IRVINE, Scotland – Seminole All-American Lottie Woad carded a final round score of 68, finished with a four-round total of 267, and won the championship of the 2025 Women’s Scottish Open in her professional debut. The five-time Florida State All-American became the second player in three years to win on the LPGA Tour in her pro debut, following Rose Zhang in the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National in 2023. Woad is just the fourth player in LPGA history to win in her first start as an LPGA member, joining Zhang, former world No. 1 Jin Young Ko (2018) and Beverly Hanson (1951).

Woad, just 68 days removed from her final collegiate round at the NCAA Championship finals, finished with scores of 67-65-67-68 for a four-round total of 21-under par 267. She defeated seven-time LPGA Winner Hyo Joo Kim by three strokes, and finished eight strokes ahead of current world No. 1 Nelly Korda.

Woad completed an incredible tournament as she carded only three bogeys – none in the second round – and went 33 consecutive holes between her first bogey in the opening round and the second bogey in the third round. She closed her tournament victory with just one bogey on her final 21 holes of play. Woad totaled 24 birdies – including on her final hole to put an exclamation point on her first professional victory.

“I think it’s quite hard to do that, but very special to win in my first event,” said Woad. “Everyone was chasing me today, and managed to maintain the lead and played really nicely down the stretch and hit a lot of good shots.”

Woad is the first Seminole to win an LPGA Tour championship since All-American Kris Tamulis won the 2015 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.

Woad joins Seminole greats Karen Stupples (at the 2004 Women’s British Open), Jane Geddes (at the 1986 U.S. Women’s Open), Colleen Walker (at the 1987 Mayflower Classic), and Tamulis (at the 2015 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic) as LPGA Tour winners.

Woad, who was the No. 1 ranked player for the last 50 consecutive weeks before turning pro on July 15, 2025, won the Women’s Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour on July 7. She then finished one shot out of a playoff in the Evian Championship in France, an LPGA major on July 13.

“Everyone was chasing me today,” said Woad shortly after raising the championship trophy. “I don’t really know how to describe it. Just been shooting low scores, which is always nice.”

Woad now heads to the AIG Women’s Open next week at Royal Porthcawl in Wales and will clearly be among the handful of favorites to watch for the week.

“It’s a day and moment she’s dreamed of all her golfing life,” said Stupples – an All-American herself as a Seminole in 1995. “She was already a star amateur, but now she’s a star professional.  Not having to wait to be a winner, she’s proven to everyone the hype was valid.  She’s the real deal.”