Kate O’Connor is 19th in the heptathlon, while Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire struggle in the golf competition
golf competition which left her 21 shots off the lead of Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux and with nothing but pride to play for over the final two days.
Maguire’s 79 added up to 13-over-par 157 over two rounds and tied 57th of 60 players, with Stephanie Meadow marginally better at eight over after a 74 on day two, but also well off the pace and tied 52nd. Both struggled with their driving on a course where the rough is particularly punishing, with Meadow losing almost five shots to the field in driving, and Maguire three shots.
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