England's Hall wins Women's British Open

Women's British Open 2018 final-round leaderboard
-17 Hall (Eng); -15 Phatlum (Tha); -13 Ryu (Kor); -9 Kim (Kor), Jutanugarn (Tha), Higa (Jpn)

Selected others: -8 Shanshan (Chn); -7 Lee (Aus); -6 Ko (NZL); -2 Kerr (US); E Law (Eng); +1 Matthew (Sco); +2 Parker (Eng); +6 Hall (Wal); +9 MacLaren (Eng); +12 Frankish (Eng)


Leaderboard
England's Georgia Hall won her first fundamental name with a two-shot victory on the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

The 22-year-old is merely the third British winner for the reason that the occasion turned a fundamental championship in 2001.

Trailing Pornanong Phatlum by a shot overnight, Hall moved clean of the Thai with NULL holes remaining, and held her nerve to safe victory.

Hall executed on 17 under, having picked up five photographs on the ultimate day.

How Hall went from hitting photographs for chocolate elderly seven to Women's British Open champion
Her bogey on the ultimate gap was her first of the round, and she dropped simply three photographs within the entire tournament.

Phatlum was her nearest challenger, with Korean Ryu So-yeon third one other NULL photographs adrift.

Hall said: "There's human being different at dwelling who is facing a really bad time, so that's for you, Grandad.

"I'd also desire to thank my dad for caddying. Thanks for doing everything for me while I was rising up… and to my mum.

"And to my boyfriend as nicely for assisting me."

Hall, from Bournemouth, joined Phatlum on the best of the leaderboard after the 13th, and holed a 20ft putt on the 16th to take the lead for the primary time.

Victory intended the 2013 British ladies' newbie champion emulated compatriot Karen Stupples (2004) and Scot Catriona Matthew (2009), the different NULL British winners for the reason that this occasion turned a major.

She said: "It is simply too nice to be true. It was my aim while I was nine to win the British Open. I am so happy.

"I simply needed to reside calm and patient. It was very near as much as the ultimate NULL holes and I holed all of the putts today.

"I was loving it deep down, hitting the photographs beneath pressure. To get six birdies within the ultimate spherical of a fundamental isn't bad."

Of the different British participants, England's Bronte Law executed tied 39th on degree par, Matthew was a shot worse off in tied 42nd, and Wales' Lydia Hall resulted in tied 55th on six over.

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