The PIF London Championship witnessed one of the most incredible finishes to a golf tournament ever. It ended with Canadian youngster Anna Huang claiming the fourth Ladies’ European Tour (LET) of her short career. She beat England’s Charley Hull by two shots having begun the final round one ahead of her, though of course that does not tell the story of the final holes.
The tournament was held at Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead, a course that has hosted LIV events. It is part of the Saudi-backed PIF Global Series and whatever you think of where the money comes from, it is a tremendous boost to LET and women’s golf.
Four Putts and an Eagle
Anna Huang. Superstar. 🌟🏆#PIFLondonChampionship pic.twitter.com/Jubx3OA9xV
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) August 9, 2026
Hull, who will be representing Europe in the Solheim Cup in a few weeks, looked well set for the 10th pro win of her career as she held a one-shot lead with two holes to play. She had opened with a 74 but then produced one of the finest rounds of golf she will ever play to shoot a 62.
Statistically it could be said to be the second-best round ever, as she beat the field average by 11.9 shots. Only Jim Furyk’s 59 at the BMW Championship in 2013 has ever managed to better that, being 12.1 shits better than average.
Niche stats aside, it was some performance, and a 67 on Saturday saw her start the final round in with a great chance of winning the lion’s share of the handsome $2m purse. Everything was going to plan, and she seemed to be making her experience count against the incredibly talented youngster Huang.
And then it went wrong. Four putts for Hull on the 17th saw her card a double bogey. All of a sudden it was Huang who had the advantage. The pair had played together on Saturday and coming down the 72nd hole, with Hull getting great support from the home crowd, one might have expected the youngster to buckle.
Buckle she did not, instead firing in a brilliant eagle to make sure that Hull had no chance. The English golfer produced a birdie of her own but it wasn’t enough, with Huang winning by two shots.
Amazingly this was the fourth LET win of her career, truly astonishing given that at 17 years of age she is now just two European Tour wins behind Hull. Huang is 13 years younger than her rival and yet at this rate will soon move past Hull, who it should be remembered has been inside the world’s top 10 for over a year and boasts 13 top-10s in majors.
Huang labelled the closing round at Centurion as “probably the most thrilling round of golf of my life”. Probably?! She’s 17 and she thinks she’s maybe had more exciting rounds than that? The thing is, so incredible has her short career been, she might even be right.
Who Is Huang?
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Anna Huang was born on the 30th of October 2008 in Vancouver. Yes, 2008. She started playing golf when she was around four, which is probably yesterday or something! She is now up to 43 in the world rankings but that might be as low as she is ranked for some time, and she will be targeting a place inside the world’s top 20 in the years ahead.
In recent months she has been remarkably consistent on the European Tour but understandably found things tougher when competing on the LPGA Tour. In between winning this event and claiming glory at the Lalla Meryem Cup on the LET, she has played five LPGA events, missing three cuts. Four of those five tournaments were majors, and while she tied for 22nd at the Evian Championship and for 42nd at the PGA, she missed the cut at The Open and US Open, as well as the Scottish Open.
At 17 she is still learning the game in many ways but showed she has a brilliant temperament to be able to produce that eagle on 18 at Centurion. She turned pro in 2025 having finished inside the top 30 at Q-School at the end of 2024. She qualified for The Open and US Open in her first year as a pro but, as in 2026, she missed the cut at both.
Towards the end of 2026 though she really began to find some form as she settled into the life of a pro golfer. Obviously for one so young it is a huge leap to be playing against top-class, seasoned pros, so a period of adjustment was to be expected. We would not be at all surprised if the same thing happens with her performances on the LPGA Tour.
In September of 2025 she won back-to-back events, first claiming the La Sella Open ahead of Solheim Cup player Nastasia Nadaud, before landing the Ladies Open de France a week later. Her May win at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco, followed by this latest success, makes it four LET victories in less than 12 months. Huang is clearly one to watch, and such is her confidence right now it would be no surprise to see her win again in the weeks ahead.