Charley Hull wins English

Under-13 title

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Northamptonshire’s Charley Hull (pictured right by Leaderboard Photography) won a ding-dong battle to become the English Under-13 girls’ champion at Ramside, Durham today.
The 12-year-old started the final round with a four-shot lead and finished with a three-stroke win.
Cheshire’s Bronte Law, who was both her playing partner and closest rival, challenged strongly for the title. After eight holes, in which the girls had traded both birdies and bogeys, the two players were level.
Charley drew ahead again, when she birdied the ninth while Bronte dropped a shot, and she kept in front for the rest of the round.
Charley, who plays at Kettering and finished the 54-hole event on seven over par, said of her first English title: “It’s great.”
She’s used to the big occasion, having won a national competition for club golfers at the age of nine. She’s currently the Northamptonshire girls’ champion, regional four counties junior champion and a member of the county first team.
Bronte, 13, was disappointed to finish runner-up for the second year in succession but said: “I couldn’t have done any more than I did today. It wasn’t my day. Charley deserved it. She played three rounds of good golf.”
Bronte, who plays off two at Bramhall, is the Cheshire Under-16 and Under-13 champion and plays for the county girls’ team.
Both girls now move on to more competition. Bronte is heading for Scotland and the St Andrews junior ladies’ open while Charley’s next date is the Midland girls’ championship.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 222 (3 x 74). CSS 73 73 73
229 Charley Hull (Kettering) 75 73 81.
232 Bronte Law (Bramhall) Golf Club 74 78 80.
237 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 78 76 83.
239 Emma-Jane Harris (Peel Ladies) 81 77 81.
244 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 84 77 83.
246 Lianna Bailey (Rushcliffe) 87 81 78.
247 Kyra Horlock (Hamptworth) 82 80 85.
250 Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 81 83 86.
252 Bethan Popel (Long Ashton) 87 79 86.
257 Ashleigh Greenham (West Essex) 86 92 79, Alice Plumb (Yeovil) 87 85 85.
258 Rebecca Horner (Woodham) 86 87 85.
259 Laura Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 91 86 82.
262 Rosie Mist (Hayling) 84 94 84, Amelia Covell (Huddersfield) 96 79 87, Georgina Blackman (Chelmsford) 91 80 91.
265 India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 88 88 89.
268 Amelia Taylor (St. Annes Old Links) 90 88 90.
271 Maisy Turner (Peterborough Milton) 84 94 93, Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) 89 86 96.
273 Charlotte Taylor (Rugby) 89 87 97.
Hole-by-hole scoring: www.englishwomensgolf.org