Dorset’s Georgia Hall is English U15 champion

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Dorset’s Georgia Hall (pictured) staged an action replay when she led from start to finish to win the English girls’ U15 championship at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.
A year ago, Georgia won the English U13 title in exactly the same style. The only difference was that the winning margin this year was bigger – seven shots, instead of two.
“I’m really happy and very pleased with the way I did it,” said Georgia, 14, from Ferndown, who was six-under par for the 72-hole event.
She established her lead on the first day with an excellent five-under par 68 and followed up with two rounds of level par before signing off with a one-under 72.
“My goal was to score not worse than par in any round and I managed it,” she said. “I didn’t think the course would suit me because I hit it quite long and this course is tight – but I didn’t use my driver all week!”
Throughout the tournament Georgia’s closest challenger was Cheshire’s Bronte Law, (Bramhall) who finished the championship as runner-up.
As the two girls set out on the final 36 holes they were separated by four shots, but, with one round to play, Georgia had extended her lead to six. However Bronte battled back over the first nine holes of the final round, reducing the deficit to two shots with the help of a pair of birdies.
“It was quite tight at the start of the round and Bronte got to within two shots of me,” said Georgia. “But then I eagled the ninth and had birdies on 10, 12 and 13 to get to eight-under par.”
She dropped a couple of shots on the way in, but her low-scoring run put her out of reach of her opponent. However, Georgia didn’t allowed herself to think about winning until she was almost at the end of her round. “I was just thinking shot by shot, hole by hole.”
Bronte completed the tournament on one-over par while Emma Harris (Peel Ladies’) was four shots further back, helped by a final round score of one-under par.

Lyndsey Hewison