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Woad secures Scottish Open victory on pro debut
Women's Scottish Open final-round leaderboard-20 Woad (Eng); -18 H-J Kim (Kor); -14 S-Y Kim (Kor), Lopez (Spa); -13 Korda (USA); -11 Madsen (Den); -10 Reto (SA).Selected others: -8 Hewson (Eng); -6 Maguire (Ire); -5 Hull (Eng); -4 Hall (Eng); -1 Harry (Wal); E Fuller (Eng); +7 Williams (Wal), Dryburgh (Sco).Full leaderboard Lottie Woad delivered a statement victory on her professional debut at the Women's Scottish Open as a final-round 68 secured her second tour 21-year-old went into the final round with a two-shot lead over South Korea's Sei Young Kim and held her nerve to keep the chasing pack at birdies and one bogey - just her third in 72 holes around Dundonald Links - took Woad to 21-under for the tournament, three clear of nearest challenger Hyo Joo LPGA winner Kim matched the Englishwoman at 20-under midway through the back nine before successive bogeys at 15 and 16 allowed Woad to move clear at the top. The former world number one amateur held a two-shot lead going down the par-five 18th and, after knocking a wedge to tap-in range, she finished in style with a birdie."It's a pretty good outcome," Woad said, in understated fashion. "I definitely wasn't expecting to win but knew I was playing well and just hoping to contend."There's not many scoreboards out there, but I knew it was probably quite tight at one stage."It's great. Links golf is really fun and it went fine. My Dad was here all week and my Mum got the train up last night, so I was hoping I wouldn't mess it up."Woad, who won the Irish Open as an amateur, turned professional last week after missing out on £400,000 prize money having finished just a shot outside the play-off won by Grace Kim at the Evian Championship, the women's fourth major of the now takes home £220,000 in prize money for winning on Scotland's west coast and heads to Royal Porthcawl for next week's Women's Open among the favourites."Even if I hadn't won this week, I would still be trying to win the Open next week," Woad said. "It's still a learning curve getting used to the attention."
The Sun
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Golfer Lottie Woad wins her FIRST ever event as a professional after missing out on nearly £500,000 in prize money
GOLF prodigy Lottie Woad has beaten the world's top golfers to win her very first event as a professional. Woad, 21, takes home £223,000 for winning the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open - after missing out on nearly HALF A MILLION in prize money because she was an amateur 3 3 Woad shot a final round of 68 at Dundonald to beat a star-studded field by three strokes. She turned pro last week after a remarkable month when she claimed her maiden Ladies European Tour triumph at the Irish Open, and took third place finish at the Evian Championship. She TWICE had to turn down huge cash prizes because the rules of golf mean she cannot take prize money while still an amateur. At the start of July Woad won the Women's Irish Open by six shots but because she was an amateur, she couldn't receive the £58,000 prize. Woad then missed out on £400,000 in prize money for coming third at the Evian Championship, the fourth women's major of the year. She finished just a shot outside the play-off won by Grace Kim - and a £1million first prize. Woad, from Farnham, Surrey, turned professional just a week ago after a spectacular career as an amateur golfer. She won the 2022 Girls Amateur Championship, then followed that up with victory at the Augusta National Women's Amateur last year. 3 The Sun is your go to destination for the best football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunFootball.
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Listen: St Mirren probe for opener against Ayr - radio & text
Update: Date: 13' Title: Post Content: St Mirren 0-0 Ayr United A decent chance for St Miren to lift the ball into the box with a free-kick inside Ayr's half but it's well dealt with by the visitors. Update: Date: 8' Title: Post Content: St Mirren 0-0 Ayr United Alex Gogic steps in to blast the ball away just as Ayr's Marco Rus threatened to latch on to a pass in the final third. United are enjoying more of the ball now and are patiently knocking it about the park. There are a few sloppy passes in there, though, as they try to advance. Update: Date: 5' Title: Post Content: St Mirren 0-0 Ayr United Plenty of St Mirren possession early on, but it's all been in the middle third of the pitch. A cagey start it's far to say. Update: Date: 1' Title: KICK-OFF Content: St Mirren 0-0 Ayr United A peep of the referee's whistle and we're under way in Paisley. Update: Date: 14:54 BST Title: George makes first Buddies start Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) Speaking after signing Shamal George on loan midweek, Stephen Robinson said he would be St Mirren's "best available" goalkeeper. The 27-year-old spent two years at Livingston before joining Wycombe Wanderers, who have an option to recall George in January, and has made more than 100 senior club appearances across spells at five clubs. "He comes with a vast amount of experience in the league," said St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson. "I believe Shamal's now the best available goalkeeper to us. It's not something we searched out, but when he became available, I had no hesitation whatsoever. "He gives real composure, a real presence in goal as well." Shamal George starts for the Buddies this afternoon Update: Date: 14:50 BST Title: Brown wants a composed performance and progression Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) Ayr United manager Scott Brown tells Premier Sports: "The results yesterday went for us and for us now, we know St Mirren are at home and will come after us with a fast start. "We're in a position where, as long as we don't lose by nine, we should hopefully be in the next draw. "It's not about coming here and trying to win the game early doors and being silly, it's about staying in it for as long as we can and being compact, and go to press when we can." Update: Date: 14:47 BST Title: Robinson knows a win is a must Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells Premier Sports: "It's black and white, we need to win the game. "We don't want to go to penalties and hope, so we set out to win the game against a good side who have started the season very well. On Shamal George starting, he adds: "We know what he's done, and he's someone I've chased for a long time. "It gives us the chance to get real solidity and a real presence in goals straightaway." Update: Date: 14:45 BST Title: Permutations, permutations, permutations Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) Basically, whoever tops the group will qualify. Runners-up must equal Dunfermline Athletic's nine points as both Ayr and St Mirren have a superior goal difference. For Dunfermline to go through on goal difference, Ayr would have to lose by seven goals as even if they finish level on goal difference, United have scored more goals. Easy as that, eh? Update: Date: 14:43 BST Title: Group D as it stands Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) Take a close look here. This is about to be important. I'll try not to make it sound too complicated, though. Update: Date: 14:38 BST Title: Draw to follow the full-time whistle Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) We'll bring you the all-important draw for the next stage after full time. Some more permutations coming here too, sorry. For the draw, Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers and St Johnstone are seeded. Alloa Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell and the Group D runners-up or Dunfermline Athletic are unseeded. It is still to be decided whether the Group D winners and Partick Thistle will be seeded/unseeded. Why is it still undecided, I hear you asking? Well, should Ayr win, they will be seeded as they'll pip Partick on goal difference. Should St Mirren win, Partick would be seeded due to having more points. Again, simple as that. Got it? Good. Update: Date: 14:35 BST Title: What happened yesterday? Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) Third-tier Alloa Athletic - along with Premiership sides Falkirk and Kilmarnock, and Championship duo Partick Thistle and St Johnstone - have secured progress to the Premier Sports Cup last 16 after winning their groups. Alloa scored a late winner as they came from behind to win 3-2 and overtake Championship hosts Airdrieonians at the top of Group C. The Diamonds' defeat also meant they miss out on being one of three best runners-up to progress along with Livingston and Greenock Morton. Dunfermline Athletic are currently third best but will miss out should St Mirren win or draw with a penalty shootout bonus point at home to Ayr United in Sunday's final group game. Read more about yesterday's action here. Steven Buchanan scored Alloa's winner away to Airdrieonians Update: Date: 14:30 BST Title: League Cup groups wrap up Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) Just one final game remains in the League Cup groups this year as Ayr take a short trip north to Paisley to face St Mirren. The winner here will top the group and secure progression to the next stage, but more on all of the permutations shortly... Update: Date: 14:00 Title: LINE-UPS from The SMISA Stadium Content: St Mirren v Ayr United (15:00) St Mirren: George, Fraser, Gogic, King, Richardson, Phillips, Taylor, O'Hara, John, Idowu, Mandron. Substitutes: Mullen, Iacovitti, Freckleton, Sobowale, Smyth, McMenamin, Calvin, Ayunga, Mooney. Ayr United: Mitchell, McAllister, Dick, Want, Holt, Main, Murphy, Walker, McKenzie, Rus, McMann. Substitutes: Russell, Oakley, Thomas, Ure, Hastie, Bonnar, Watret.
