Historic day ahead at Carnoustie as
GIRLS’ & BOYS’ AMATEURS
History will be made today when the finals of the R&A Girls’ and Boys’ Amateur championships are played alongside each other for the first time at Carnoustie.
Lottie Woad and Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio will meet in the final of the Girls’ Amateur and it will be an all-Sweden showdown between Albert Hansson and Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson in the Boys’ Amateur.
In the 93rd Girls’ Amateur Championship, Woad defeated fellow English player Rachel Gourley 5&4 in their semi-final and said: “It feels amazing to reach the final. I had a couple of tough matches today but I’m glad I got through.
“I just kept it solid today and didn’t have too many mistakes. I didn’t have a bogey this morning and only dropped one shot today. It’s very easy to drop shots on this course so it’s really about trying to make your opponent make mistakes.
“It’s definitely easier when you get up early because then it forces them to chase which is quite hard on this course. I had a nice start then Rachel eagled the par-5 so it got a bit tight from there.
“It’s a long day tomorrow, 36 holes, after a lot of rounds already so it’s going to be survival of the fittest really.”
Spain’s Fernandez Garcia-Poggio beat Nathalie Borg from Sweden