Emily Price wins English women's stroke play title

Emily Price won the prestigious English women’s stroke play championship by two shots at Bristol and Clifton.

The 16-year-old, from Cleobury Mortimer, birdied the last to finish on seven-under par for the championship, two ahead of Cornwall’s Georgia Price.

Local Gloucestershire player Ebonie Lewis (Knowle) was third on three-under after playing the final 36 holes in five-under par.

“It is just unbelievable,” said Price, who was three shots back with a round to play.

“It means a massive amount to win, this is almost my last event of the season and to win means so, so much.”

She’s one of the youngest winners of this title, following Charley Hull who was 15 when she triumphed five years ago.

This is Price’s fourth win of the year.

She won the Scottish girls’ open championship and two prestigious scratch events earlier in the season.

Price then took a break from golf to concentrate on her GCSEs before returning to resume her winning ways.

“It was kind of hard coming back and I’ve worked really hard these last few weeks and everything has come into place,” she said.

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Steve Carroll

A journalist for 25 years, Steve has been immersed in club golf for almost as long. A former club captain, he has passed the Level 3 Rules of Golf exam with distinction having attended the R&A's prestigious Tournament Administrators and Referees Seminar.

Steve has officiated at a host of high-profile tournaments, including Open Regional Qualifying, PGA Fourball Championship, English Men's Senior Amateur, and the North of England Amateur Championship. In 2023, he made his international debut as part of the team that refereed England vs Switzerland U16 girls.

A part of NCG's Top 100s panel, Steve has a particular love of links golf and is frantically trying to restore his single-figure handicap. He currently floats at around 11.

Steve plays at Close House, in Newcastle, and York GC, where he is a member of the club's matches and competitions committee and referees the annual 36-hole scratch York Rose Bowl.

Having studied history at Newcastle University, he became a journalist having passed his NTCJ exams at Darlington College of Technology.

What's in Steve's bag: TaylorMade Stealth 2 driver, 3-wood, and hybrids; TaylorMade Stealth 2 irons; TaylorMade Hi-Toe, Ping ChipR, Sik Putter.