IT was the 21st hole of a gruelling stroke play final and Natalee Evans decided she'd had enough.

So the Pleasington golfer went for broke, lifting her weary limbs to hammer an all-or-nothing 30-yard putt for Lancashire Championship glory.

"If it hadn't gone in it would have been off the other side of the green," said Evans.

"I was fed up and shattered because it's a really hilly course so I thought 'no more messing around, just go for it'.

"I was right behind it all the way and when it went in I was speechless. I'm still on cloud nine."

And it's no wonder, as the monster putt secured her the title for the first time as she took the prize scalp of Kim Andrew at Stand on Sunday.

After numerous previous semi-final appearances, the achievement of getting to the final two alongside Clitheroe's former Ladies British Amateur champion seemed to be enough for Evans.

But the Pleasington golfer's final flourish on the third sudden death play-off hole completed a remarkable final, which many regard as the best ever.

Neither player hit a bogey throughout the whole round and, in a thrilling climax, Andrew pulled back two shots with two birdies in the last two holes.

At this point, Evans thought she would never get the revenge she had been craving for a decade since her first appearance in the championship, also at Stand, in 1993.

She said: "I played Kim in the first round 10 years ago and she annihilated me then.

"I was confident because I had nothing to lose and it was going well.

"I was two up with two left but she hit two birdies. I made par on both so there wasn't a lot more I could have done."

Evans, 27, also had to go to a sudden death hole in her second round tie with Jane Smith but survived to make the final for the first time and claim her first tournament victory.

She also recognised the role her club played in her county championship triumph.

"The club's support was brilliant and they did caddying for me as well," she added.

"They came over when they knew I was in the final and it was very exciting. When the final putt went in they all cheered and it felt amazing."

The former teenage tennis star will be looking to be crowned the top Welsh golfer in the country's forthcoming championships.

She qualifies for Wales through her mother, although she is an English resident and was born in Scotland.