You could not script a better finish at Augusta National.
Englishwoman Lottie Woad, who plays collegiately at Florida State, sat in a tie with Bailey Shoemaker at 7-under par through 17 holes.
After finding the fairway and hitting a terrific wedge shot onto the green at 18, Woad faced a 12-footer for birdie for the win.
Shoemaker, meanwhile, nervously sat in the clubhouse after carding a 6-under 66, a record-low score at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
But Shoemaker’s incredible day was not enough.
Woad drained her birdie putt on 18, echoing Phil Mickelson in 2004, who did something similar on that same green to win his first Masters.
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