Surrey’s Annabel Dimmock completed her comeback from injury as she won her first Ladies European Tour title in five years after defeating Pauline Roussin-Bouchard in a playoff at the Women’s Irish Open.
Dimmock held a two-shot lead at the 54-hole mark and produced three-under par 70 to be in the playoff alongside the Frenchwoman on the O’Meara Course at Carton House.
The duo headed back down to 18 for the playoff and both made pars on the first hole, but on the second hole Roussin-Bouchard took a 3-wood off the tee, however, it went left into the deep rough and she had to scramble and ended up making a bogey.
Meanwhile, Dimmock – who has come back from eight months out of the game with a thumb injury – went down the middle of the fairway with her driver and left herself two putts to win as she duly rolled in her two-foot putt to secure her second LET title.
“I am a bit shell-shocked at the minute,” said Dimmock, whose mother is from Cork. “I’m standing here and I think I’m in a dream honestly. I’m just shell-shocked and over the moon right now.
“This is pretty cool to do it in Ireland. The fans out there and the people watching were amazing to me this week and they really cheered me on. It’s kind of what I needed because I haven’t had an easy couple of weeks.”
Dimmock got off to a good start on the final day as she made birdies on her first two holes but dropped a shot on the 12th hole.
A birdie on 13 saw her just one shot behind Roussin-Bouchard and she rolled in another birdie on 17 for her round of 70 and to finish alongside the Frenchwoman on 19-under-par.
Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom finished her week with another round of 69 for a total of 18-under-par and to miss out on the playoff by one shot and end the week in third place.