Lottie Woad Facts: 17 Things To Know About The World No.1 Amateur Golfer
Lottie Woad is currently the best female amateur golfer in the world. Get to know her impressive career so far better with these facts...


Lottie Woad is one of England's most promising players, with the Florida State University golfer currently ranked No.1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Woad is building a glittering amateur career, highlighted by a win at Augusta National, and finished in the top-25 in her first ever Major championship appearance.
Get to know the star amateur golfer better with these facts about her impressive career so far.
Lottie Woad facts:
1. Woad is from Farnham, Surrey in England and plays at Farnham Golf Club.
2. She has a younger sister called Milly who is the only golfer in the family to have had a hole-in-one.
3. Woad got her first set of golf clubs at the age of 3 from her grandfather.
4. She also played soccer as a child.
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5. She won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship and the prestigious Critchley Salver at Sunningdale Golf Club in 2021.
6. She won the 2022 Girls Amateur Championship at Carnoustie, where she won the final 7&6 vs Spain's Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio. The championship dates back to 1919 and has been won by Major champions like Suzann Pettersen, Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall in modern times.
7. She enrolled at Florida State University in 2022.
8. Her biggest amateur win came at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur, where she birdied three of the final four holes to win by one.
9. In summer of 2024, Woad became the World No.1-ranked female amateur in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
10. She was named the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Golfer of the Year after winning the 2023 ACC Freshman of the Year title.
11. She finished T23 in her Major debut at the 2024 Chevron Championship.
12. She qualified for four of the five women's Majors in 2024.
13. She became the first English woman to win the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading amateur golfer in the world.
14. Woad was runner-up at the 2024 NCAA Division 1 Women's Golf Championship to Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek.
15. She plays Titleist equipment.
16. She qualified for the 2024 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team.
17. Woad finished T10 at the 2024 AIG Women's Open to win the Smyth Salver as low amateur.
Born | January 17 2004, Farnham, Surrey, England |
College | Florida State University |
Best WAGR ranking | 1st |
Best Major result | T23 (2024 Chevron Championship) |
Lottie Woad wins
- 2021 Critchley Salver
- 2021 Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship
- 2022 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters
- 2022 R&A Girls Amateur Championship
- 2023 Florida State Match Up
- 2023 ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M
- 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, X and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
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