Younger English star Lottie Woad birdied the ultimate two holes to win the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Novice.
The 20-year-old Florida State College pupil who performs out of Farnham Golf Membership in Surrey had led going into the ultimate spherical at Augusta Nationwide however was overtaken by American Bailey Shoemaker, who shot a bogey-free 66.
Heading down the seventeenth Woad was one shot behind, however a birdie three drew her degree and he or she confirmed nerves of metal on the 18th to gap a prolonged putt for a spherical of 69.
That gave her a three-round complete of eight underneath par, one shot away from Shoemaker and 4 forward of Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad in third.
Woad additionally birdied the fifteenth however she advised reporters: “I really feel just like the three birdies I bought had been in all probability not as necessary as my par save on 14. I believe if I had gone three again at that time it could have been fairly troublesome.
“Teeing off solely having a two-shot lead I knew somebody was in all probability going to overhaul me. I used to be ready for somebody to go low and so they did.
“Once I was two again, I assumed, ‘OK, I’ve bought the birdie probabilities they’d,’ and simply gave myself the possibilities on the finish and fortuitously holed some putts.
“I hoped it was going to be a pleasant stress-free day but it surely was removed from that. However ultimately it was a cooler strategy to end.
“To be within the combine on the again 9 at Augusta is one thing everybody goals about. I simply tried to essentially embrace it. It’s actually cool to be standing in the identical place because the Masters champions have stood and simply observe of their footsteps somewhat bit.”
Woad’s victory earns her a spot within the subject for the Girls’s Open and the US Girls’s Open, and he or she stated: “I wish to be knowledgeable and be taking part in in these occasions.
“To get this expertise so early on will probably be nice for me. I’ve by no means performed in a significant earlier than, I’ve performed in a few professional occasions however by no means a LPGA occasion. It’s going to be actually thrilling for me.”
Luke Donald and Justin Rose had been amongst these to ship their congratulations on social media.
