Carlyon Bay teenage ace Emily Toy has become the youngest ever Cornwall Ladies amateur golf champion.
The 15-year-old beat six times finalist and past champion Rachael Lloyd-Phillips 1 up at Tehidy Park in yesterday's 36 hole final.
The match was close throughout and all square at 27 through to 34 before Toy edged ahead at the 35th.
Toy sank a 20 foot putt to secure victory with a par four at the last.
Toy and Lloyd-Phillips top the Cornwall 10 – including Truro's England international ace Sarah-Jane Boyd - selected for June's South West Counties Championship women's team event at Woodbury Park.
Cornwall SW Counties selection Emily Toy, Eugenie Knight (Carlyon Bay) Rachael Lloyd-Phillips (Tehidy Park) Sammie Giles (St Mellion) Sarah-Jane Boyd (Truro) Nikki Hodge, Jan Sargeant (Perranporth) Judith Ryder (West Cornwall) Jan Harrison (Launceston) Georgia Price (Bude & North Cornwall) non travelling reserves Wendy Briggs (St Mellion) Fiona Telfer-Brunton (Perranporth)
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