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The Women’s Open 2025: final round – live

Hole-by-hole coverage of the final round at Royal PorthcawlOfficial leaderboard | email ScottIt’s been a poor start for golf’s hottest property, the new Irish and Scottish Open champion Lottie Woad. The 21-year-old from Surrey won the Smyth Salver for low amateur at St Andrews last year, finishing in a tie for tenth, but a similarly high finish might already be beyond her this time round. Woad bogeys 1, the result of hooking her approach from the centre of the fairway miles left, then drops another at 2 thanks to a three-putt. Her radar is a bit skew-whiff on 4 as well, as she misreads a long birdie putt, but she’s able to tidy up for a par that keeps her at -1 overall.Conditions haven’t been great for the early starters. It’s been raining, and blowing a hoolie. As a result, there hasn’t been much forward momentum on display. So far there are only two players back in the clubhouse with a score under par: Shannon Tan, who ends the week at +5 after her 70, and the 2013 champion Stacy Lewis, who shot 71 to finish her tournament at +7. The 65s and 66s of earlier in the week something of a pipe dream right now … and although it’s since stopped raining, with temperatures forecast to rise a bit during the afternoon, the wind’s likely to stay up. Good luck to one and all. Continue reading...

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