Beth Coulter just two shots off the pace at Baltray

Beth Coulter (Kirkistown Castle) on the 2nd tee. Picture: Golffile | Thos Caffrey

Kirkistown Castle’s Beth Coulter is praying for wind over the weekend after a four-under 70 left her two strokes off the pace after the opening round of the Irish Women’s and Girls’ Amateur Open Championship at County Louth. 

Runner up in the Girls’ Amateur Championship, Coulter made six birdies and two bogeys to share fourth place at Baltray, where Finland’s Aada Rissanen fired a six-under 68 for a one-shot lead over Sweden’s Moa Svedenskiöld and German’s Charlotte Back in both the Women’s and Girls’ championships.