Derbyshire’s Emily Waterson wins Abraham Trophy

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Derbyshire teenager Emily Waterson claimed the title of England’s most improved girl golfer when she won the final of the Abraham Trophy at The Wiltshire Golf Club.
The 15-year-old from Tapton Park Ladies beat Gloucestershire’s Alexandra Saunders on countback after they tied with net scores of two-under par 70.
“It hasn’t really sunk in yet but I’m so happy and so proud that I have done it,” said Emily.
She was one of 20 girls from all over the country who qualified for the final of the competition on the basis of handicap reduction.
Emily reduced from 34 to 20 to claim her place and has since cut her handicap further to 17. This latest score will bring her another cut and she hopes to go on reducing her handicap to low single figures.
“I’d like to be able to play all the big competitions,” she said. Emily played steadily throughout the final and her second nine – which won her the countback – was compiled impressively of two net birdies, six net pars and one gross par.
“I love this course,” she said. “There’s some really great holes on it and lots of water, which is very challenging. I really enjoyed it.”
Leading net scores
70 Emily Waterson (Tapton Park Ladies), Alexandra Saunders (Bristol & Clifton).
72 Inci Mehmet (Royal Mid-Surrey).
75 Emily-Mae Hall (Coxmoor).
78 Laura Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor), Georgia Hall (Ferndown), Chloe Li (Woburn), Emma Byrne (Rossendale), Alice Davis (Ferndown), Holly Standing (Faversham).
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Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer