ORANGE BLOSSOM TOUR

OLIVIA ONLY STIRLING STUDENT STILL
STANDING IN FLORIDA TOURNAMENT

Olivia Briggs, captain of the Stirling University squad of female golfers competing in the last two events on the Orange Blossom women’s amateur tour in Florida, was the only one to reach the quarter-finals of the Jones Doherty Challenge Cup tournament at Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale.
Scotland international team member Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), sixth best among the 32 qualifiers for the match-play stages, lost by 6 and 5 to Connie Isler (Maryland), the 11th qualifier, in the round of the last 16.
Olivia Briggs (Delamere Forest) beat fellow Stirling student Emma Tipping (Sandiway) at the 19th in a thrilling tie to get through to the last eight who include 12-year-old Kyle Roig from Florida, the youngest ever player to reach the match-play stages of the tournament.
Olivia plays Eri Maeda (Florida) for a place in the semi-finals.
Another Stirling student, Dawn Dewar (Monifieth), reached the final of the second flight of the championship, for those eliminated in the first round.
Dawn beat Gina Larsen (Florida) by 2 and 1 in the semi-finals.
Welsh senior women’s amateur champion Vicki Thomas, a former Curtis Cup player from Carmarthen, reached the quarter-finals of the over-50s championship with a one-hole win over Diana Schwab (Ohio). Vicki plays Marlene Streit (Canada), a former British and United States women’s open amateur champion, for a place in the final.

JONES DOHERTY CHALLENGE CUP WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Championship results included:
Second round
O Briggs (Stirling) bt E Tipping (Stirling) at 19th.
C Isler (Maryland) bt K Walker (Stirling) 6 and 5.
Second flight results included:
Semi-final
D Dewar (Stirling) bt G Larsen (Florida) 2 and 1.
Senior championship
Quarter-finals
V Thomas (Wales) bt D Schwab (Ohio) 1 hole.
M Streit (Canada) bt C Aydlett (North Carolina) 2 and 1.
C Semple Thompson (Pennsylvania) bt S Rampelberg (Florida) 5 and 4.