WOBURN, England, July 31 (Reuters) - A lot can happen in 12 months of top-level sport -- just ask Ricoh Women's British Open golf champion Ariya Jutanugarn.
Exactly one year ago the youngster missed the cut at the women's major, the 10th successive tournament in which she had failed to qualify for the final two rounds.
Fast forward to Sunday at Woburn and Ariya's family and friends were spraying her with sparkling water on the 18th green to celebrate the 20-year-old becoming the first player from Thailand to win a major championship.
"Everything in the past was good for me because I learned from that, especially when I missed 10 cuts in a row," she told reporters after a closing 72 gave her a 16-under total of 272 and a three-stroke victory.