Brilliant Burke claims Leinster prize

Shannon Burke got her 2025 season underway in style as the Ballinrobe golfer claimed the Leinster Over 18 Women’s Championship with a commanding three-shot victory. With the Duggan Cup also up for grabs, 86 competitors teed it up in beautiful conditions on the coastal parkland of Blainroe Golf Club. Burke arrived hoping to carry the momentum from her strong team performances at the end of last season into 2025 and it looked as though she would do that early on, a birdie on the par-five second helping to set the 29-year-old on her way. Another birdie would follow on six