GOLF prodigy Lottie Woad has beaten the world’s top golfers to win her very first event as a professional.
Woad, 21, takes home £223,000 for winning the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open – after missing out on nearly HALF A MILLION in prize money because she was an amateur
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Woad shot a final round of 68 at Dundonald Links to beat a star-studded field – that included World No1 Nelly Korda – by three strokes.
She entered the final round with a two-stroke lead and made birdies on the second, third, 13th and 14th before hitting a bogey on the 16th.
Woad made par on the 17th before a pinpoint approach set up a birdie on the 18th to wrap up the title
She turned pro last week after a remarkable month.
She TWICE had to turn down huge cash prizes because the rules of golf mean she cannot take prize money while still an amateur.
Woad claimed her maiden Ladies European Tour triumph at the Irish Open, and took third place finish at the Evian Championship.
At the start of July Woad won the Women’s Irish Open by six shots but because she was an amateur, she couldn’t receive the £58,000 prize.
Woad then missed out on £400,000 in prize money for coming third at the Evian Championship, the fourth women’s major of the year.
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She finished just a shot outside the play-off won by Grace Kim – and a £1million first prize.
Woad was ecstatic after her win in Scotland.
She said on Sky Sports: “It’s a pretty good outcome, I guess.
“Definitely wasn’t expecting to win my first event, but I knew I was playing well so I was kind of hoping to contend.
“I played really solid today. Links golf is really fun, don’t get to play it too often. This is my first time playing links golf since the Open last year. I wasn’t exactly sure how it would go, but it went fine.”
Woad, from Farnham, Surrey, turned professional just a week ago after a spectacular career as an amateur golfer.
She won the 2022 Girls Amateur Championship, then followed that up with victory at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur last year.
The last time a player won on their professional Ladies European Tour debut was Singapore’s Shannon Tan at the 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open.
Lottie Woad celebrates winning the Women’s Irish OpenSportsfile
Woad to Glory
LOTTIE Woad’s rise up the golf rankings has been nothing short of specatcular
Sept 2017 – Selected for South Regional Girls’ Squad at aged 13 (6.3 handicap)
June 2018 – First reached scratch handicap
April 2019 – Won Surrey Ladies County Championship
April 2019 – Became ranked on World Amateur Golf Rankings for first time
Sept 2021 – Double Order of Merit champion, winning both Women’s & Girls’ Order of Merit
Aug 2022 – Won the British Girls’ Amateur Championship
Aug 2022 – Enrolled at Florida State University
April 2024 – Won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur
June 2024 – Ranked as the World Amateur Number 1
Aug 2024 – Represented GB & Ireland in the Curtis Cup, winning the event
July 2025 – Won the KPMG Irish Women’s Open
July 2025 – Finished tied-3rd at Evian Championship, securing her LPGA Tour card
July 2025 – Turned pro and won the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open
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