LUKE DONALD, Peter Alliss, Sam Torrance - names that are inscribed on the honours board at the famous Sunningdale Golf Club forever. Names that have now been joined by Tadcaster golfer Charlotte Austwick.

The 23-year-old Fulford GC player is celebrating with partner Jack Clarke after overcoming a top-quality field of European golfing talent to win the prestigious Sunningdale Foursomes on the Old Course.

The dynamic duo defeated Matt Southgate and Simon Wakefield, who this week is playing in the Madeira Islands Open on the European Tour, on the 18th hole following a thrilling final, and the victory capped a perfect week for Austwick.

The Yorkshire player hit the pivotal shot in the last match - firing a difficult 45-yard pitch over a bunker to six feet - allowing Clarke to sink the winning putt and take a trophy that has been claimed by legends of the game.

That success has convinced Austwick and coach Alastair Grindlay that, subject to a satisfactory season competing in some of the country’s top amateur contests, the time is right to try her luck in the professional ranks next year.

For now, though, she is revelling in a major scalp and can’t wait for the 2015 campaign to start in earnest in the next few weeks.

“There were quite a lot of tour players and challenge tour players taking part so to win it was pretty special,” Austwick said. “It’s fantastic to get our names on a trophy won by so many great players. Your names go up on the honours board forever. There are names on there like Sam Torrance and Luke Donald and it is amazing to be on there too.”

The pair had seen off EuroPro Tour player Jason Kelly and Simon Griffiths before then leaving Andrew Marshall and Jamie Spence, the former two-time European Tour winner, reeling.

Beating them 3&1, James Robertson and James Watts, Ryan Harrison and James Johnson and promising English amateurs Marco Penge and Luke Johnson were also among the opponents seen off by Austwick and Clarke.

“We got off to a quick star against Andrew and Jamie and were two up after two. They pulled us back and we were one down through nine,” added Austwick of her battle with Spence, now a regular golf pundit on Sky Sports.

“We had to keep our cool and down ten they made an error - Jamie put it in the trees. We then won 12, 16 and 17 and finished it off. It was great for me to play with some of these guys and compete with them. They have a lot of history with the game and have played for a long time.”

Racing into a quick three-hole lead in the final, Austwick and Clarke were pegged back by the 11th and the match could have gone either way before the Fulford member produced her moment of magic when it mattered on the final hole.

“It gives me a lot of confidence,” she said. “I had a bit of a rough year last season. I changed coach and have been keeping myself to myself.

“I still had the belief I was good enough to have a crack at playing professionally. This just cements what I have been doing throughout the winter. We wanted to have a good week and see what I could come back with. I didn’t expect to win the whole thing and it is amazing that we did. I want to push on now through the year.”

And on her plans to join the professional circuit, Austwick added: “I am determined this year. I feel in a different place.

“I want to get results, definitely. Alastair has got the belief in me and that gives me quite a bit of confidence.”