LYTHAM ST ANNES, United Kingdom: England's Georgia Hall used to imagine as a young girl she was putting to win the British Open - on Sunday (Aug 5) that fantasy became a reality as she showed grit and a steely nerve to win her first major at Royal Lytham and St Annes. Over the 72 holes, Hall made only three bogeys - she could well afford the one at the last - and her six birdie final round secured a two-shot victory over Pornanong. Hall took the outright lead for the first time in the tournament after a 20-foot putt for birdie at the 16th hole and went down the last with a three-shot lead after Pornanong, ranked No. “I was very confident going into this event from last year (equal third) and I love links golf and I’m playing in England, which is very rare.”

Hall joined Laura Davies, who won four, Alison Nicholas and Stupples as women’s major winners from England. Pornanong closed with a 70 for 15 under par with South Korea's Ryu So-yeon in third place on 13 under after a 70 that was blighted by a triple-bogey seven at the third.
Englishwoman Georgia Hall wins the 2018 Women's British Open golf championship.