Heath’s Doyle stays cool to win Close title

The Heath’s Mary Doyle cruised to a hugely impressive 2 and 1 win over Holywood’s Jessica Carty to lift the Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship at a sun-kissed Enniscrone.

The 17-year-old international had to work hard to make it to the decider, holing a testing par putt on the 17th to defeat Carlow’s Aedin Murphy 2 and 1 in the semi-finals.

Doyle was unstoppable in the final, building on a sensational start to beat Carty 2 and 1 after the Holywood player earlier sent title favourite Olivia Mehaffey of Royal County Down to her second successive semi-final defeat, with a clear cut 5 and 3 win.