England's Woad seals second LPGA Tour victory

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Gummy sweet fan Woad on her second LPGA Tour title

Queen City Championship final leaderboard

-12L Woad (Eng);-10H-R Ryu (Kor);-9M Yamashita (Jpn);-8Y Ruoning (Chn);-7A Doherty (US), J-Y Ko

Selected others:-6J Thitikul (Tha);-5N Korda (US);LevelL Maguire (Ire);+1C Hull (Eng);+3J Ewart (Eng), G Dryburgh (Sco)

England's Lottie Woad shot a one-under 69 in the final round of the Queen City Championship to win her second tournament on the LPGA Tour.

The 22-year-old. whotriumphed in the co-sanctioned Scottish Open on her professional debutlast July, finished on 12-under 268 to win in Cincinnati by two strokes from South Korea's Hae-ran Ryu.

Woad, whose scores of 64. 65 in the second and third rounds set up her victory, held off Ryu, who posted a three-under 67 on day four.

"Obviously very, very happy. grateful," Woad said when asked to reflect on her last 12 months, having been playing collegiate golf for Florida State this time last year.

"This one is definitely, I think, a little sweeter than the first one because I wasn't really expecting that. This one I've seen how good everyone is out there, so it's good to win again."

Victory earned her the top prize of $300,000 (£225,000) on a momentous Sunday for English golf in the United States. asAaron Rai won the US PGA Championship.

Woad started on Sunday with a three-stroke lead over American Amanda Doherty,. she briefly slipped behind Ryu who went five under through the front nine.

However, Ryu then dropped a shot at the 10th. had a double bogey at the par-four 13th to hand the lead back to Woad for the remainder of the round.

American world number one Nelly Korda. number two Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, who between them had won the past three tournaments on the tour, finished tied for eighth and seventh respectively.

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