MacLaren survives final round Grant charge

England’s Meghan MacLaren survived a final round charge by Lisburn’s Paula Grant to win the Irish Women’s Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship at Castle.

The 19-year-year old student at Florida International University birdied the 16th and 17th for a two over 74 to edge out Grant (70) by a shot on two over 218 for a wire-to-wire victory.

Three clear of Scotland’s Eilidh Briggs overnight and five clear of Grant, MacLaren got off to a horrible start with bogeys at the first four holes.