England’s Lottie Woad delivered a statement victory on her professional debut at the Women’s Scottish Open as a final-round 68 secured her second tour win.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old went into the final round with a two-shot lead over South Korea’s Sei Young Kim and held her nerve to keep the chasing pack at bay.<\/p>\n
Five birdies and one bogey – just her third in 72 holes around Dundonald Links – took Woad to 21 under for the tournament, three clear of nearest challenger Hyo Joo Kim.<\/p>\n
Seven-time LPGA winner Kim matched her at 20 under midway through the back nine, but successive bogeys at 15 and 16 allowed Woad to move clear at the top.<\/p>\n
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The former world number one amateur held a two-shot lead going down the par-five 18th and, after knocking a wedge to tap-in range, she finished in style with a birdie.<\/p>\n
“It’s a pretty good outcome,” Woad said in understated fashion. “I definitely wasn’t expecting to win but knew I was playing well and just hoping to contend.<\/p>\n
“There’s not many scoreboards out there, but I knew it was probably quite tight at one stage.<\/p>\n
“It’s great. Links golf is really fun and it went fine. My dad was here all week and my mum got the train up last night, so I was hoping I wouldn’t mess it up.”<\/p>\n
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Woad, who won the Irish Open as an amateur, turned professional last week after missing out on \u00a3400,000 prize money when finishing just a shot outside the play-off won by Grace Kim at the Evian Championship – the women’s fourth major of the year.<\/p>\n
She now takes home \u00a3220,000 in prize money for winning on Scotland’s west coast and heads to Royal Porthcawl for next week’s Women’s Open among the favourites.<\/p>\n
“Even if I hadn’t won this week, I would still be trying to win the Open next week,” added Woad. “It’s still a learning curve getting used to the attention.”<\/p>\n
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