• Hall scores five-under 67 in final round at Royal Lytham
Women’s golf in Britain owes a debt of gratitude to Royal Lytham & St Annes. Nine years after Catriona Matthew lifted the British Open trophy at the Lancashire links Georgia Hall delivered another home victory. Hall is only the third player from her home nation to win this major. She has scope to make the biggest difference, if only by virtue of her youth.
At 22 Hall has the potential to be an inspiring figure for a generation of emerging players. The highest compliment one can pay her Sunday shootout with Pornanong Phatlum is that for long spells it bore an uncanny resemblance to the classic Open Championship battle between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon in 2016.
Written by Ewan Murray at Royal Lytham & St Annes
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/05/golf-georgia-hall-wins-womens-british-open-first-major under the title “Georgia Hall seals home win and her first major at Women’s British Open”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
