Lydia Gail Hall (born 14 December 1987) is a Welsh professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2012 ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters and the 2016 Welsh National PGA Championship, the first woman to win a PGA national tournament.
Early life, family, and amateur career Hall is the daughter of Wayne Hall, a rugby union player, who played one match for Wales in 1988. She started to play golf at the age of 11 and was on the Welsh National team between 2001 and 2007, and helped win the silver medal at the 2004 European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club.
Professional career Hall turned professional in November 2007 and joined the 2008 Ladies European Tour. She represented Wales at the 2009 European Nations Cup with Becky Brewerton.
In 2012, she won the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, and finished 16th in the season rankings. In 2016, she was runner-up at the Qatar Ladies Open and won the Welsh National PGA Championship, the first woman to win a PGA national tournament.
In 2017, she also played in two LET Access Series events and won the WPGA International Challenge in Stoke-by-Nayland. Defending her title in 2018, she lost a playoff to Manon De Roey.
Hall tied for 3rd at the 2021 Aramco Team Series - Jeddah, where she captained a team with Becky Brewerton and Luiza Altmann that lost a playoff to Emily Kristine Pedersen's team, who scored an eagle on the second playoff hole to secure their victory.
She was runner-up at the 2023 Dutch Ladies Open, a stroke behind Trichat Cheenglab.
Professional wins (5) Ladies European Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up12012ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters66-71-72=209−71 stroke Beth Allen
WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upRef12024World Sand Greens Championship72-68=140−21 stroke Cholcheva Wongras 22026Vic Open 70-75-72-72=289Par4 strokes Kelsey Bennett Kathryn Norris
LET Access Series wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upRef12017WPGA International Challenge65-72-70=207−9Playoff Inès Lescudier
Other wins (1) 2016 Welsh National PGA Championship
Team appearances Amateur European Girls' Team Championship (representing Wales): 2003 Women's Home Internationals (representing Wales): 2004, 2005, 2007 European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Wales): 2004, 2006 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Wales): 2005, 2007 Professional European Nations Cup (representing Wales): 2009
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