Soenderby wins KPMG Women's Irish Open as unluky van Dam snaps driver in buggy accident

Denmark's Smilla Tarning Soenderby went on to win her maiden title with a spectacular eagle three from 12 feet as van Dam's 11-footer grazed the hole and failed to drop.

MAIDEN TITLE: Denmark’s Smilla Tarning Soenderby celebrates with the Women's Irish Open trophy. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Leona Maguire believes Carton House has a tough act to follow when it hosts the KPMG Women's Irish Open on the O'Meara Course next year after a spectacular — and bizarre — finish at Dromoland Castle.

The county Clare venue could not have hoped for a more dramatic end to its second staging of the tournament it helped revive last year as the Netherlands' Anne van Dam snapped the shaft of her driver, snagging it in the fairway ropes, as an LET official drove her back to the 18th tee for a playoff.