ISABELLE LENDL WINS ORANGE

BLOSSOM TOUR TITLE BY

BEATING US CURTIS CUP PLAYER

Isabelle Lendl, 16-year-old daughter of former world tennis ace Ivan Lendl, won the Jones/Doherty women's amateur golf championship final at Coral Ridge Country Club, Florida today.
Isabelle, pictured right, beat fellow American Meghan Bolger, named earlier this week in the US Curtis Cup team for the match against Great Britain & Ireland over the Old Course, St Andrews at the end of May, by one hole in the 18-hole conclusion to the third event on Florida's Orange Blossom Tour.

All three Lendl siblings, Isabelle, defending champion Marika (17) and Daniela, played in the Jones/Doherty tournament.
In Friday's semi-finals, Bolger beat Hampshire's Liz Bennett, a contender for a place in the GB&I side. Liz won the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur championship at Ormond Beach the previous week.
Isabelle Lendl ousted another LGU Elite Squad player, 19-year-old Michele Thomson from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, in the Jones/Doherty quarter-finals before toppling her title-holder sister Marika in the round of the last four.
Rachel Connor, teenager daughter of Manchester Golf Club's Scots-born professional Brian, won the First Flight competition at Coral Ridge Country Club. She beat American Kyle Roig 4 and 3 in the final.
US Curtis Cup captain Carol Semple Thompson won the senior championship. She beat fellow American Ann Fulginiti 3 and 2 in the final.

Results of finals:
Players from US unless stated
Championship: Isabelle Lendl bt Meghan Bolger 1 hole.
First Flight: Rachel Connor (Manchester) bt Kyle Roig 4 and 3.
Seniors: Carol Semple Thompson bt Ann Fulginiti 3 and 2.

BOLGER'S RUN OF CLOSE CALLS CONTINUES

IN JONES/DOHERTY CHAMPIONSHIP

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Meghan Bolger can be soothed by the fact that she will travel to St Andrews as part of the U.S. Curtis Cup contingent, but a frustrating string of close calls in recent amateur events continued for Bolger at the Ione D. Jones/Doherty Championship.

Sixteen-year-old Isabelle Lendl defeated Bolger, 1 up, in the finals of the Doherty on Saturday. Lendl, ranked 39th in the Golfweek/Titleist Junior Rankings, defeated her older sister, Marika, in the semi-finals.

Bolger played in the last group in the final round of last week’s South Atlantic Ladies Amateur, but stumbled on the front nine to eventually shoot 3-over 74 and finish fourth (behind Liz Bennett).

The week before that, Bolger finished seventh in the Harder Hall Invitational by going 71-69 in her final two rounds. She shot 78-77 the first two days.

A true family affair, Isabelle Lendl had to face her 14-year-old sister, Daniela, in the Round of 16 but topped her, 4 and 2, to advance to the quarter-finals, where she faced Scotland’s Michele Thomson, who finished third at "The Sally."

Carol Semple Thompson defeated Ann Fulginiti, 3 and 2, to win the seniors’ division. Thompson is a seven-time USGA champion.
RESULTS:

CHAMPIONSHIP

FINAL
Isabelle Lendl bt Meghan Bolger 1 up.

SEMI-FINALS
Isabelle Lendl bt Marika Lendl 4 and 2.
Meghan Bolger bt Liz Bennett at 19th.
QUARTER-FINALS
Marika Lendl bt Lisa Schlesinger 5 and 4.

Isabelle Lendl bt Michele Thomson 2 and 1
Meghan Bolger bt Alexis Thompson 2 and 1.

Liz Bennett bt Rachel Jennings 3 and 1.
ROUND OF LAST 16
Marika Lendl bt Naomi Edwards 2 and 1.
Lisa Schlesinger bt Diane Lang 4 and 2.
Michele Thomson bt Carly Booth 4 and 3
Isabelle Lendl bt Daniela Lendl 4 and 2.
Alexis Thompson bt Benedikte Grotvedt 2 and 1.
Meghan Bolger bt Kristy McLaughlin 6 and 5.
Rachel Jennings bt Marie Piere Bernier 7 and 6.
Liz Bennett bt Kerry Smith at 20th.
ROUND OF LAST 32
Marika Lendl bt Carly Ray Goldstein 1 up.
Naomi Edwards bt Mayura Skowronski 8 and 6.
Diane Lang bt Stephanie Farrer 4 and 2.
Lisa Schlesinger bt Taylor Collins 1 up.
Carly Booth bt Maggie Weder 5 and 3.
Michele Thomson bt Rachel Connor 1 up.
Isabelle Lendl bt Laura Murray 3 and 2.
Daniela Lendl bt Jaye Marie Green 6 and 5.
Alexis Thompson bt Holly Calvert 5 and 4.
Benedikte Grotvedt bt Kyle Roig 3 and 2.
Meghan Bolger bt Natalie McNicholas 6 and 4.
Kristy McLaughlin def. Julie Garner 6 and 5.
Rachel Jennings bt Sarah Carty 6 and 5.
Marie Bernier bt Sarah Hassan 3 and 1.
Liz Bennett bt Alexandra Frazier 2 and 1.
Kerry Smith bt Lauren Blount 1 up.

SENIORS
FINAL
Carol Semple Thompson bt Ann Fulginiti 3 and 2.
SEMI-FINALS
Carol Semple Thompson bt Connie Shorb at 19th.
Ann Fulginiti bt Carolyn Creekmore 2 up.
QUARTER-FINALS
Connie Shorb bt Deborah Jamgochian 4 and 3.

Carol Semple Thompson bt Nancy Smith 3 and 2.
Carolyn Creekmore bt Annette Gaiotti 5 and 3.
Ann Fulginiti bt Taffy Brower 2 up.
ROUND OF LAST 16
Connie Shorb bt Patty Lang 7 and 6.
Deborah Jamgochian bt Cynthia Curry 5 and 3.
Carol S. Thompson bt Diane Yelovich 5 and 4.
Nancy Smith bt Vilma Sapp 1 up.
Carolyn Creekmore bt Angela Steward 1 up.
Annette Gaiotti bt Ginni Orthwein 1 up.
Taffy Brower bt Ann Schultz 3 and 1.
Ann Fulginiti bt Natalie Easterly 6 and 5.