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teenager Annabel Dimmock shot a final round 73 and scored a start to finish
victory with an 11 under par 214 total in the Helen Holm Scottish Open
Strokeplay Championship at Troon.
In winning the 2014 title, Dimmock edged out host club member Connie Jaffrey who was bidding to become the first Scot to win the title since 2002.
(Report from the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association website)
Connie
Jaffrey, the Scottish Girls’ Champion and a Troon Ladies’ member, was also in
impressive from, closing with a 71 to finish in outright second place and
three shots behind on eight under par 217.
Five
ahead after rounds of 70 and 71 over Troon Portland, Dimmock, a 17-year-old
from Wentworth, had increased her lead to six by the time she reached the
turn in two under par 35 in the final round over over the famous Royal
Troon.
She then
dropped shots at tenth and the long 11th to give Jaffrey a glint of hope. But
more birdies at the 12th and 15th helped seal the victory.
Jaffrey,
also 17, was delighted with her runner-up finish. “That was my best ever
round over Royal Troon and I played really steady today,” she said after her
six birdie round. “I went out thinking I had a chance to win and I got close.
This rates as the best result of my career.”
Jaffrey
will be playing in the Scottish Ladies’ Amateur Championship at Prestwick
next month and will then defend the Scottish Girls’ Championship at Dumfries
and County in May before heading to the US and a golf scholarship at Kansas
State University.
Dimmick
is currently on a gap year and her goal is to make the GB and Ireland team to
defend the Curtis Cup at St Louis Country Club in June. A win in the Jones
Doherty Challenge Cup in Florida at the start of the year also boosted her
hopes.
She has
also been inspired by Charley Hull, the 18-year-old Ladies’ European Tour
winner who helped Europe win the Solheim Cup in the US last year.
“Charley
has been great for girl’s golf and she has proved that there isn’t too big a
jump between the top amateurs and the professionals,” she said. “But getting
the timing right is the key to turning professional.”
Ireland’s
Olivia Mahaffey (Royal County Down) made it a clean sweep for the teenagers.
The 16-year-old had a best of day seven under par 68 on a bright and breezy
day and finished in third place on five under par 220.
The
highlight of her round for the Irish Open Girls’ Champion was an eagle at the
ling 15th – a drive, five iron and 12 foot putt.
Leading
Final Scores :-
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217 - Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 74 72 71
220 - Olivia Mehaffey (Northern Ireland) 73 79 68
221 - Chloe Ryan (Ireland) 74 73 74, Anaelle Carnet (France) 72 74 75
222 - Sarah-Jane Boyd (Truro) 77 70 75
224 - Gabriella Cowley (Hanbury Manor) 76 76 72, India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 76 74 74, Sinead Sexton (Ireland) 74 73 77
225 - Ellie Goodall (Selby) 73 79 73, Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 72 75 78
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