<p>Roisin Scanlon</p>
New Irish recruit Roisin Scanlon shot a four-under 69 to lie just a shot behind pace-setter Esme Hamilton in the race to make the top 64 who qualify for the Women’s Amateur at Hunstanton today.
Playing out of Woburn, she is the daughter of former Irish long jump and triple jump athlete Taneisha Robinson-Scanlon.
AIG Irish Women’s Close champion Beth Coulter is 13th after a two-under 71 with Lahinch’s Aine Donegan 46th after a level-par 73.
Canice Screene shot 74 to lie 53rd with Hermitage’s Kate Lanigan 63rd after a 74 and Curtis Cup star Lauren Walsh from Castlewarden sitting in the hot seat at 64th after a 75.
Clandeboye’s Rebekah Gardner shot 77 to lie 98th with Elm Park’s Anna Foster, last year’s Irish Close winner, 111th after a 78.
Recent Irish Close runner-up Sara Byrne from Douglas was 134th with Lahinch’s Aideen Walsh 137th after they carded eight-over 81s.
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