Georgia Hall had her breakthrough victory by claiming the British Open in August and now for the first time in her career can approach a new year without any financial concerns
“World No 1 is my next big thing,” Georgia Hall says casually as she reflects on her breakthrough in 2018 and sets her targets for the new year as one of the best women golfers on the planet. At the start of this year Hall had never won an LPGA tournament as a professional. She ends it having celebrated the fact her first victory in Europe happened to be a major, when she won the British Open in August, and that she has broken into the world’s top 10.
The 22-year-old from Bournemouth had to struggle to reach this point because, as the daughter of a plasterer, she did not always have the money to play in tournaments for which she had already qualified. Her life is much easier now, as she received a winner’s cheque of £375,000 after winning the Open at Royal Lytham, and the clarity of Hall’s ambition is soon apparent.
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