LONDON — High-ranked newbie Lottie Woad introduced Tuesday she is going to flip skilled, two days after practically profitable a significant title.
The 21-year-old Englishwoman adopted her victory by six photographs on the Ladies’s Irish Open on the Girls European Tour on July 6 by ending in third place — only one stroke off the tempo — on the Evian Championship on Sunday.
She did not win any prize cash at both match as a result of she was newbie.
Nevertheless, her good end on the Evian secured sufficient factors to seal LPGA Tour membership by its Elite Beginner Pathway. Woad, who was a five-time First-Staff All-American at Florida State, will likely be leaving the college with one 12 months left.
“I’m very excited to announce that I’ve determined to show skilled,” she wrote on social media. “I am delighted to have secured a[n] LPGA card by the LEAP.
“I am additionally comfortable to simply accept membership of the Girls European Tour for 2026. Thanks to everybody who has helped me get to this place.”
Woad is about to make her first begin as a professional on the Ladies’s Scottish Open subsequent week.
The British Ladies’s Open, the ultimate main of the 12 months, is at Royal Porthcawl beginning July 30.
The Related Press contributed to this story.
