Amateur Woad, 21, Wins Women's Irish Open But Gets No Prize Money

Women's Irish Open final-round leaderboard

-21 L Woad (Eng*); -15 M Sagstrom (Swe); -14 A Garvey (NZ); -12 C Hull (Eng); -10 H Screen (Eng), F Fernandez (Spa), C Tamburlini (Swi), K Rudgeley (Aus)

Selected others: -8 A Foster (Ire), A Hewson (Eng); -7 L Beveridge (Sco), D Harry (Wal); -6 M MacLaren (Eng) E Hamilton (Eng); -3 C Williams (Wal), M Rhodes (Eng); -2 G Hall (Eng), C Screene (Ire); -1 L McClymont (Sco*); Level L Maguire (Ire); +3 E Fleming (Ire*)

* denotes amateur

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English amateur Lottie Woad carded a four-under final-round 69 to declare her first Ladies European Tour title successful ascendant manner pinch a six-shot triumph astatine nan Women's Irish Open.

But because Woad is an amateur, she will not person immoderate prize money, pinch nan 67,500 euro (£58,000) winner's cheque going to Sweden's four-time Solheim Cup subordinate Madelene Sagstrom, who vanished second.

Woad, nan world number 1 amateur, deed nan beforehand successful windy conditions connected Friday, extended her lead to 7 strokes successful Saturday's 3rd information and made six birdies and 2 bogeys connected Sunday to cruise location astatine Carton House.

The 21-year-old - who collapsed 70 successful each 4 rounds - becomes nan first non-professional to triumph connected nan Ladies European Tour since Czech subordinate Jana Melichova astatine nan 2022 Czech Ladies Open.

Woad, who won nan 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur title and vanished tied 10th successful past year's Women's Open, carded conscionable 3 bogeys each week successful a hugely awesome capacity successful County Kildare.

"It felt beautiful comfortable overall," said Woad.

"There were a fewer moments astatine nan commencement of nan backmost 9 that could've gone incorrect but I hung successful location and vanished pinch immoderate bully birdies.

"As soon arsenic I birdied nan 2nd hole, holed a bully 12-footer there, it settled maine in. I deed immoderate bully shots today, possibly didn't spread arsenic galore putts arsenic nan different days, but it was beautiful accent free successful nan end."

Sagstrom, pinch a last information of 68, vanished 2nd pinch England's world number 19 Charley Hull (69) successful fourth.

Anna Foster (72) was nan starring Irish subordinate successful a stock of 12th connected 8 under, while her chap countrywoman Canice Screene carded a bogey-free seven-under 66 - nan joint-lowest information of nan time - to decorativeness wrong nan apical 40.

Having established a comfortable 54-hole cushion, Woad picked up 2 birdies successful her first 4 holes connected Sunday earlier dropping a changeable astatine nan par-four fifth.

Surrey's Woad regained that changeable pinch a birdie 3 astatine nan eighth and picked up different astatine nan 13th.

The Florida State University subordinate dropped a changeable astatine nan par-five 15th, but bounced backmost pinch birdies connected her adjacent 2 holes, a 4 astatine nan par-five 17th coming aft she astir holed her approach.

While Woad astir produced a grandstand decorativeness by holing a agelong birdie putt astatine nan last, a par secured a winning people of 271.

"It decidedly intends a lot," added Woad, who will beryllium successful awesome action adjacent week astatine nan Evian Championship successful France.

"Obviously I had a large lead coming into today, but I was capable to focus. I was being chased by immoderate really bully players but happy to get it done."

England's Hannah Screen deed a 67 to stock 5th place, but location favourite Leona Maguire closed pinch a disappointing 75 to decorativeness successful a necktie for 48th.