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Tue 08 Aug 2010First blood to Europe as Americans lick their wounds
ON THE last day they came in their thousands. Maybe it was the sunshine. Maybe it was the glut of Europeans in contention and particularly the Swedes. Maybe it was the large canvas of Killeen Castle. But Sunday in Dunsany enveloped the AIB Ladies Irish Open in warmth and blue skies.
Event promoter for next year’s Solheim Cup Roddy Carr felt the three-day total of 35,000 spectators was good reason for optimism for next year’s staging of the battle between Europe and America. Next year, too, the Americans will be coming with bigger names and a more aggressive attitude.
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