Lottie Woad was expected. The phenomenon has faced a number of questions about when she planned to return for the last few months, and her victory at KPMG Women Irish Open a few weeks ago only accelerating in an already ardent fire surrounding her arrival. A T3 at the Amundi Championship Evian followed her Irish open victory, and then Woad, a growing 21-year-old star, returned as the first LPGA player to win her card through the Leap program.
It reached this week ISPS Handa Scotti Open In Dundonald connections like women’s golf conversation. Her career preserved in Florida State and her impressive victory in 2024 Anwa showed a bright future. Add to the last race in Irish and Evian, and all eyes were understandable at Lottie Woad this week in Scotland.
If she felt the pressure, you would never know.
Woad kidnapped 36 holes with a sterling seven under 65 on Friday and fired a five-nine 67 Saturday to get a two-stroke lead on Sunday. Woad displayed impressive determination and killer instinct Sunday in Ayshire. Nr. 1 World Nellly Korda made an early run, but some miss her chances. Hyo Joo Kim provided constant pressure on Woad throughout the end of Sunday about Dundonald. Woad saw her two -stroke superiority evaporate in the middle of the road in Sunday’s round, but then the English lit up her elite wedge game by knocking her close to a bird in 13 to recover. Another bird at 14 follows, and Woad sealed its historical victory with a last circle in 18 to charge a three -shot victory over Kim.
“I think it’s hard enough to do it, but very special to win in my first event,” Woad said after her victory. “You know, everyone was following me today, and they managed to preserve the lead and play really beautiful down the stretch and hit many good shots, which is beautiful.
“I really don’t know how to describe it,” Woad said later about its last extension. I have just shot low results, which is always beautiful. “
With the victory, Woad joins Rose Zhang and Beverly Hanson as the only players who won in their professional debuts.
Like Zhang was in 2022, the arrival of Woad is very predicted. But unlike Zhang, who has shared her time between the golf and the end of its stanford rank, Woad seems to have focused on digging from dirt. A humble killer, with gentle behavior, whose only interest is to play high -level golf.
“It could seem less stressful than maybe sometimes,” Woad said about her open Scottish victory. “But I think I had only three Bogeys, which, I mean, the wind was not very bad the first days. But in the Golf links, it’s definitely to avoid Bogey. This was probably the key to winning.”
Three bogeys. By comparison, Cord made five Sunday alone. Even if the wind is falling, golf ties specify a price for wrong shots. Woad had few of them this week. In fact, in its last three events, Woad is 55 below an average mark of 67.4.
Find your surname to describe Lottie Woad’s latest run and arrival on the professional – impressive, excellent, sublime scene – and would not do that justice.
With the victory, Woad won a $ 300,000 winner check, enough to put it in the top 50 seats in the CME race and enough to throw it in the top 30 places in the Rolex World rankings. Now she has the status of the past winner and a two-year exception.
All this is great for Woad, but its arrival in time (or before the deadline) is the real price for women’s golf.
While the new LPGA Craig Kessler commissioner gets the reins seeking to create more momentum for women’s golf, having a new flowering star to go along with a superstar in Corda, an electric talent in world no. 2 Jeeno Thitikul, A minjee lee resurrectionor Famier Hall in Lydia Ko And Charley Hull extremely popular should give women golf what it takes to hit the launch pillow in the same way WNBA has in recent years.
Kessler has many obstacles to navigate while guiding the LPGA in this other era. He must understand the broadcast. The last two hours of the open Scottish Woad’s victory were put on CNBC, which is an update from the sole treatment of direct application coverage, the rest of the tournament. Star power provides juice, and this opens the doors. The LPGA has it, but it is more always welcome.
Woad we hope can help in that part of her promise.
It will arrive at AIG Women Open next week at Royal Parthcawl as a pre-Turneu head and probably preferred the tournament.
As I wrote yesterday, Women’s golf needs a buzzing injection. Cord Still looking for its first victory of the season, there has been a juicy diving this season outside the US Open women in Erin Hills.
Woad’s historic and historical show on the Pro scene will change what goes to the end of the year,
This is the power of the stars, and the last one of the women’s golf just arrived in Scotland.
;)
Seduce
Golfit.com editor
Josh Schrock is a writer and reporter for Golf.com. Before entering Golf, Josh was the interior of Chicago Bears for the NBC Sports Chicago. He previously covered 49ers and Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area. A native Oregonian and Uo alum, seduces and spends his free time walking with his wife and dog, thinking about how the ducks will break his heart again, and trying to become half a professor into pieces. A true romantic for golf, Josh will never stop trying to break 90 and will never lose the confidence that Rory Mcilroy’s main drought will end (updated: he did it). Josh Schrock can be reached in Josho.schrock@golf.com.
