GABRIELLA COWLEY WINS FIFTH ROSE SERIES EVENT

Gabriella Cowley carding a two-under-par round of 70 to win the fifth Justin Rose Ladies' Series event at the JCB Golf & Country Club.

Justin Rose Ladies' Series, JCB Golf & Country Club
-2 G Cowley (Eng);
-1 H MacRae (Sco), A Dimmock (Eng), C Hull (Eng), G Hall (Eng), C Williams (Wal), W Hillier (Aus);
Level M Maclaren (Eng), Alice Hewson (Eng)

Gabriella Cowley beat six players by a single shot to win her first Justin Rose Ladies' Series title.

The 24-year-old, ranked 576th in the world, was cruising on five-under-par after 12 holes, but a double bogey on the 16th and a bogey on the 18th saw her drop three shots to finish on two-under-par. As leader in the clubhouse, she then faced a nervous four hour wait.

In the end, Cowley's two-under-par score of 70 proved good enough to see off Charley Hull, the world No 25, and Georgia Hall, the 2018 Women’s British Open champion, who finished tied for second at one-under-par along side another Englishwoman in Annabel Dimmock, Scotland’s Heather MacRae, Wales’s Chloe Williams and Australian Whitney Hillier.​

After five events, Charley Hull has moved back above Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh to top the Rose Ladies' Order of Merit, while Gabriella Cowley has moved up to third. Dryburgh was unable to play in the latest event as she left for the USA on Monday to quarantine in time for the restart of the LPGA Tour.

After her victory Gabriella Cowley said:

“This means a lot to me. I have worked extremely hard during lockdown. I changed my putter at the start of this week and was five-under-par through 15 holes and playing really well. I did have a bad finish, but it does not matter now."

“I played really well today, and a key highlight was making three consecutive birdies to start the back nine. The course was playing long and it is tough test but the condition of it was unbelievable and it was a really good setup.”

“The support from Justin and Kate Rose and the sponsors putting these events on means a lot to all of us and it is great to now be a winner of one."

“Every event has been superb and its nice to be playing tournaments. These events and the win will give me a big confidence boost heading back into the restart of the Ladies European Tour season.”

The next event in the Justin Rose Ladies' Series is at Bearwood Lakes on Thursday 23 July.​