ORANGE BLOSSOM TOUR

LAST STIRLING UNIVERSITY PAIR BOW OUT
IN SEMI-FINALS OF FLORIDA FOUR-BALL

It will be an all-American final in the 60th International Women’s Four-ball golf championship at Orangebrook Country Club, Hollywood in Florida.
Stirling University’s Dawn Dewar from Monifieth and Olivia Briggs (Delamere Forest), the leading qualifiers for the match-play stages, were beaten on the last green by the Florida pairing of Michelle Hartnell (Miami) and Paula Fitzpatrick (Homestead).
US senior women’s amateur champion Diane Lang from Weston, Florida and Monica Von Glahn (North Palm Beach) beat former title-winners Carol Semple Thompson (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) and Marlene Streit (Canada) – both former British women’s open amateur champions – by 5 and 4 in the other semi-final.
Carol is this year’s United States Curtis Cup team captain for the Bandon Dunes, Oregon match against Great Britain & Ireland on July 29 and 30.
Diane Lang and Monica Von Glahn beat the other Stirling University pairing to make the match-play stages – Emma Tipping (Sandiway) and Alex Marshall (Royal Cinque Ports) in the quarter-finals.
This is the final event of the four that make up annual Orange Blossom Tour for women amateurs in southern Florida.

Results:

60th INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Orangebrook Country Club, Hollywood, Florida

SEMI-FINALS

Michelle Hartnell (Florida) & Paula Fitzpatrick (Florida) bt Olivia Briggs (Stirling Univ) & Dawn Dewar (Stirling Univ) 1 hole.

Diane Lang (Florida) & Monica Von Glahn (Florida) bt Carol Semple Thompson (Pennysylvania) & Marlene Streit (Canada) 5 and 4.