Jones/Doherty: Dimmock wins overall title
Annabel Dimmock
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2014) -- Annabel Dimmock of Surrey England defeated Pennsylvania's Isabella DiLisio, 1-up, to win the championship match at the 2014 Jones-Doherty Championship at Coral Ridge Country Club.
Seeded fifth, Dimmock moved to the finals by rolling through the match-play portion of the event. She won 5-3 over Julie Carmichael in the second round and 6-and-4 over Connie Isler in the quarterfinals. She bested Ashley Malinchak, 6-and-4 in Friday's semifinal before continuing her run with the victory over DiLisio in the finals.
Dilisio gained entry into the final match with a 1-up (in 19 holes) win over No. 2 seed Brittany Fan in the semifinals. DiLisio was the match-play bracket's No. 3 seed.
Top seed and qualifying medalist Marissa Messana reached the quarterfinals before she was knocked out by Malinchak.
Andrea Kraus of Baltimore won the Senior Division with a 2-up victory over Marilyn Houston.
Other flight winners included: Ashley Rose (1st Senior Flight), Leslie Henry (2nd Senior), Liz Breza (3rd Senior), Sale Johnson (4th Flight) and Alex Pano (1st Amateur Flight).
The Jones-Doherty is the third event on the "Orange Blossom" circuit of ladies events in Florida.
ABOUT THE
Jones/Doherty Women's Amateur
The third event on the "Orange Blossom" circuit of
ladies events in Florida, with an illustrious list of past
champions
including Patty Berg, JoAnne Carner, Babe Zaharias
and
Marlene Stewart Streit, Natalie Gulbis, Michelle
McGann, Vicki
Goetze, Charley Hull and Lexi Thompson.
Tournament
consists of two divisions (Women's and Senior
Women's) playing an 18-hole qualifying for
match play flights in each division as follows:
Championship Flight of 16, First Flight of 16, Second
Flight
of 8.
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