Germany’s Chiara Horder beats Annabelle Pancake from the United States 7&6 to win the 120th Women’s Amateur Championship at Prince’s Golf Club

Prince's Golf Club is sure to hold a special place in Chiara Horder’s heart after she won the 120th Women’s Amateur Championship at the Sandwich venue.

Horder beat Annabelle Pancake of the USA 7&6 in the 36-hole Final on Sunday to become the third player from Germany to lift the trophy in the last six years after Aline Krauter in 2020 and Leonie Harm in 2018.

Having led by three holes at the halfway stage, Horder surged to victory in the afternoon session thanks to consistent driving, precise iron play and an excellent short game which included four birdies on par-3s.

“I am so fortunate to win,” she said. “I mean it's one of the biggest amateur championships. I can't believe it, [I’m] just super happy.

"It's incredible. We've played so many rounds the last couple days. It's been like 11 rounds, and then playing close to 36 today, it was exhausting. But I stayed in it and I enjoyed it. It’s so special for me.

“After the morning break, I just tried to get back in again, collect my energy and just stay in there. I hit my fairways and greens and gave myself opportunities so that was good.”

Horder’s win at Prince’s has secured her places in the field for the Amundi Evian Championship and AIG Women’s Open later this summer and the Chevron Championship and US Women’s Open in 2024.

The German national team player, ranked 273rd on the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, will also, by tradition, receive an invitation to compete in next year’s Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship.

Horder, who knocked out the world’s leading women’s amateur golfer Ingrid Lindblad in the Semi-Finals, joins a Championship roll of honour which includes Babe Zaharias, Catriona Matthew, Carlota Ciganda, Anna Nordqvist, Georgia Hall, Celine