Lottie Woad of England plays her tee shot on the 7th hole during the second round of the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open 2025 at Dundonald Links Golf Course on July 25, 2025 in Troon, Scotland. Jennifer Meyer is the Manager of Digital Operations.

Making the transition from amateur golf to the cut-and-thrust of the professional scene can often be a treacherous leap of faith that would make Evel Knievel slightly wary.

New LPGA commissioner Craig Kessler, who has officially been on the job for just nine days, saw an opportunity to put the newest superstar on his tour into an international spotlight in the final round. Earlier this month, Woad captured the Ladies European Tour’s KPMG Women’s Irish Open by six shots while still playing as an amateur.

In the years that the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open has been co-sanctioned by the LPGA and Ladies European Tours, there has never been a repeat winner, with each champion of this tournament relying on a vastly different set of skills to pull into victory lane.

Amy Yang recently took a step back in time at Musselburgh Links. With a week off between the Amundi Evian Championship and ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open, it was Yang's caddie, Jan P. Meierling, who suggested the history lesson at Musselburgh Links, one of the original courses on the British Open rota.