By Joe Morelli, Register Staff
jmorelli@nhregister.com / Twitter: @nhrJoeMorelli

A 14-year-old amateur from Massachusetts won the Connecticut Women’s Open on Wednesday, but one of the event’s most popular champions was notably absent.

Liz (Janangelo) Caron won the tournament four times but lost in a sudden-death playoff last year in a bid for title No. 5.

This year Caron was at the LPGA Shoprite Classic playing in a pro-am.

“I have friends who help run the tournament (in Galloway, N.J.). They have given me sponsor’s exemptions in the past,” Caron said. “The timing with the Connecticut Women’s Open, it didn’t work out very well.”

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