Champion Meadow joins Portrush greats

Stephanie Meadow kept the Royal Portrush bandwagon rolling at the weekend as she claimed the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship title, the first Northern Ireland player to do so since Maureen Madill lifted the trophy at Nairn 33 years ago.

Her success at Carnoustie comes just three weeks after she holed the winning putt which gave Great Britain and Ireland the Curtis Cup for the first time in 16 years.

It was only seven days earlier that Alan Dunbar, also a member of the famous Antrim club, won the men’s British Amateur Championship at Troon. These two successes follow hot on the heels of compatriots and Major winners Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke.