Britain's leading female golfer, Lottie Woad, is maximizing her preparation to capitalise on her recent LPGA-winning form ahead of this week's Women's US Open.
The 22-year-old Englishwoman arrives at the prestigious Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles following a victory at the Kroger Queen City event in Cincinnati last month.
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That triumph propelled Woad to fifth in the world rankings, marking her first professional win in the United States since joining the paid ranks last summer after debuting with a Scottish Open victory.
Strategic Training Decision
Instead of resting, Woad opted to bypass last week's Shoprite LPGA tournament in New Jersey to focus on intensive training.
She flew her coach, Luke Bone, from Farnham, Surrey, to Tallahassee, Florida, to reset her game on the driving range before traveling early to the US west coast for acclimatization.
Woad explained her decision to work intensively ahead of the year's biggest major championship on the women's golf calendar.
"We were just doing some work here in Tallahassee," Woad told BBC Sport. "It was good, just kind of a little reset."
"The last time I saw him was Chevron [the year's first major in April] and he was at an event before that.
But it was kind of nice to do some work away from the tournament."
"He usually comes to the majors, but I decided I wanted to try him coming a week before.
I'm still kind of working out what I like best."
