Olivia Mehaffey maintains form to take bronze in Sweden

Olivia Mehaffey continued her rich vein of form when she produced a display of the highest quality to secure the bronze medal in the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Sweden at the weekend.

The 18-year-old Curtis Cup star from Royal County Down finished with a second successive four under par 68 over the Hooks course for a 72-hole total of 270 — nine under — and outright third place.

Mehaffey, the holder of the Irish Close Championship and Welsh Open stroke-play title ended just two strokes behind new champion Bronte Law, England’s hugely-talented Curtis Cup player and one adrift of Belgian Leslie Cloots who led all the way until a disappointing final round of 74.