Bronte Law of England was seven strokes behind entering the final round of the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship, but wound up holding the trophy.
Law, who will be a senior at UCLA, birdied the final hole to close out a 6-under-par 66 and beat Leslie Coots of Germany by one stroke at Hooks Golf Club in Hok, Sweden.
‘I had a solid game and the irons felt really good this week,” said Law, who earlier this summer helped England win the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship and went 5-0 as Great Britain and Ireland claimed the Curtis Cup.
“It’s been quite an intense summer. It feels a bit like a story, something you dream of and I couldn’t have written it any better myself, which is very special. It’s quite incredible.”
Law, a 21-year-old from Bramhall in Cheshire who is a two-time winner of the English Women’s Amateur, carded a score of 65-76-70-66–277, 11-under, while Coots finished at 68-69-67-74–278.
Olivia Mehaffey of Ireland was third at 70-73-68-68–279, while Renate Hjelle Grimstad of Norway totaled 74-67-70-70–281 to tie for fourth with Morgane Metrauz of Switzerland, who wound up at 73-62-76-70–281.
Maria Parra Loque of Spain shot 73-71-72-66–282 to tie for sixth with Lisa Pettersson of Sweden, who finished at 72-70-65-75–282, and Carlotta Ricolfi of Italy, who came in at 68-72-74-68–282.
Stina Resen of Norway totaled 67-72-75-69–283 to tie for ninth with Diane Baillieux of Belgium, who wound up at 64-69-75-75–283.
