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News.com.au
10-07-2025
- Health
- News.com.au
British golfer stretchered away after collapsing twice in scary scenes
British golf star Charley Hull has withdrawn from the Amundi Evian Championship in France after collapsing twice on course. Hull, 29, was carried off the course in a stretcher after multiple medial issues throughout her round, reportedly caused by a virus, The Sun reports. The Kettering golfer had sat down inside a bunker on the third hole after appearing unwell, before collapsing on the fourth tee. Hull tried to persist with her round after a 15-minute medical break but collapsed once more following her tee shot. She was one under through 12 holes when she decided to withdraw from the tournament. Expressing her frustration at pulling out, Hull could be heard saying: 'I was playing pretty well but I feel faint'. While she also claimed she was struggling with her eyesight. Hull had reportedly been suffering with a virus for two days. The Times suggest that several others in the field, including the Swedish US Open champion, Maja Stark, and the Swiss player, Chiara Tamburlini, have also suffered from a virus in the build up to the tournament. Hull's withdrawal ends her hopes of a maiden major victory, having finished T12 at both the US Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA Championship over the past month. She also forfeits any available prize money, with a nearly $12.3m purse up for grabs at Evian Resort Golf Club this week. Hull's collapse was described as a 'very unnerving situation' by broadcaster Richard Kaufman. The world No.19 hasn't won an event since November 2024, when she ended a two-year winless streak with victory in the Aramco Team Series. Hull has turned heads with her unconventional approach to golf in recent times. The Solheim Cup star has claimed to not use a yardage book and is often seen smoking cigarettes on the course. When asked about her training regimen recently, Hull revealed that she has been focused on a completely different sport rather than her swing. She told Sky Sports: 'My main goal actually isn't on the golf course. 'I want to try and get my 5k run time down to 20 minutes by the end of the year. It's around 26 minutes at the moment. 'I don't train in golf. I have zero interest in training in golf. I don't want to just be a golfer. 'I want to be an athlete. I train because it's good for my mental health and it's good for me. I just enjoy it as a hobby.'
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
English amateur Woad claims Women's Irish Open lead
World number one amateur Woad hit 12 birdies and just one bogey in the opening 36 holes [Getty Images] Women's Irish Open second-round leaderboard -11 L Woad (Eng*); -8 C Tamburlini (Swi); -7 C Hull (Eng), A Garvey (NZ), K Rudgeley (Aus), M Sagstrom (Swe); -6 A Swayne (USVI), H Screen (Eng) Selected others: -4 E Hamilton (Eng); -3 M Rhodes (Eng); -1 A Foster (Ire); Level E Fleming (Ire*); +1 L Maguire (Ire), G Hall (Eng) Advertisement Full leaderboard English amateur Lottie Woad carded a second-round 67 to take a three-shot lead at the halfway point of the Women's Irish Open at Carton House. Woad, 21, recorded seven birdies and just one bogey in windy conditions to lead Switzerland's overnight joint-leader Chiara Tamburlini, who birdied her last hole for a two-under 71. World number 19 Charley Hull of England shot a bogey-free 69 and shares third place alongside Australia's Kirsten Rudgeley (68), Sweden's four-time Solheim Cup player Madelene Sagstrom (71) and New Zealand's Amelia Garvey (70). England's Hannah Screen (72) and Alexandra Swayne of the Virgin Islands (72) are a shot further back on six-under. Advertisement Anna Foster (74) leads the Irish challenge on one-under, but Leona Maguire is 12 shots adrift after carding three bogeys and a double in a 75. Woad is the world's top-ranked amateur and served notice of her potential with victory in the Augusta National Women's Amateur and a top-10 finish in the Women's Open last year. And while she has not yet turned professional, the Florida State University player has put herself in a strong position to win her first Ladies European Tour title with 36 holes to go in County Kildare. After a bogey-free opening 68, Woad started Friday's round on the 10th and picked up three shots on her front nine. Advertisement Woad, from Farnham in Surrey, gained another three strokes in the first six holes of her second nine, and while a solitary blemish came on the par-four eighth, a closing birdie extended her advantage at the top of the leaderboard. Woad led by four until 2024 Order of Merit winner Tamburlini knocked her approach at the final hole to within a foot for a closing birdie. But while Woad shone, home favourite Maguire failed to build on her opening 72 as she dropped three shots in her first five holes. The three-time Solheim Cup player then mixed three birdies with a double bogey on the back nine to sit in a tie for 49th alongside England's former Open champion Georgia Hall, who shot 76. Irish amateur Emma Fleming followed an impressive first-round 69 with a 77 to slip back to even par.
BBC News
03-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fernandez and Tamburlini share Irish Women's Open lead
Women's Irish Open first round leaderboard-6 B Fernandez (Esp), C Tamburlini (Swi); -5 A Swayne (USVI), L Woad (Eng), Screen (Eng), L Pettersson (Swe), M Sagstrom (Swe), M Rhodes (Eng)Selected others: -3 C Hull (Eng); -2 G Hall (Eng) -1 L Maguire (Ire); +2 A Nordqvist (Swe).Full leaderboard Spain's Blanca Fernandez and Switzerland's Chiara Tamburlini carded opening 67s to share the Women's Irish Open lead after the first round at Carton trio Lottie Woad, Mimi Rhodes and Hannah Screen are among a group one shot back, but home favourite Leona Maguire is five off the tricky conditions that fluctuated between showers and sunshine, with a swirling wind added to the mix, it was Fernandez and Tamburlini who made the best of it to lead the had seven birdies and a single bogey in their round, with Tamburlini picking up a shot on three of the last four Order of Merit leader Rhodes, world number one amateur Woad and Screen on five under were Swedish pair Lisa Patterson and Madelene Sagstroem, plus Alexandra Swayne, who is representing the Unites States Virgin Islands, with the sextet just one shot off the pace in a packed just two strokes separate the top 19 players with another 11 just a further shot back, including the best of the home challengers Emma Fleming, who claimed the Victorian Amateur Championship in Australia last endured a frustrating day on the greens, but the Cavan woman remains in contention having ended day one with a 72, tied with three other Irish players on one-under-par.A number of Maguire's Solheim Cup team-mates started strongly with Sagstrom posting the best round of the five, while England's Charley Hull (-3) and Georgia Hall (-2) are well in contention heading into day two,Sweden's Anna Nordqvist, though, has work to do having finished the day on two over.
Irish Times
03-07-2025
- Climate
- Irish Times
Women's Irish Open: Leona Maguire middle of the pack as UCD student Emma Fleming leads home charge
The weather gods, at times, toyed with those who sought to work their way around the expansive O'Meara course at Carton House in the first round of the KPMG Irish Women's Open, as sunshine and rain showers swapped with each other in the coming and going of their indecisive systems in testing the patience of those setting out in pursuit of a prized title on the Ladies European Tour. As Solheim Cup player Madelene Sagström, quite the comedienne, quipped, 'someone told me it only rained twice a year in Ireland: once for the first half of the year, then for the second part of the year.' Still, the rain – which came in bursts – was less a factor than a stiff, swirling wind which grew as the day got older so that those who'd done their work in the first wave mostly benefited as Switzerland's Chiara Tamburlini, last year's LET order of merit winner in her rookie season, and Spain's Blanca Fernandez shared the opening round lead after signing for six-under-par 67s. Sagström's quick wit was matched for the most part by her golf game as the Swede – who went eagle-triple bogey-birdie in the unlikeliest of three-holes sequences at one juncture of her round – carded a 68, which put her into a six-way tie for third, while Charley Hull, the world number 19, who had received two hours of treatment on a back injury on Wednesday, bogeyed the last to sign for a 70 that nevertheless put her very much into the mix. READ MORE For Leona Maguire , it was a day to remain patient as a lip-out and other times when the ball stubbornly refused to drop into the tin cup provided evidence of a tough time on the greens. 'I felt like I had a lot of good putts but I had a nasty lip out on three, hung over the hole on 10, hung over the hole on 12 as well. I mean, that's golf, but overall, I'm happy with how I give myself lots of chances and maybe take more advantage of the par 5s [going forward] hopefully,' said Maguire, who signed for a one-under-par 72, in tied-43rd, one of four Irish players – of 16 in the field – to post a sub-par round. [ Golfer Leona Maguire: 'We came from a modest background. I don't need a lot of money to keep me happy' Opens in new window ] Rookie professional Anna Foster and Clare amateur Áine Donegan each signed for 71s (in tied-26th) but it was 20-year-old UCD student Emma Fleming who had the distinction of leading the home challenge after an impressive 69 (in tied-ninth). Fleming, a member of Elm Park, brought momentum into tournament, her third Irish Open appearance. Last month, Fleming won the prestigious Victorian amateur championship in Australia – 'It is probably the first big event that I've won, especially it being matchplay and such a long event, there is eight rounds, so getting through all of that definitely helped my confidence a bit,' she said – and the Dubliner, familiar with the O'Meara course as part of Golf Ireland team sessions through the years, was very much at home on the course and playing with the professionals. A chip-in for birdie on the eighth, her 17th hole of the round, was the highlight and brought a loud cheer from the many Elm Park members in the gallery who had been forced to double-up their support in also following Foster. Whether Fleming also follows Foster into the paid ranks is not clear. As she put it, 'I am trying to move forwards with my academics and then maybe [consider pro], you never know, but definitely trying to push my academics now. My family is very academically orientated, we have always valued academics and to have a strong Plan B if you were going to turn pro or whatever. I am into third year now so I have got two more years to decide. We will see,' said Fleming, who is studying economics and business. Anna Foster at the Women's Irish Open. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho Foster, for her part, started brilliantly with three straight birdies (from the 10th to 12th) and was briefly tied for the lead on five-under at one point – when Sagstrom took that triple bogey seven on the fifth to fall from eight-under back to five-under – but suffered three bogeys in four holes coming home. 'I'm happy with how I played. Obviously, like, you're going to make mistakes. There's a lot of golf left to be played. And, you know, two-under is, like, still a respectable round,' said Foster in keeping a positive approach. Donegan – expected to turn professional later this year following the World Amateur Championships – was part of the winning Vagliano Trophy team last weekend but retained sufficient energy to compile a 71. 'Last week was amazing. I am very tired, I can't wait to go home to bed. We haven't won the Vagliano since 2005 and we've never had it with the Curtis Cup so to have an Irish captain [Maria Dunne] and to have Beth [Coulter] on the team there was a nice Irish contingent there and it was a really good week. I came in off a high,' said Donegan. For Lauren Walsh, it proved to be a tough day at the office. Currently 12th on the LET order of merit in a strong second season on the tour, the Kildare native shot a 75 (helped by birdieing two of her closing four holes) and is faced with a tough task to survive the cut.
Irish Daily Mirror
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
What time/TV channel is the Women's Irish Open on today? Tee times, TV info etc
The KPMG Women's Irish Open is upon us as the Ladies European Tour returns. Carton House hosts the tournament for the second straight year after Annabel Dimmock claimed the title last year. Leona Maguire comes into her home competition in improving form, having recently tied for 19th in the Women's PGA Championship. She is part of a record-setting Irish cast for this year's instalment of the tournament, with sixteen players from the island in contention. Ladie's European Tour number one Chiara Tamburlini is also in action in Kildare, alongside Charley Hull and Bronte Law, who are numbers three and five in the rankings. All the action can be followed on Sky Sports Golf with the coverage beginning at 5pm today. Selected first round tee times (Irish time) *denotes amateur 8:12am - Pia Babnik (Slovenia), Lisa Pettersson (Sweden), *Beth Coulter (Ireland) 8:36am - Lauren Walsh (Ireland), Madelene Sagstrom (Sweden), Chiara Tamburlini (Switzerland) 8:48am - Anna Foster (Ireland), Mimi Rhodes (England), Cara Gainer (England) 9:00am - Leona Maguire (Ireland), Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), *Aine Donegan (Ireland) 9:12am - *Anna Dawson (Ireland), Annabell Fuller (England), Kelsey Bennett (Australia) 9:24am - Ginnie Ding (Hong Kong), April Angurasaranee (Thailand), *Olivia Costello (Ireland) 10:00am - Ayako Uehara (Japan), Dorota Zalewska (Poland), *Rebekah Gardner (Northern Ireland) 10:00am - *Emma Fleming (Ireland), Tereza Melecka (Czech Republic), Alessia Nobilio (Italy) 1:36pm - Annabel Wilson (Northern Ireland), Laura Cowan (Germany), Lottie Woad (England)* 1:48 pm - Olivia Mehaffey (Northern Ireland), Bronte Law (England), Klara Davidson Spilkova (Czechia) 1:48pm - Liz Young (England), Canice Screene (Ireland), Polly Mack (Germany) 2:00pm - Sara Byrne (Ireland), Charley Hull (England), Georgia Hall (England) 2:12pm - Celine Herbin (France), Sofie Bringner (Sweden), *Marina Joyce Moreno (Northern Ireland) 2:24 pm – *Roisin Scanlon (Ireland), Helen Tamy Kreuzer (Germany), Eleanor Givens (England) 3:00pm - *Anna Abom (Ireland), Sanna Nuutinen (Finland), Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (Iceland)
