Woad Secures Scottish Open Victory On Pro Debut

Women's Scottish Open final-round leaderboard

-20 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).

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Lottie Woad delivered a connection triumph connected her master debut astatine nan Women's Scottish Open arsenic a final-round 68 secured her 2nd circuit win.

The 21-year-old went into nan last information pinch a two-shot lead complete South Korea's Sei Young Kim and held her nervus to support nan chasing battalion astatine bay.

Five birdies and 1 bogey - conscionable her 3rd successful 72 holes astir Dundonald Links - took Woad to 21-under for nan tournament, 3 clear of nearest challenger Hyo Joo Kim.

Seven-time LPGA victor Kim matched nan Englishwoman astatine 20-under midway done nan backmost 9 earlier successive bogeys astatine 15 and 16 allowed Woad to move clear astatine nan top.

The erstwhile world number 1 amateur held a two-shot lead going down nan par-five 18th and, aft knocking a wedge to tap-in range, she vanished successful style pinch a birdie.

"It's a beautiful bully outcome," Woad said, successful understated fashion. "I decidedly wasn't expecting to triumph but knew I was playing good and conscionable hoping to contend.

"There's not galore scoreboards retired there, but I knew it was astir apt rather tight astatine 1 stage.

"It's great. Links play is really nosy and it went fine. My Dad was present each week and my Mum sewage nan train up past night, truthful I was hoping I wouldn't messiness it up."

Woad, who won nan Irish Open arsenic an amateur, turned master past week aft missing retired connected £400,000 prize money having vanished conscionable a changeable extracurricular nan play-off won by Grace Kim astatine nan Evian Championship, nan women's 4th awesome of nan year.

She now takes location £220,000 successful prize money for winning connected Scotland's westbound seashore and heads to Royal Porthcawl for adjacent week's Women's Open among nan favourites.

"Even if I hadn't won this week, I would still beryllium trying to triumph nan Open adjacent week," Woad said. "It's still a learning curve getting utilized to nan attention."