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Lottie Woad

Charlotte Woad is an English professional golfer. 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. In May 2026, she won her second LPGA Tour title at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati.

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Lottie Woad
Personal information
Full nameCharlotte Woad
NicknameLottie
Born (2004-01-17) 17 January 2004
Farnham, Surrey, England
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Sporting nationality England
Career
CollegeFlorida State University
Turned professional2025
Current toursLPGA Tour (since 2025)
Ladies European Tour (since 2025)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT7: 2026
Women's PGA C'shipCUT: 2026
U.S. Women's OpenT31: 2025
Women's British OpenT8: 2025
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2025
Achievements and awards
ACC Freshman of the Year2023
WGCA Freshman of the Year2023
FSU Female Athlete of the Year2024
ACC Golfer of the Year2024
Mark H. McCormack Medal2024

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. In May 2026, she won her second LPGA Tour title at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati.2

She won the KPMG Women's Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour in July 2025 while still an amateur. Later in July, she won her first tournament as a professional – the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open.

Amateur career

In 2021, Woad won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship.34 In May 2022, she made her debut on the Ladies European Tour in the Madrid Open.5 In August 2022, Woad won the Girls Amateur Championship.6

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.7 In September 2023, she won the Annika Intercollegiate title.8

In April 2024, Woad won the Augusta National Women's Amateur.910 She then made her major debut at the 2024 Chevron Championship, where she finished T23rd.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.13 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.1415 Later that month, she was also awarded the Smyth Salver for being the best placed amateur at the Women's British Open. There, she finished in a tie for tenth place overall on the Old Course at St Andrews.1116

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 2022.17 Woad tied for 3rd place at the 2025 Evian Championship, one stroke behind the winner.18 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 2006.19

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.2021

In July 2025, Woad won her first title as a professional after claiming a three-shot victory at the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open – the first tournament she played after turning professional.22 She then finished T8th at the Women's British Open in August,23 and third at the Kroger Queen City Championship in September.24

In May 2026, Woad won her second LPGA Tour title at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati, finishing with a score of 12-under 268, two strokes ahead of second-placed Ryu Hae-ran.2 The following month, Woad narrowly missed out on a third LPGA Tour title after she was defeated in a playoff by Miyū Yamashita at the Meijer LPGA Classic. Woad made a costly bogey on the 18th hole of her final round and then lost on the first extra hole after her opponent made a birdie.25

Personal life

Woad was born in January 2004, the daughter of Rachel and Nick Woad.7 She comes from Farnham in Surrey.26

Amateur wins

Source:27

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 27 Jul 2025 ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open 67-65-67-68=267 –21 3 strokes South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 22
2 17 May 2026 Kroger Queen City Championship 70-64-65-69=268 –12 2 strokes South Korea Ryu Hae-ran 2

1 Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2026 Meijer LPGA Classic Japan Miyū Yamashita Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 6 Jul 2025 KPMG Women's Irish Open
(as an amateur) 		68-67-67-69=271 −21 6 strokes Sweden Madelene Sagström 17
2 27 Jul 2025 ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open 67-65-67-68=267 –21 3 strokes South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 22

2 Co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2024 2025 2026
Chevron Championship T23 CUT T7
U.S. Women's Open CUT T31LA T49
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship CUT T3LA T16
Women's British Open T10LA T8
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
The Evian Championship 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Totals 0 0 1 1 4 6 12 8
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2025 U.S. Women's Open – 2026 U.S. Women's Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2025 Evian – 2026 Chevron)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2025 9 7 1 0 2 4 1 831,443 47 69.31 n/a
2026 14 12 1 1 5 1 1,211,354 15 70.55 11
Totals^ 23 19 2 1 2 9 1 2,042,797 229

^ Official as of 12 July 2026282930
*Includes match play and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2025 11 31
2026 5^ 32

^ As of 13 July 2026

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:27

References

References

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  11. Carter, Iain (8 July 2025). "'Woad heads to Evian as most exciting emerging talent in women's game'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  12. "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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  21. Carter, Iain (15 July 2025). "England's world number one amateur Woad turns pro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  22. Hall, Mike (27 July 2025). "Lottie Woad Claims Victory On Professional Debut At ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  23. Cartwright, Phil (3 August 2025). "Yamashita holds off Hull to win Women's Open". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  24. Skelton, Jack (14 September 2025). "Hull wins third LPGA title on dramatic final hole". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  25. Collins, Ben (21 June 2026). "Yamashita denies Woad third LPGA title in play-off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  26. "It's third time lucky for Farnham golfer Lottie Woad as she wins Liphook Scratch Cup". Farnham Herald. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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  28. "Lottie Woad stats". LPGA. 12 July 2026.
  29. "Lottie Woad results". LPGA. 12 July 2026.
  30. "Career money (select from pick list)". LPGA. 12 July 2026.
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