Lottie Woad | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | England | 17 January 2004||
Sporting nationality | England | ||
Career | |||
College | Florida State University | ||
Status | Amateur | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
Chevron Championship | T23: 2024 | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2024 | ||
Women's British Open | T10: 2024 | ||
Evian Championship | CUT: 2024 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Charlotte Woad (born 17 January 2004) is an English amateur golfer. [1] She won the 2022 Girls Amateur Championship. She reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2024. [2]
In 2021, Woad won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship. [3] [4] In May 2022, she made her debut on the Ladies European Tour in the Madrid Open. [5] In August 2022, Woad won the Girls Amateur Championship. [6]
In April 2024, Woad won the Augusta National Women's Amateur. [7] [8] In May, she finished runner-up to Adéla Cernousek in the individual competition at the NCAA Division I women's golf championship. [9]
In June 2024, she rose to number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [2]
In August 2024, she was named as the winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal; this made her the first woman from England to win that medal. [10] [11] In the same month she was also awarded the Smyth Salver at the Women's British Open. [12]
Woad was born in January 2004, the daughter of Rachel and Nick Woad. [13] She comes from Farnham in Surrey. [14]
Source: [15]
! Tournament | 2024 |
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Chevron Championship | T23 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT |
Women's PGA Championship | |
The Evian Championship | CUT |
Women's British Open | T10 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
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