Three Australian major winners miss the cut at the Amundi Evian Championship, leaving Karis Davidson and Cassie Porter to fly the flag on the weekend. England’s Lottie Woad takes the outright lead at 11 under.
A year after breaking the amateur scoring record at the Evian and narrowly missing out to Australia’s Grace Kim in a playoff, Lottie Woad is back atop the leaderboard at the same course. The World No. 4 fired a second-round 64 to take a one-shot lead over Aki Iwai, putting her in position for a maiden major title.
With a second victory in her 19th career start, Woad is the fastest player to reach two LPGA titles since Sung Hyun Park won twice in her first 16 appearances, in 2017.
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Lottie Woad is on such a tear that you can count one of the world’s top players as a big fan. Lydia Ko is so impressed with the 21-year-old phenom from England that she’s been watching videos of her swing and trying to gain some tips.
Woad became just the third golfer in LPGA history to win in her professional debut. She’s also the 20th different winner on tour this year as each LPGA event has been won by different players – an LPGA record.
At the end of a long week dominated by slow play that saw the opening two rounds both take about six hours to complete, the New Zealander reached the seven-under-par total that proved too strong for a formidable host of challengers down the stretch.
England’s Lottie Woad punctuated a comeback from a stumble with three birdies in the last four holes – including a converted 15-footer at the 18th – to capture the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur.