some of the best golf of her life and blew through the early matches to make it to the final match versus Chiara Horder from Germany. Annabelle was hoping to be the first American to win this event since Kelli Kuehne in 1996. With her mother, Libby serving as her caddie and her father Tony, who is the Director of Golf at Crooked Stick Golf Club, walking alongside in the gallery, she had strong parental support. A win in the Women’s Amateur puts your name on a very distinguished list of past winners including, current LPGA stars, Leona Maguire, Georgia Hall, and Anna Nordquist. Plus, the winner of the Women’s Amateur receives exemptions into the Women’s OPEN, The Evian Championship and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship. All prestigious events to be sure. In the 36-hole final match Annabelle fell behind early and was three down at the end of the first 18 holes. She didn’t fare much better in the afternoon match and was defeated 7-6 by the German. “My goal is always to beat the golf course and the golf course kind of kicked me around today,” recalled Annabelle. “Chiara played great. She definitely had a great day and I kind of struggled but that’s okay. I’m so thankful that I was able to come here and that I had a great time.“ When it was confirmed that Annabelle had earned a berth in the Sunday finale, Tony decided to make the trip to England to watch Annabelle play in the final. “I found out that she was in the finals at 11:45 on Saturday morning,” recalls Tony. “I booked a ticket at 12:30 and on a flight at 2:30.” The following morning, he hit the ground running in the British capital.
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