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Charley Hull triumphs in Riyadh, Lauren Walsh finishes T25th

Charley Hull took the title in Saudi Arabia
Charley Hull took the title in Saudi Arabia

Dublin's Lauren Walsh secured a top-30 finish as Charley Hull birdied the last to take the season-opening Saudi Ladies International by a single shot.

Anna Foster carded a final-round 71 to finish in a tie for 39th alongside eight other golfers.

England’s Hull finished on 19-under par, a stroke clear of South Africa's Casandra Alexander, who suffered a costly bogey at the penultimate hole, and Japan's Akie Iwai in the first Ladies European Tour event of the 2026 schedule.

Hull posted a round of 65 – boosted by an eagle of the par-five 12th – in what proved to be the lowest round of the day to claim her fifth LET title, the last two now coming in Riyadh.

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Walsh’s opening nine was far from eye-catching with eight pars and a bogey seeing her turn over par for the day, but she carded three birdies on the way in to finish two-under par for her final round and 10-under par for the tournament – good enough for tied 25th alongside England’s Esme Hamilton, Spain’s Blanca Fernandez and Alison Lee of the USA.

Foster, meanwhile, made a slow start with two bogeys in her opening three holes, and while two more would follow, she picked up five birdies along the way to finish seven-under par.

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