Annabel Dimmock

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Annabel Dimmock
Personal information
Born (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28)
London, England
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence London, England
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2016)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series (joined 2015)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open 69th: 2019
Evian Championship CUT: 2019

Annabel Dimmock (born 5 October 1996) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2019 Jabra Ladies Open and the Ladies Irish Open in 2024.

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Amateur career

Dimmock had a successful amateur career. In 2014, she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, and the Sunningdale Foursomes with Steven Brown. She finished runner-up at the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship and the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship.

Dimmock was a member of the England Golf National Girl's squad and represented Europe in the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup, Great Britain and Ireland in the 2014 Curtis Cup, and Great Britain at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. [1]

She left school at 16 and played amateur golf full-time for year while weighing up her options. [2]

Professional career

Dimmock turned professional in 2015 at age 18, and joined the LET Access Series. In 2016, she joined the Ladies European Tour where the best finish in her rookie season was a fifth in the Qatar Ladies Open, after heading into the final day two strokes off the lead.

She finished third at the 2017 Lalla Meryem Cup, before holding off French amateur Pauline Roussin-Bouchard to win her first Ladies European Tour title by one shot at the 2019 Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club. [3] With the win, she qualified for her first major, the 2019 Evian Championship. The week after she competed in the 2019 Women's British Open, where she made the cut. [4]

In 2020, she finished third in the LET total driving distance ranking, and in 2021 she lost in a playoff to 17-year-old Pia Babnik at the Jabra Ladies Open. [5]

Dimmock was in contention at the 2022 KPMG Women's Irish Open and finished in a tie for 4th, a stroke behind joining the playoff won by Klára Spilková.

Personal life

Dimmock was formerly in a highly publicized relationship with English television personality Chris Hughes. [6]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner-up
125 May 2019 Jabra Ladies Open^69-69-68=206−71 stroke Flag of France.svg Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (a)
21 Sep 2024 KPMG Women's Irish Open 72-66-65-70=273−19Playoff Flag of France.svg Pauline Roussin-Bouchard

^Dual-ranking event with the LET Access Series

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 Jabra Ladies Open Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Babnik Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2024 KPMG Women's Irish Open Flag of France.svg Pauline Roussin-Bouchard Won with par on second extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

! Tournament201920202021
Chevron Championship
Women's PGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open
The Evian Championship CUTNT
Women's British Open T69CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. "Biography Annabel Dimmock". Team GB. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. "Annabel Dimmock". Golf News. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. "Jabra Ladies Open: Annabel Dimmock wins first European Tour title in France". BBC. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. "Annabel Dimmock wins Jabra Ladies Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. "17-year-old Babnik wins in France". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. Rusk, Connie (24 June 2022). "Chris Hughes splits from golfer girlfriend Annabel Dimmock after weeks of speculation". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2 July 2023.