Lottie Woad: Meet golf's newest rising star

Just a week after turning professional, Lottie Woad is favourite for the final major of the year - the AIG Women's Open at Royal Porthcawl.

It is a startling rise for British golf's most exciting prospect. She arrived in Wales having been crowned Scottish Open champion a week earlier

This, in the same month she ended her amateur career by winning the Irish Open and finished third at the Evian Championship, the most recent women's major.

Photo: Lottie Woad of England poses with the trophy following victory of the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open following the final round of the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open 2025 at Dundonald Links Golf Course on July 27, 2025 in Troon, Scotland. (Credit: Getty Images)