English newbie star Lottie Woad insisted turning skilled has lengthy been on her thoughts forward of her professional debut on the ISPS Handa Scottish Open this week.
Woad turned the primary newbie winner on the Girls European Tour since 2022 and secured her maiden victory in an expert occasion with a dominant six-shot victory on the KPMG Ladies’s Irish Open.
The 21-year-old threatened to grow to be the primary newbie main champion in 58 years per week later at The Amundi Evian Championship, ending tied-third in France after a shocking final-round 64.
That efficiency noticed her attain the 20 factors essential to be eligible for LPGA Membership via the LPGA Elite Novice Pathway (LEAP), with Woad now taking that possibility and turning skilled. This week’s Scottish Open is her maiden skilled match.
Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Membership in France, the place Grace Kim holed out for a sensational birdie on the way in which to her maiden main title.
“I’m clearly very excited,” she mentioned. “I’ve been occupied with making my skilled debut for a very long time. Excited to do it extra on house soil, as nicely. It should be actually enjoyable.
“Evian was cool. Sunday was clearly a extremely enjoyable day being in competition and being shut in the long run. Yeah, after which clearly obtained my LPGA card from that, and so it was a reasonably simple resolution as soon as I might spoken to my coaches and my staff.”
Woad’s rise to skilled ranks
Woad received the 2024 Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Novice and moved prime of the newbie world rankings later that summer time, earlier than securing the Smyth Salver for being the main newbie on the AIG Ladies’s Open.
Highlights from day 4 of the KPMG Ladies’s Irish Open at Carton Home, Kildare.
She adopted her tied-Tenth end at St Andrews by serving to Nice Britain and Eire to victory over america within the Curtis Cup, with Woad impressing for Florida State and successful a number of school occasions in America.
Woad completed as main newbie on the US Ladies’s Open and received the Vagliano Trophy with Nice Britain and Eire this summer time, whereas her efficiency on the Evian Championship was her final as an newbie.
What’s subsequent?
The following occasion on each the LPGA Tour and Girls European Tour schedule is the ISPS Handa Scottish Open, happening at Dundonald Hyperlinks from July 24-27 and stay on Sky Sports activities.
The ladies’s main season then concludes on the AIG Ladies’s Open from July 31-August 3, with Lydia Ko returning as defending champion at Royal Porthcawl.
