Meadow comes through play-off to seal Open place

Stephanie Meadow secured a place in this week's Women's Open at St Andrews by coming through a 12-way play-off for three spots at final qualifying.

Meadow posted an eagle, four birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in a one-under-par 71 to finish in a tie for 10th out of a field of 92 players over the Craighead links at Crail Golfing Society.

A subsequent sudden death play-off for three berths saw Meadow par the first, 17th and 18th holes to progress, along with England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Finland's Ursula Wikstrom.

From Jordanstown in Northern Ireland, Meadow joins Cavan's Leona Maguire and Kildare's Lauren Walsh in the final women's major of the season.

The 32-year-old will be making her seventh appearance in the Women's Open.

The other players to secure their places were Weiwei Zhang, Casandra Alexander, Annabell Fuller, Kristen Gillman, Emma Grechi, Lauren Hartlage, Noora Komulainen, Lee-Anne Pace and Patricia Schmidt.