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| Connie Jaffrey --(Photo Courtesy of the SLGA) |
English 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.
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.
Connie 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.
THIRD ROUND - ROYAL TROON
Par 225 (3x75) CSS 77 77
214 Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) 70 71 73
217 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 74 72 71
220 Olivia Mehaffey (NIre) 73 79 68
221 Chloe Ryan (Ire) 74 73 74, Anaelle Carnet (Fra) 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 (Ire) 74 73 77
225 Ellie Goodall (Selby) 73 79 73, Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 72 75 78
226 Amy Farrell (Ire) 79 74 73, Samantha Giles (St Mellion) 76 77 73, Sophie Madden (West Essex) 77 73 76, Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) 78 72 76, Bethan Poppel (Long Ashton) 75 74 77
227 Maria Dunne (Ire) 73 79 75, Paula Grant (Ire) 73 79 75, Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) 76 76 75, Sammy Fuller (Roehampton) 77 75 75, Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 75 74 78, Rosie Davies (Coombe Hill) 72 75 80, Gemma Clews (Delamere Forest) 71 77 79
228 Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 73 81 74, Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 74 77 77
229 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 78 76, Marion Veysseyre (Fra) 74 78 77
230 Hollie Muse (West Lancs) 78 77 75, Emily Slater (Woodhall Spa) 76 79 75, Emma Broze (Fra) 76 75 79
231 Hollie Vizard (Pleasington) 79 75 77, Katie McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 78 77 76
232 Albane Valenzuela (Swi) 77 81 74, Charlotte Austwick (Fulford) 78 78 76, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 72 77 83
233 Tara Mactaggart (Minto) 81 78 74, Jessica Ross (NIre) 82 76 75, Inci Mehmet (Wentworth) 78 78 77, Sophie Powell (Manchester) 79 77 77, Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies) 76 80 77, Aedin Murphy (Ire) 76 79 78
Other Scots:
236 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) 78 79 79, Iona Stephen (Wentworth) 80 73 83
237 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 79 79 75,
239 Clara Young (North Berwick) 80 76 83
240 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 82 77 81, Jordana Graham (Southerness) 81 75 84,
