Jess Hall goes close in English Women’s Open

Bishop Auckland’s Jess Hall came agonisingly close to winning the English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Beau Desert Golf Club.

Jess – who led from the opening round – shot rounds of 70, 71, 75 and 72 to finish in third place, just one shot outside the playoff. Her final round featured four birdies, including at the 17th, but a bogey on 18 saw her fall just short of the playoff, which was won by Italy’s Alessia Nobilio.