Woad, 21, claims Scottish Open victory on pro debut

Woad, 21, claims Scottish Open victory on pro debut

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Final-round leaderboard for the women’s Scottish Open

-21 Woad (Eng), -18 H-J Kim (Kor), -14 S-Y Kim (Kor), Lopez (Spa), -13 Korda (USA), -11 Madsen (Den), -10 Reto (SA).

Selected others: -8 Hewson (Eng), -6 Maguire (Ire), -5 Hull (Eng), -4 Hall (Eng), -1 Harry (Wal), E Fuller (Eng), + 7 Williams (Wal), Dryburgh (Sco).

Lottie Woad, England’s Lottie Woad, won the Women’s Scottish Open with a final-round score of 68, sealing her second tour victory.

The 21-year-old held her composure to keep the chasing pack at bay as she entered the final round with a two-shot lead over South Korea’s Sei Young Kim.

Woad finished the tournament at 21 under, three shots clear of closest challenger Hyo Joo Kim, who had just made her third of 72 holes around Dundonald Links.

The former world number one amateur finished in style with a birdie after taking a wedge to tap-in range and held a two-shot lead going down the par-five 18th.

Woad understatedly said, “It’s a pretty good outcome.” “I was playing well and hoping to win,” I said unwaveringly.

“I don’t see many scoreboards out there, but I was aware that it was probably very close at one point.”

“It’s great. Links golf was a lot of fun and went well. I was hoping I wouldn’t mess things up because my dad had been here all week and my mom had finished getting the train last night.

Woad, who first won the Irish Open as an amateur, turned professional last week after skipping a whopping $400,000 in prize money by finishing one shot short of Grace Kim’s play-off at the women’s fourth major of the year.

She will now enter the Scottish West Coast’s Women’s Open next week as one of the favorites, earning £220, 000 in prize money for winning.

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