CHEYENNE Woods has added some silver substance to her diamond-studded style with a breakthrough two-shot victory in the Ladies Masters

Golf’s new glamour girl started her final round at Royal Pines with a word of encouragement from her uncle Tiger Woods and ended it with the most significant win of her professional career and a $57,000 winners’ cheque.

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“Niece of Tiger” now sits on the second rung of her bio beneath Ladies Masters champion after a birdie on the 18th gave her a -4 final round to finish the tournament on 16 under.

“I felt really calm throughout the whole round, I didn’t panic even though Minjee gave me a run for my money, she was great today,” she said.

“It was a big week, I’m really proud of myself.

“It is my first major tour win, so I am really excited. It feels great to know I am capable of playing four solid rounds.

“I can’t wait to talk to my family.”

West Australian teenager Minjee Lee has also burst into the limelight with a second-place finish after a running battle with Woods.

Lee also shot -4 over the final round to follow in the footsteps of fellow teenaged amateur Su-Hyun Oh of Melbourne who was a runner-up here last year.

Sweden’s Camilla Lennarth finished third on -12 but pocketed the $38,000 runner-up second prize that Lee’s amateur status made her ineligible to collect.

With eight-time champion Karrie Webb out of the event following a disqualification after the second round, Lee found herself flying the flag as the great Australian hope.

media_camera Minjee Lee lines up a putt at Royal Pines Resort. She ultimately finished runner-up to Woods.

The 17-year-old amateur made three birdies in a row to be two-under-par after nine holes.

Lee began the day two shots behind Woods and a bogey on the par-4 2nd wasn’t the ideal start for the two-time Australian Amateur champion.

But she discovered her rhythm and birdies on the par-4 6th, 7th and 8th saw her storm back into contention.

She showed what a force in women’s golf she has the potential to be on the eighth with a superb approach from the fairway which trickled to a stop just inches from the pin, setting up a simple tap-in for birdie.

However, with just a shot separating the pair Lee miscalculated a chip approach on the 15th and failed to reach the green.

She needed another chip shot and then a putt for par while the ice-cool Woods nailed her approach to set-up a tap-in birdie putt which gave her a twoshot lead.

Lee also missed a birdie putt on 17th, a hole where Woods could only manage par after finding herself in the bunker.

media_camera Woodsplays an aprroach shot in front of a rapt gallery.

Twenty-three-year-old Woods started her round with a birdie on the par-4 1st but gave the shot back with a bogey on the par-4 4th.

The world No.363, chasing the biggest win of her professional career, grabbed some breathing space with a birdie on the par-5 9th to end her front nine with a birdie and regain the lead.

She kept her nose in front the entire way around the back nine.

South Africa’s Stacy Lee Bregman saw her bid for a breakthrough professional career go up in smoke early on the final day.

Bregman started the day a shot behind Woods but dropped two shots on the front nine.

Spain’s Belen Mozo produced the standout round of the final day - blitzing her way around in -8.

She was inches away from being -9 after an eagle putt on the final hole stopped agonisingly short.

Mozo started the final round even but stormed into a share of 6th place with her extraordinary final day effort.

Originally published as Woods wins Ladies Masters