03-04-2025
Woad shares ANWA lead heading to Augusta finale
England's defending champion Lottie Woad holds a share of the lead going into the final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur in 21-year-old, who is the world number one amateur, is trying to become the first player to win successive titles in the sixth staging of the prestigious event, which has the third round at Augusta National, home of the had three birdies and a bogey in a solid two-under-par 70 in the second round at the Champions Retreat improved her overall score to nine under par, and left her joint top with American Kiara Romero at the end of the leader Megha Ganne is in a three-way tie for second place on eight under after she shot a 73 to follow a 63 in the opening round.
Among the group one shot further back is rising American star Asterisk Talley. The 16-year-old, who beat Woad in last year's Curtis Cup singles, shot a six-under tournament moves to Augusta National, home of the Masters, for the third and final round, which will be played on Saturday after a practice day on England's Patience Rhodes, Scotland's Hannah Darling and Ireland's Beth Coulter will not be playing, having missed the cut. Rhodes finished on four over and Darling three over after they both shot 72s, while Coulter's 77 left her on five missing the final round is last year's runner-up Bailey Shoemaker and Malaysia's Mirabel Ting, who is top of the American NCAA collegiate standings after winning six events in the past birdied three of the final four holes to beat American Shoemaker by one shot for the 2024 victory kick-started a stellar year which saw her compete in her first majors, finish as the top Briton at the Women's Open, help Great Britain and Ireland win the Curtis Cup and end it as the world's top-ranked amateur.
