Lottie Woad birdied three of her remaining 4 holes to develop into the primary British participant to win the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Novice.
The 20-year-old (-8) completed one shot away from nearest rival Bailey Shoemaker in a dramatic remaining spherical at Augusta.
Earlier winners of the occasion embrace America’s Rose Zhang in 2023, who recorded three top-10 finishes at majors final yr.
“It means a lot. I watched this occasion after I was youthful so I at all times wished to play in it, attempt to contend after which to win it was simply actually particular,” Woad stated.
“I feel the turning level for me was I had a terrific par save on 14, I hooked off the tee and there was no means of me stopping on that inexperienced so went lengthy and finally 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 plenty of my household come help me however significantly my nan who’s 85 and she or he came to visit from England to observe me. I feel she had enjoyable immediately,” she stated.
Woad made positive she did that herself too, saying: “There was plenty of strain however I used to be typically having enjoyable. I had a terrific caddy with me, my England Golf coach, she was sort 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?
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 take pleasure in on Sky Sports activities Golf till the worldwide broadcast window begins at 8pm.
There will probably be numerous additional motion all through all 4 days by way of the purple 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 by means of varied elements of Augusta’s well-known format.
The infamous Amen Nook stream may also 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 stay 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 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 stay 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 by way of the purple button.
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