champion Pamela Pretswell denied Ireland their first title for six years.

That clinching putt gave the 22-year-old Glasgow University student a one-hole victory over the brilliant and previously unbeaten Leona Maguire.