Price is right from first tee

The 16-year-old from Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club ran away with the Whittington Ladies Trophy at Lichfield's Whittington Heath.

Then she went north to Formby – and won there too, taking the Formby Leveret.

Now she hopes to be a threat in an even bigger prize, this week's Scottish Girls Open Championship at Strathmore.

She had rounds of 71 and 70 in the one-day competition at Whittington to finish three under par – the only player to beat par in demanding conditions of gusting winds and rain – and take the spoils by five shots.

"I was a bit surprised, there were some good players there and I wasn't the lowest handicap," said Price. "I just kept my head down and did what I had to do, played the course and no-one else.

"The first round at Lichfield I played well, with seven birdies – but also four bogeys and a double to be one under," she said.

Winter

"I knew there was more out there. I just needed to sharpen up a little bit. There were a few mental errors that needed correcting, like club choice in the wind.

"In the afternoon the conditions were worse, but I seemed to play more solidly."

Overall, though, the result was reward for a great deal of hard winter work on putting.

"It was the weak part of my game and I've improved it so much over the winter and that was a massive part of the win," she added.

That performance saw her handicap cut from +0.5 to +1.2 – and it may well go down again following a second bad-weather victory, at Formby. Price had a solid opening round to establish a platform and then let fly in the second.

"The weather was really bad, raining constantly and then breezy," said Price.

"I was consistent with the driving and the putting, so good!

"I just put some solid golf together and tried to keep my head in the game. It worked just fine – one over and two under for the second round (to win by a shot).

"In the second round I played the ball slightly lower to reduce the effect of the wind. I put my foot on the gas a little bit! It paid off."

Price is now in Strathmore for the Scottish Girls Open Championship where she will play both as an individual and for the England team in an event which runs from tomorrow until Friday.

"It's a nice, open course," she said. "You can go low if you hit the correct drive and the right iron shots – and hole a few putts!"

Price, the 2014 English Under-15 girls champion, has won eight out of nine matches for England's age group team and already has her long-term sights set on the professional game.

Where does she expect to be in a decade? "In 10 years I see myself on tour," said Price, whose more immediate concern is GCSE exams.

"I want to go out to the States, to university for three years when I'm 18 and then go straight on tour.

"I want to be PGA standard, be one of the best and live my dream."