Lottie Woad

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Lottie Woad
Personal information
Born (2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 20)
England
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
College Florida State University
StatusAmateur
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
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2024

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]

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Golf career

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]

Personal life

Woad was born in January 2004, the daughter of Rachel and Nick Woad. [13] She comes from Farnham in Surrey. [14]

Amateur wins

Source: [15]

Results in LPGA majors

! Tournament2024
Chevron Championship T23
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open T10
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Woad takes over as number one". World Amateur Golf Ranking. 12 June 2024.
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  9. "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. 21 May 2024.
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  12. Rowan, Kate (25 August 2024). "Low amateur Lottie Woad eclipses Charley Hull and Georgia Hall to fly British flag". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  13. "Roster: Lottie Woad". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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