Buckinghamshire’s Annabel Dimmock held off French amateur Pauline Roussin Bouchard to win her first Ladies European Tour title by one shot in the Jabra Ladies Open.
Dimmock started the final round at the Evian Resort one shot behind the 18-year-old Bouchard, who was playing at her home club, but birdied four of her first seven holes to gain the advantage.
After Bouchard birdied the ninth, the duo headed into the back nine tied for the lead, six strokes clear of the field, setting up a dramatic duel.
Bouchard bogeyed the 10th to hand the advantage back to Dimmock, but regained the lead after a pair of birdies on the 14th and 15th.
Then, the crowd favourite hit her tee shot into the water on the par-3 16th and carded a second consecutive double-bogey at the 17th to hand a two-stroke advantage to Dimmock, who had bogeyed the 17th, coming to the par-five last hole. Bouchard two-putted for birdie, allowing Dimmock to win on seven-under.
After carding a final round 68, 22-year-old Dimmock, who is a member at Wentworth, said: “It was really tough. Pauline and I both came out of the blocks really quickly, and I knew I had to do that. I got it to four-under through nine and was playing really well, and on the back nine I was trying not to make mistakes. It was quite a battle out there, but it turned out well in the end.”
Dimmock, who had missed the cut in four of the five Ladies European Tour events she had played in this season, said: “I’ve wanted to win on tour for so long, and I’m so relieved I’ve finally won. I’ve been struggling a bit over the last few years since I first turned pro in 2015, so to finally get a win is really special.”
England’s Meghan MacLaren carded a final round of 69 to finish third on two-under par, with Camilla Lennarth, Hannah Burke and Olivia Cowan a stroke further back in a share of fourth.
Dimmock and Roussin Bouchard both earned invitations to play in the Evian Championship, the fourth major of the season, which returns to French resort from July 25-28.