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British amateur with Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Sir Nick Faldo in her sights

Lottie Woad has been labelled as the UK’s hottest golfing prospect since Rory McIlroy but this week at Augusta, the 21-year-old has the chance to join an exclusive club of which the Ulsterman can only dream.

Only three players have successfully defended a global title at the revered Masters course – Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Sir Nick Faldo – and the Surrey prodigy can enrol alongside these legends by retaining the Augusta National Women’s Amateur this week.

“It’s definitely a huge opportunity, and one that I couldn’t imagine when I was watching Augusta as a kid, because this competition didn’t exist then [ANWA was introduced in 2019],” Woad told Telegraph Sport.