Dixie Amateur: Lingmerth, Thompson are winners

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2008)-- A pair of Europeans needed a four-hole playoff to decide the 84th annual Dixie Amateur, but in the end it was Sweden's David Lingmerth taking the victory over Germany's Stephan Gross. Both finished at 1-under-par 283 after 72 holes.

12-year-old Alexis Thompson, seemingly following in the footsteps of the LPGA Tour's Morgan Pressel (and older brother Nicholas, who plays the Nationwide Tour) won the Women's Division by a whopping eight strokes over 15-year-old Shelby Coyle.

In 2007, Thompson drew national attention when she broke Pressel's record as the youngest contestant in the US Women's Open by 7 months -- just out of sixth grade when she shot 71-72 to gain her place in the field. (She missed the cut at Pine Needles with rounds of 76-82.)

Full results follow:

Name			Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Tot.
Lingmerth	David		73	71	68	70	283
Gross	Stephan		73	70	68	72	283
Kang	Jeffrey		73	71	72	68	284
O'Mahony	Gregory		75	68	68	73	284
Vogel	T.J.		71	72	72	70	285
McLean	Jon		71	73	69	72	285
Knappe	Alexander		77	72	70	67	286
Ward	Christopher		74	73	71	69	287
Kieffer	Maximilian		74	70	70	73	287
Lytle	Jimmy		73	74	70	71	288
Johnson	David		75	73	71	69	288
Arendell	Connor		72	71	71	74	288
Stern	Mike		75	76	72	69	292
Osborne	Will		79	70	73	70	292
O'Connell	Kevin		75	71	70	76	292
Murray	Michael		76	71	75	70	292
Hu	Mu		76	73	71	72	292
Hesbois	Kevin		72	78	72	70	292
Geyer	Nick		75	76	69	72	292
Einhaus	Sean		77	73	72	70	292
Lee	Alan		72	75	73	73	293
Chavez	Samuel		74	78	71	70	293
France	Marc		75	72	69	77	293
Santos-Ocampo	Carl		77	75	68	74	294
Koepka	Brooks		77	75	69	73	294
Aylwin	Kevin		78	69	77	70	294
Wang	Minghao		72	74	76	73	295
Zaytoun III	Henry		77	75	75	69	296
Sutherland	Nathan		76	73	77	70	296
Streng	Tim		79	73	73	71	296
Stauch	Matthew		74	74	76	72	296
Mou	Tommy		75	76	78	67	296
Marino	Scott		77	69	74	76	296
Long	Brent		76	71	77	72	296
Field	James		74	74	74	74	296
McKnight	Robert		77	74	69	77	297
Kopsick	Kyle		74	76	71	76	297
Krop	Bradley		79	72	74	73	298
Boyd	Alex		75	76	76	71	298
Zickler	David		77	72	75	75	299
Thomas	Adam		77	71	76	75	299
Lampert	Moritz		76	72	79	72	299
Tang	Tim		76	76	77	71	300
Hare	Justin		75	75	74	76	300
Staben	Benedict		79	73	77	72	301
Smith	Carl		78	73	75	76	302
Rada	Patrick		76	74	78	74	302
Booth	Wallace		80	72	76	74	302
Bauch	Benjamin		75	73	80	74	302
Sigl	Benjamin		77	74	79	73	303
Mollica	Phillip		81	71	74	77	303
Han	Ren		76	75	79	73	303
Evelyn	Danny		73	75	78	77	303
Brown	Chappell		72	80	75	76	303
Lawson	Matt		80	71	73	80	304
Roehrig	Maximilian		74	74	76	81	305
Gerlach	AJ		76	73	77	79	305
Exber	Brady		74	77	75	79	305
Lethem	Drew		81	71	77	77	306
Matlari	Alexander		78	72	79	78	307
McCumber	Tyler		79	73	79	77	308
Visconti	Jonathan		78	74	78	83	313
Junker	Marius		76	76	84	79	315

**** Women's Division ****

Name			Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Tot.
Thompson	Alexis		74	74	72	17	291
Coyle	Shelby		74	74	76	75	299
Hirano	Jennifer		76	78	78	71	303
Connnelly	Stephanie		76	80	75	75	306
Chudy	Tiffany		82	74	77	74	307
Gonzalez-Escallon	Laura		76	80	74	77	307
Goumard	Audrey		82	77	72	78	309
Kuhn	Rebecca		81	78	73	77	309
Morris	Carrie		78	81	77	73	309
Hirano	Christina		78	80	71	81	310
Pressel	Madison		82	77	73	78	310
Roig	Kyle		81	74	80	75	310
Ronderos	Maria		82	77	74	78	311
Crosby	Leigh		82	77	76	78	313
Lewis	Amelia		85	81	75	75	316
Brodd	Jillian		79	87	77	75	318
Castellanos	Maria		79	82	80	77	318
Yost	Kaylin		83	83	75	78	318
Gevers	Valentine		83	85	77	80	325
Aboff	Susannah		86	80	83	78	327
Ritter	Jaime		86	79	78	85	328
Cadieux	Marilyne		89	83	79	78	329
Bender	Meg		81	87	82	80	330
Hill	Kristen		81	83	81	86	331
Grilli	Michelle		85	88	84	82	339
Elliot	Catherine		88	86	82	85	341
Blum	Rachel		89	85	87	83	344
Montigel	Kelli		92	90	85	79	346