History suggests that caution is recommended when evaluating female golf phenomena. Michelle Wie won only one adult. Charley Hull has reached the age of 29 while expanding Golfing Heights, but it is fair to say a wild excitement about her career where an amateur teenager was not confirmed by subsequent results. For a multitude of reasons, the promise can prevail over reality.
If it was all his style – and this is not the case – Lottie Woad could claim to have already justified the media threshing. Winning the national amateur of Augusta women last year was a declaration of intent. The last few weeks have been fed by rocket for the 21 -year -old young man; Woad won the Irish Open and challenged for the Evian championship while being an amateur. A professional start, at the Open Scottish, saw Woad lift the trophy on Sunday. It is the name of everyone’s lips while women open women on the glorious ties of Royal Porthcawl on Thursday.
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“She plays the big golf course,” said Lydia Ko, the title champion of Woad. “I saw her swing. My coach also sent me a video of his swing because there are aspects that I go somehow for her to. ”
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Praise. There were more, a lot. “I think what Lottie Woad did is absolutely incredible,” said Hull. “I played with her in the training rounds in Ireland and in the first two laps last week. In the minute, I have the impression that she plays with such confidence that she cannot miss a blow. I think it’s great to see. It’s a breath of fresh air for the game.
The accumulation of Hull was assaulted by the disease and a back injury. “I don’t hit him best, which is very frustrating because it is an event that I can’t wait to play all year round,” she said.
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Woad will have Ko and Lilia seen for the company of the renowned group during the days one and two. “I don’t feel too different, to be honest,” said Woad. “I had a lot of confidence last month, really. I’m just trying to continue climbing. There is always pressure. I do not think there is more than there was, as in my point of view, before one of the last weeks. I always wanted to face and that’s always the goal. ”
Like Scottie Scheffler, who dominates the male game, Woad will not speak in the headlines. Like the American, Woad’s swing can be unorthodox. She has something in common with another icon of this sport; Woad is managed by the same agency as Tiger Woods.
It serves as a latest example of how the American university circuit prepares golfers for life as a professional. The Surrey athlete excelled at the Florida State University in the middle of a rise in the top of the world’s world ranking. “It has been in many of these most difficult moments,” added Ko. “Obviously, it’s different than being an amateur and playing college golf as a pro, but I think it was there and did very well in these pressure conditions, whatever the type of environment in which it was. So, I think there is a little more experience to his credit than people probably grant him.
“When I saw the cover or how it is composed, it does not seem to be rushing into things or becomes too emotional. I am sure that it will also help it with this transition.”
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KO’s analysis is valid. Woad’s greatest force appears completely not to mass when it is placed in delicate golf scenarios. Its leading display in Dundonald Links on Sunday made fun of the supposed recruit status. In Ireland, she won in six shots.
“Absolutely incredible,” said N ° 1 in the world, Nelly Korda, adding to the Choir of the Elogious Mention for Woad. “I was very impressed by his composure, his process [in Scotland]. Regarding her shooting routine, especially under pressure and in the fire of the moment, sometimes people seem to agitate and will suspect themselves, but she stood there, she held her process each time. I think that one of the main things I have noticed is how mature it is for its age and how comfortable it was in the heat of the moment.
“You can see that she has taken a ton of hours. It would seem a shock if Woad is not in the running of Porthcawl.
R&A has increased the price of the price for this major, from $ 250,000 to $ 9.75 million (7.3 million pounds sterling), the winner collecting $ 1.4 million. The male equivalent featured its handbag for 2025. The extent of the growth of the Women’s Open is shown by de facto golfers that golfers were in competition for $ 3.25 million that 2018. It was confirmed on Wednesday that the 2027 edition of the tournament will take place in Royal St George’s, which has staged the Open Men’s Open.
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A rare stop for elite golf courses in Wales saw players assessing the local culture. “When I driven Scotland after missing the cup last week, I saw all the traffic signs,” said Grace Kim. “It went from English to, not in an unusual way, like Charabia.” Ouch.
