My dad played golf as a hobby, so he used to bring my sister, Sammy, along with him and that how she started playing golf. Her being three years older than me, naturally, as a younger sister I copied her when I was around three years old, and that’s how I got into golf.

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I started to begin playing consistently when I was around the age of six or seven, and then when I was 13, I started taking it more seriously and putting more time and effort into it. Joining the England Golf set-up kept me playing in more and more tournaments. It was then around the age of 14 or 15 I hit a mark of wanting to put more hours in for myself. Playing in more tournaments, doing better and better in those and seeing winning results. That then made me want to pursue this as a career, so the next step was University in the states.

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With my sister having been through the college system before me, I could see how her pathway worked out and I thought it was such a great experience. You get all the different types of courses; amazing practice facilities and you still can travel and compete.

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It was a difficult decision on where to go because obviously America is massive, but I fell in love with the University of Florida from the moment I went there. So, then it was an easy decision. I was able to play in the big amateur events while still studying English, and balancing the two honestly wasn’t too bad. It was quite nice to have something to take your mind off golf, knowing that when you get in from your round you have an assignment to do. Although that seems quite daunting and a lot of work, it’s actually quite nice.

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The biggest highlight in my amateur career were my Curtis Cups appearances. I was lucky enough to play in two of them. Most recently, in 2022 at Merion, which was incredible. But the most fun we had was in Wales in 2021. It was such a nice group of teammates, which included many of my friends from England and Scotland, so that made it awesome to play in.

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The plan for entering 2024 Ladies European Tour Qualifying School was purely just for experience. I was still an amateur at University, and my coach was like, “Yeah, I think it’d be great if you play with the pros, get a rough idea of what level you need to get to, and then you can go back to university and play again this semester.”

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I played pretty well in the pre-qualifiers, which was three rounds of golf that I got through. Then it was just a case of handling my nerves of, “Wow, I’m in final stage, I could actually do this.” Well, the next thing I knew, I got my card and I was like, “Oh okay, this is a bit different than what I was expecting.”

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So I decided to then turn professional in January, and I only had one more class to take online, which I’m still doing now. I’ll graduate in May and then I can kickstart this part of my life out here on the LET!

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Back home in England, there will be plenty of people keeping an eye on me this season from England Golf and all the members at Roehampton Golf Club. Having played in so many club events growing up, I’m sure the lady members are going to have a nice surprise if they see me on tv!

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Fingers crossed I will make a lot of cuts, that would be great. Then ideally, some top tens would be a bonus along the way, but I want to try to just enjoy myself and feel like I’m progressing and learning, which I think is really important.

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I’m going to try and play in as many events as I can, then see how I’m feeling halfway through the summer. Hopefully, I will be able to play in pretty much all of these early-season LET events up until June. Then that’s when it’ll start going in and around Europe so I’ll just have to see how I’m playing and how I’m feeling and then try to play some more.

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