GEORGIA HALL WINS SIXTH ROSE LADIES' SERIES EVENT

Georgia Hall ended her run of three consecutive runner-up finishes on the Rose Ladies' Series after her victory at Bearwood Lakes Golf Club yesterday.

Justin Rose Ladies' Series, Bearwood Lakes Golf Club
-1 G Hall (Eng);  level M MacLaren (Eng), LM Humphreys (AM) (Eng), E Slater (Eng), I Mehmet (Eng), E Rhodes (AM) (Eng), C Gainer (Eng)
Selected others:  +3 C Hull (Eng);  +5 L Davies (Eng)

Georgia Hall shot a round of one-under-par 71 to finish a stroke ahead of six other players and move into second place in the Rose Ladies' Series Order of Merit, just behind Charley Hull.

The 2018 Women’s British Open champion recovered from two bogeys in her first four holes with a pair of birdies at the 5th and 8th, but dropped another shot at the 9th to go out in one-over-par. The Solheim Cup star then produced a flawless back nine with two birdies at the 11th and 13th to finish with a one-under-par score of 71.

Meghan MacLaren, who won the second Rose Ladies' Series event at Moor Park, was one of six players who finished in second with a level-par round of 72. The group also included two of England's top amateurs, Mimi Rhodes and Lily May Humphreys.

Charley Hull was looking good at one-under-par through 11. However, two successive double bogeys on the 12th and 13th saw the end of her challenge. After a birdie at the 16th, she finished at three-over-par.

Dame Laura Davies was also in contention at one-under-par through 11, but a triple-bogey at the 13th and a double bogey at the 16th saw her finish at five-over-par.

After her win Georgia Hall said:

"It’s awesome that I’ve won. I’ve played in three events previously and come second three times, so I’m very happy to win and get the job done today."

"I didn’t start off great. I was two over after four or five, but I just stayed really patient out there and calm, so I think that was my main focus for today. On the back nine, I had three or four putts which were around eight footers for par and the pins were very hard today, so I holed a lot of good putts which was great."

She also thanked Justin and Kate Rose for getting behind women’s golf:

"The Rose Ladies Series is fantastic and gives me something to practise for every week. It’s something to aim for and it’s good that all of our players can play competitive rounds every week and it’s a good warm-up for the Scottish and British."

"It was very thoughtful of Kate and Justin to do this. All the hard work that they’ve put in behind it is fantastic and hopefully this series can continue for years to come."

The next Rose Ladies' Series event is at The Shire London Golf Club in Hertfordshire on Thursday 30 July.