l Wiltshire's new champion, Hannah Turland (left) and runner-up Jo Shorrocks display their trophies after their gruelling 37-hole final.
Tidworth Garrison Golf Club's Hannah Turland has won the Wiltshire Ladies County Championship.
At just 13 years old she is the youngest player ever to take the title. In a nail-biting final over 36 holes at Hamptworth Golf and Country Club, Jo Shorrocks from Hamptworth made a birdie on the 36th hole forcing a sudden death play off. The pair headed down the first hole for the third time and Hannah replied with a birdie of her own to take the championship.
Hannah is already England's national U13 champion and was part of the England team which retained the Nations Cup at the Scottish U16 Open Strokeplay Championship at Craigielaw last month. She completed the opening round of the county championship in 71, equalling the ladies' course record at Hamptworth set by Jo Shorrocks last September.
The format for the Ladies' County Championship was slightly changed this year with two rounds of strokeplay on the first day, with the top eight qualifiers going on to the match play phase for the championship and the second eight competing in a second flight for the new Gillian Wood Trophy.
Despite the wet and windy weather on the first two days, the standard of the golf this year was excellent with the youngsters putting on a particularly fine display. The future of ladies' golf in Wiltshire looks bright indeed.
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