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 scholar 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 instructed reporters: “I really feel just like the three birdies I received had been most likely not as necessary as my par save on 14. I believe if I had gone three again at that time it might have been fairly tough.
“Teeing off solely having a two-shot lead I knew somebody was most likely going to overhaul me. I used to be ready for somebody to go low they usually did.
“Once I was two again, I assumed, ‘OK, I’ve received the birdie probabilities that they had,’ and simply gave myself the possibilities on the finish and by chance holed some putts.
“I hoped it was going to be a pleasant stress-free day but it surely was removed from that. However in the long run it was a cooler option to end.
“To be within the combine on the again 9 at Augusta is one thing everybody goals about. I simply tried to actually embrace it. It’s actually cool to be standing in the identical place because the Masters champions have stood and simply comply with of their footsteps a bit bit.”
Woad’s victory earns her a spot within the discipline for the Girls’s Open and the US Girls’s Open, and he or she mentioned: “I wish to be knowledgeable and be enjoying 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.