Groups and start times for the first round of the AIG Women's Open at Royal Porthcawl; Lottie Wood is drawn with defending champions Lydia Ko and Lilia Wu; world number one Nelly Korda is also in the afternoon wave; watch live on Thursday from midday on Sky Sports Golf.
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Dame Laura Davies discusses Lottie Wade's chances of winning the AIG Ladies' Championship at Royal Porthcawl just weeks after turning professional.
Lottie Wood has been included in a star-studded group alongside two previous AIG Women's Open champions for the first two rounds of this year's competition at Royal Porthcawl.
Woud is the pre-tournament favourite for the final women's tournament of the year, following triumphs at the KPMG Women's Irish Open and Amundi Evian Championship, as well as a successful start to her professional career at the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open.
The 21-year-old is being handed the chance to compete in her first major as a professional a year after finishing 10th at St Andrews as an amateur. Waud will take to the field at 12.54pm on Thursday alongside defending champion Lydia Ko and 2023 winner Lilia Wu.
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Lottie Wood expressed her delight at winning her first LPGA Tour event on her professional debut at the ISPS Handa Scottish Open and said she has her sights set on success at the AIG Open.
“It's going to be fun,” Ko shared at the press conference. “Lilia, of course, was the champion a couple of years ago, so it's going to be fun to play with her. It's going to be my first time playing with Lottie, so I'm really looking forward to it.”
“She [Wood] comes with great enthusiasm and I think a lot of people will want to see her.”
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Lottie Woad shares her experiences of being bookmakers' favourite at the Scottish Open, dealing with the pressure that led to her triumph at the tournament and listening to England's victory over Spain on the radio during a seven-hour car journey.
In 2023, Wu won by six strokes over Charley Hull, who is on the opposite side of the draw and seeking her first Grand Slam title; the Englishwoman was up against world number two Gino Titicul and KPMG Women's PGA champion Minjee Lee.
World number one Nelly Korda remains in contention for her first win of the season in a three-ball tournament with 2016 champion Ariya Jutanugarn and world number six Angel Yin. The match kicks off at 1.16pm on Thursday, a year after she shared runner-up Ko at St Andrews.
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