Lottie Woad birdied three of her ultimate 4 holes to develop into the primary British participant to win the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Beginner.
The 20-year-old (-8) completed one shot away from nearest rival Bailey Shoemaker in a dramatic ultimate spherical at Augusta.
Earlier winners of the occasion embrace America’s Rose Zhang in 2023, who recorded three top-10 finishes at majors final 12 months.
“It means a lot. I watched this occasion after I was youthful so I all the time needed to play in it, try to contend after which to win it was simply actually particular,” Woad stated.
“I feel the turning level for me was I had an important par save on 14, I hooked off the tee and there was no means of me stopping on that inexperienced so went lengthy and ultimately holed a 10-foot putt to remain two again.
“I knew coming in there have been some good gap areas for me to get at after which managed to gap some good putts on the finish.”
She made a particular point out of the help she had on the occasion. “I had a whole lot of my household come help me however notably my nan who’s 85 and he or she came visiting from England to observe me. I feel she had enjoyable at this time,” she stated.
Woad made certain she did that herself too, saying: “There was a whole lot of strain however I used to be typically having enjoyable. I had an important caddy with me, my England Golf coach, she was type of serving to me keep within the second and I simply loved it.
“Simply embracing it actually.”
When is The Masters on Sky Sports activities?
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The Masters is upon us and you’ll watch all of the great motion and intense drama from Augusta dwell on Sky Sports activities, from Thursday eleventh April – Sunday April 14
Wall-to-wall protection from the match begins at 2pm over the primary two rounds on Thursday April 11 and Friday April 12, with Featured Group motion and common updates from across the course accessible to get pleasure from on Sky Sports activities Golf till the worldwide broadcast window begins at 8pm.
There will probably be a number of additional motion all through all 4 days through the pink button on Sky Sports activities Golf, together with Sky Q and Sky Glass, offering loads of bonus feeds and permitting you to comply with gamers’ progress via varied components of Augusta’s well-known format.
The infamous Amen Nook stream can even be accessible and focuses on the well-known three-hole stretch from the eleventh, whereas a feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go dwell every day as quickly because the opening group attain that a part of the course.
One other stream masking the fifteenth and sixteenth gap can also be accessible for each spherical, whereas prolonged protection of the weekend motion begins at each 3pm on each Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14.
Sky Sports activities Golf will present build-up content material and occasional dwell updates from the course earlier than the worldwide broadcast window begins at 8pm for the third spherical and 7pm for the ultimate day, with early motion accessible all through through the pink button.
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