ORANGE BLOSSOM TOUR
OLIVIA AND VICKI BEATEN IN FLORIDA FINALS
Stirling University student Olivia Briggs lost a classic final to Alexandra Bodemann from Palm City, Florida in the 74th Jones Doherty Challenge Cup women’s amateur golf tournament at Coral Ridge Country Club on Saturday.
Olivia, 23, a member at Delamere Forest Golf Club, Cheshire, was beaten by a birdie at the 21st hole from her 17-year-old opponent who got as far as the semi-finals of this Orange Blossom Tour event 12 months ago.
Bodemann was four up with six holes to play but Briggs won four out of five holes from the 13th to be all square coming up the 18th.The 18th was halved in birdies with Olivia holed first from eight feet and Alexandra - "Allie" to her friends - following her in from six feet to avoid defeat and take the final into extra holes.
Briggs missed a 3ft par putt that would have given her the title at the 19th which was halved in bogeys.After another half at the 20th, Bodemann hit a seven iron to within seven feet of the hole. Briggs missed the green but pitched to a foot for a certain par.
Her American opponent then holed her birdie putt for victory to follow in the footsteps of such illustrious players as Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias as winners of the Doherty Cup, first contested in 1933.
"I was shaking coming up the 18th and shaking a huge amount at the 19th, 20th and 21st," said Olivia Briggs later.
There was further disappointment for British hopes when Welsh senior women’s amateur champion Vicki Thomas (Carmarthern) lost by 3 and 2 to this year’s United States Curtis Cup captain, Carol Semple Thompson from Pennsylvania, in the final of the senior championship.
Carol has won seven USGA titles in a long and distinguished career.Vicki, of course, was a Curtis Cup player, in her younger days when she was a multi-winner of the Welsh women’s amateur title.
No news of how Alexandra Marshall ( Burghley Park) got on in the Championship First Flight final against Laura Carson. We will get that result to you as soon as it becomes available from our Florida correspondent.
Alex is one of the squad of five Stirling University players – Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) had to pull out of the trip when she went down with a virus – who are playing in the final two events of the Orange Blossom Tour.
The international four-ball foursomes tournament starts on Monday.
Olivia Briggs, winner of the British Universities Sports Association Order of Merit title last year, is captain of the Stirling University squad.
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Stirling University student Olivia Briggs lost a classic final to Alexandra Bodemann from Palm City, Florida in the 74th Jones Doherty Challenge Cup women’s amateur golf tournament at Coral Ridge Country Club on Saturday.
Olivia, 23, a member at Delamere Forest Golf Club, Cheshire, was beaten by a birdie at the 21st hole from her 17-year-old opponent who got as far as the semi-finals of this Orange Blossom Tour event 12 months ago.
Bodemann was four up with six holes to play but Briggs won four out of five holes from the 13th to be all square coming up the 18th.The 18th was halved in birdies with Olivia holed first from eight feet and Alexandra - "Allie" to her friends - following her in from six feet to avoid defeat and take the final into extra holes.
Briggs missed a 3ft par putt that would have given her the title at the 19th which was halved in bogeys.After another half at the 20th, Bodemann hit a seven iron to within seven feet of the hole. Briggs missed the green but pitched to a foot for a certain par.
Her American opponent then holed her birdie putt for victory to follow in the footsteps of such illustrious players as Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias as winners of the Doherty Cup, first contested in 1933.
"I was shaking coming up the 18th and shaking a huge amount at the 19th, 20th and 21st," said Olivia Briggs later.
There was further disappointment for British hopes when Welsh senior women’s amateur champion Vicki Thomas (Carmarthern) lost by 3 and 2 to this year’s United States Curtis Cup captain, Carol Semple Thompson from Pennsylvania, in the final of the senior championship.
Carol has won seven USGA titles in a long and distinguished career.Vicki, of course, was a Curtis Cup player, in her younger days when she was a multi-winner of the Welsh women’s amateur title.
No news of how Alexandra Marshall ( Burghley Park) got on in the Championship First Flight final against Laura Carson. We will get that result to you as soon as it becomes available from our Florida correspondent.
Alex is one of the squad of five Stirling University players – Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) had to pull out of the trip when she went down with a virus – who are playing in the final two events of the Orange Blossom Tour.
The international four-ball foursomes tournament starts on Monday.
Olivia Briggs, winner of the British Universities Sports Association Order of Merit title last year, is captain of the Stirling University squad.
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