NO TIME TO WASTE

Alice Hewson’s win at the South African Ladies Open could be one of the most significant victories of 2020, but it’s entirely plausible that you missed it happening. The day after the cancellation of the PGA Tour’s Players Championship because of the coronavirus–a decision that helped drive home the magnitude of the situation–Hewson completed a one-stroke victory at Westlake Golf Club. It was her maiden win on the circuit and it came in her first event as a Ladies European Tour member–no other Englishwoman has achieved that feat.

The 22-year-old from Hemel Hempstead only turned pro in September 2019, and it’s been a series of success stories since then. At the end of last year, she earned a Symetra Tour card via the LPGA Tour's Qualifying Series and in January, she became a fully-fledged member of the LET courtesy of a fifth-place finish at Q-School. Before that, she’d breached the