Meet the English amateur superstar taking the professional game by storm

Lottie Woad etched her name into the annals of history at Augusta National in April 2024 by winning the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

But the young amateur sensation has been setting leaderboards alight for years, so let’s get to know a bit more about the young English star…

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Who is Lottie Woad? Augusta National’s latest star

Hailing from Farnham, a market town in Surrey, Woad is a junior at Florida State University. In 2022, she won the R&A Girls Amateur Championship and in 2023, she competed in the Arnold Palmer Cup and the Great Britain and Ireland team in the Vagliano Trophy.

She won the Home Internationals with England in 2023 and then in the following year, Woad experienced the moment of her career to that point when winning the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

Woad made three birdies in her final four holes to beat Bailey Shoemaker, having started the final round with a two-shot lead.

“I was hoping it was going to be like a nice stress-free day, but it was far from that,” she said. “In the end, it’s a cooler way to finish.”

Woad played in her first major championship in 2024 at the Chevron where she came tied for 23rd. Later that year, she was the low amateur at the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews. She won the Home Internationals again with England, then also won the Curtis Cup with GB&I at Sunningdale.

Shortly after winning the 2025 Vagliano Trophy with GB&I, Woad became a winner in the professional sphere for the first time, dominating at the Women’s Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour with a six-shot win.

“It means a lot to get the win,” said the World No.1 amateur. “Obviously, I had a big lead coming into today, but I still had to really focus as I was being chased by some really good players. I’m happy to get it done. It’s perfect.”

In her US college career, she has earned countless accolades. She was ACC and WGCA Freshman of the Year in 2023, and won the Mark H. McCormack award for being the leading woman in the amateur world rankings in 2024.

In terms of college wins, she won the 2022 Ivy Intercollegiate at Balusrol, the Florida State Match Up and the Annika Intercollegiate in 2023, the ANWA and the Landfall Tradition in 2024 and the Moon Invitational in 2025.

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