Annabel Dimmock Explained

Annabel Dimmock
Birth Date:5 October 1996
Birth Place:London, England
Residence:London, England
Yearpro:2015
Tour:Ladies European Tour (joined 2016)
Extour:LET Access Series (joined 2015)
Prowins:1
Letwins:1
Nabisco:DNP
Lpga:DNP
Wusopen:DNP
Wbritopen:69th: 2019
Evian: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.

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 fist 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 (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)

^Dual-ranking event with the LET Access Series

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Chevron Championship
Women's PGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open
The Evian ChampionshipCUTNT
Women's British OpenT69CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Notes and References

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