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Lottie Woad
English professional golfer (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charlotte Woad (born 17 January 2004) is an English professional golfer.[1] She won the 2022 Girls Amateur Championship and 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur, and reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2024.[2]
She won the KPMG Women's Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour in July 2025 while still an amateur.[3] Later in July, she won her first tournament as a professional – the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open.[4]
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Amateur career
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In 2021, Woad won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship.[5][6] In May 2022, she made her debut on the Ladies European Tour in the Madrid Open.[7] In August 2022, Woad won the Girls Amateur Championship.[8]
Woad enrolled at Florida State University in 2022 and started playing with the Florida State Seminoles women's golf team. She was WGCA Freshman of the Year, and as a junior FSU Female Athlete of the Year and ACC Golfer of the Year.[9]
In April 2024, Woad won the Augusta National Women's Amateur.[10][11] In May, she finished runner-up to Adéla Cernousek in the individual competition at the NCAA Division I women's golf championship.[12] 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.[13][14] In the same month she was also awarded the Smyth Salver at the Women's British Open.[15]
In July 2025, she won the KPMG Women's Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour. She won by six strokes over Madelene Sagström. It was the first win by an amateur on the tour since 2022.[3] Woad tied for 3rd place at the 2025 Evian Championship, one-stroke behind the winner.[16] She would jump to 64th in the Rolex Rankings, which is the second-highest ranking for an amateur (after Lydia Ko) since the system debuted in 2006.[17]
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Professional career
Woad turned professional after the 2025 Evian Championship. Her finish earned her enough points in the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway (LEAP) to secure an LPGA Tour card for 2025 and 2026. Her win at the Irish Open also earned her a Ladies European Tour card.[18][19]
In July 2025, Woad won her first professional title by three shots at the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open – the first tournament Woad played after turning professional.[4] She then finished T8th at the 2025 Women's British Open.[20]
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Personal life
Woad was born in January 2004, the daughter of Rachel and Nick Woad.[9] She comes from Farnham in Surrey.[21].
Amateur wins
- 2019 Surrey Ladies County Championship
- 2021 The Critchley Astor Salver, Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship
- 2022 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, Girls Amateur Championship, Ivy Intercollegiate
- 2023 Florida State Match Up, Annika Intercollegiate
- 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur, Landfall Tradition
Source:[22]
Professional wins (2)
LPGA Tour (1)
1 Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour
Ladies European Tour (2)
2 Co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour
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Results in LPGA majors
Top 10
Did not play
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2025 U.S. Women's Open – 2025 British Open, current)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2025 Evian - 2025 British Open, current)
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LPGA Tour career summary
^ Official as of 3 August 2025[23][24][25]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
^ As of 4 August 2025
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Young Masters (representing England): 2019
- Girls and Boys Home Internationals (representing England): 2021 (winners)
- Women's and Men's Home Internationals (representing England): 2022 (winners), 2023 (winners), 2024
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2022 (winners), 2023
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2022, 2023
- Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2023, 2025
- Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023, 2025 (winners)
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing International team): 2023, 2025 (winners)
- Curtis Cup (representing the Great Britain & Ireland): 2024 (winners)
Source:[22]
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