Lottie Woad

Charlotte Woad (born 17 January 2004) is an English amateur 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]

Lottie Woad
Personal information
Born	(2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 21) England
Sporting nationality	England
Career
College	Florida State University
Status	Amateur
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T23: 2024
Women's PGA C'ship	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	T31: 2025
Women's British Open	T10: 2024
Evian Championship	CUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
ACC Freshman of the Year 2023 WGCA Freshman of the Year 2023 FSU Female Athlete of the Year 2024 ACC Golfer of the Year 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal 2024

Amateur career

In 2021, Woad won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship.^[4][5] In May 2022, she made her debut on the Ladies European Tour in the Madrid Open.^[6] In August 2022, Woad won the Girls Amateur Championship.^[7]

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.^[8]

In April 2024, Woad won the Augusta National Women's Amateur.^[9][10] In May, she finished runner-up to Adéla Cernousek in the individual competition at the NCAA Division I women's golf championship.^[11] 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.^[12][13] In the same month she was also awarded the Smyth Salver at the Women's British Open.^[14]

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]

Personal life

Woad was born in January 2004, the daughter of Rachel and Nick Woad.^[8] She comes from Farnham in Surrey.^[15]

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:^[16]

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Jul 2025	KPMG Women's Irish Open	68-67-67-69=271	−21	6 strokes	Madelene Sagström

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2024	2025
Chevron Championship	T23	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T31LA
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship	CUT
Women's British Open	T10LA

  Top 10

  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

• 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
• Arnold Palmer Cup (representing International team): 2023, 2025 (winners)
• Curtis Cup (representing the Great Britain & Ireland): 2024 (winners)

Source:^[16]