Dorset’s Georgia Hall wins English U13 championship

Press Release from EWGA

Dorset’s Georgia Hall (pictured) led from start to finish to win the English girls’ U13 championship by two shots at The Wiltshire.

“It’s amazing,” said the 13-year-old from Ferndown. “It’s a relief as well! I came here really wanting to win and I thought I had a good chance after coming third last year.”

Georgia led by five shots after the first day, when she shot level par 72. After the second round she was still four ahead of her closest challenger, Wiltshire’s Kyra Horlock, and six clear of Charley Hull, the defending champion.

Charley did her best to whittle away the deficit with a final round 77 - the low score of the day. However, she couldn’t catch Georgia, although she did move into second place ahead of Kyra.

“I wasn’t very nervous because having a four shot lead gives you a bit of leeway, but when I started adding up the scores at the end I was getting a bit worried,” said Georgia, who returned a final round 81. “Charley was playing in front of me and I could see she was quite confident.”

However, Georgia herself played steadily, with just one double bogey on a windy day – and a confidence-boosting birdie on the short 16th.

Georgia, who plays off two, is a Dorset county player and was runner-up in the South West girls’ championship and a semi-finalist in the South West ladies’ championship. She set the Ferndown course record of five-under 67 when she was 12. Her next target is the British girls’ championship in August.

Leading final scores:

231 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 72 78 81
233 Charley Hull (Kettering) 77 79 77
234 Kyra Horlock (Broadstone) 77 77 80
240 Charlotte Taylor (Rugby) 81 81 78; Emma Harris (Peel Ladies) 78 84 78
247 Ashleigh Greenham (West Essex) 83 78 86
253 Inci Mehmet (Royal Mid-Surrey) 80 86 87
254 Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies) 84 86 84
257 Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis) 87 84 86; India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 82 88 87

Full details and hole-by-hole scoring : www.englishwomensgolf.org