Lottie Woad
{{short description|English amateur golfer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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| college = Florida State University
| status = Amateur
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| anainspiration = T23: 2024
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| wusopen = T31: 2025
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| evian = CUT: 2024
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| award1 = ACC Freshman of the Year
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| award2 = WGCA Freshman of the Year
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| award3 = FSU Female Athlete of the Year
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| award4 = ACC Golfer of the Year
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| award5 = Mark H. McCormack Medal
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Charlotte Woad (born 17 January 2004) is an English amateur golfer.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=England ace Woad thrilled with LET debut |url=https://www.englandgolf.org/england-girls-squad-ace-woad-thrilled-with-let-debut/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=England Golf |language=en-GB}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/news/2024/june/week-23 |title=Woad takes over as number one |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |date=12 June 2024}}
Golf career
In 2021, Woad won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship.{{Cite web |last=Stuart |first=Hamish |date=2021-09-29 |title=Lottie Woad Fends Off Strong Home Challenge To Lift Welsh Ladies Open Title |url=https://www.dai-sport.com/lottie-woad-fends-off-strong-home-challenge-to-lift-welsh-ladies-open-title/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Dai Sport}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-29 |title=Amateur: Woad wins Welsh Ladies Open |url=https://womenandgolf.com/news/amateur-ladies-golf-news/amateur-woad-wins-welsh-ladies-open |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Women & Golf}} In May 2022, she made her debut on the Ladies European Tour in the Madrid Open.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=Farnham golfer Lottie Woad holds her own on Ladies European Tour debut in Madrid Open |url=https://www.farnhamherald.com/sport/golf/farnham-golfer-lottie-woad-holds-her-own-on-ladies-european-tour-debut-in-madrid-open-547119 |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Farnham Herald}} In August 2022, Woad won the Girls Amateur Championship.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=Woad wins Girls Amateur Championship |website=DailyGolfJournal.com |url=https://dailygolfjournal.com/woad-wins-girls-amateur-championship-golf-news/ |access-date=2022-08-18}}
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.{{cite web |title=Roster: Lottie Woad |url=https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/lottie-woad/6497 |publisher=Florida State Seminoles |access-date=1 May 2025}}
In April 2024, Woad won the Augusta National Women's Amateur.{{Cite web |title=Augusta National Women’s Amateur: England's Lottie Woad leads by two going into final round |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/13108093/augusta-national-womens-amateur-englands-lottie-woad-leads-by-two-going-into-final-round |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Sky Sports}}{{Cite web |last=Kellenberger |first=Hugh |title=Woad finishes birdie-birdie to win ANWA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5395879/2024/04/06/lottie-woad-wins-augusta-national-womens-amateur/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=The Athletic}} In May, she finished runner-up to Adéla Cernousek in the individual competition at the NCAA Division I women's golf championship.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/golf-women/article/2024-05-20/texas-ams-adela-cernousek-wins-2024-di-womens-golf-championship-individual-title |title=Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title |date=May 21, 2024 |publisher=NCAA}}
In June 2024, she rose to number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
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.{{Cite web |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/lottie-woad-wins-mark-h-141057710.html |title=Lottie Woad wins Mark H. McCormack medal as world's top female amateur |date=14 August 2024 |website=Yahoo Sports |first=Cameron |last=Jourdan}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/news/2024/august/press-release-week-32 |title=Lottie Woad Awarded Mark H. McCormack Medal as World's Leading Female Amateur Golfer |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |date=14 August 2024}} In the same month she was also awarded the Smyth Salver at the Women's British Open.{{Cite news |last=Rowan |first=Kate |date=2024-08-25 |title=Low amateur Lottie Woad eclipses Charley Hull and Georgia Hall to fly British flag |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2024/08/25/open-silver-medal-lottie-woad-charley-hull-georgia-hall/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
Personal life
Woad was born in January 2004, the daughter of Rachel and Nick Woad. She comes from Farnham in Surrey.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-12 |title=It’s third time lucky for Farnham golfer Lottie Woad as she wins Liphook Scratch Cup |url=https://www.farnhamherald.com/sport/golf/its-third-time-lucky-for-farnham-golfer-lottie-woad-as-she-wins-liphook-scratch-cup-195723 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Farnham Herald}}
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
- 2025 Moon Invitational
Results in LPGA majors
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! Tournament !! 2024 !! 2025 |
| align=left|Chevron Championship
|T23 |CUT |
| align=left|U.S. Women's Open
|CUT |T31LA |
| align=left|Women's PGA Championship
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| align=left|The Evian Championship
|CUT | |
| align=left|Women's British Open
|style="background:yellow;"|T10 | |
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{{legend|#eeeeee|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
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing International team): 2023, 2025 (winners)
- Curtis Cup (representing the Great Britain & Ireland): 2024 (winners)