Coughlan hopes game in shape at right time for Amateur Close

Competition is set to be even tougher this year with a reduced field of just the top-12 qualifiers advancing to the AIG Close Championship match play rounds

Douglas Golf Club's Clodagh Coughlan

Douglas golfer Clodagh Coughlan sees her game trending in the right direction at the ideal time as she tees it up in the AIG Irish Women’s & Girls’ Amateur Close Championship on Tuesday.

Eighty golfers will take to the Roscommon parkland course with two rounds of stroke play qualifying and four rounds of match play lying ahead before champions are crowned on Friday evening.