STOKE by Nayland Golf Club teenager Lily May Humphreys helped England become golf's European Young Masters.

The talented 15-year-old led the way to the team success with a personal triumph, becoming the first English player to win the girls’ championship.

Her success, at The European Young Masters at Oslo Golf Club, Norway, books her a place in the Asia-Pacific Junior Championship in Hong Kong at the end of August.

She was two-under for the championship and won by a stroke after returning one-under 71, in the final round.

Humphreys, who teamed up with Annabell Fuller, Conor Gough and Barclay Brown for England, was third in this championship in 2016.

She said: “I really wanted to win this after last year and it feels really good.”

Humphreys is enjoying terrific form, having just become one of the youngest-ever winners of the English women’s amateur competition.

She started the final round one shot off the lead and quickly staked her claim to the title with birdies on the second and third.

But on the fourth she had a shank on the way to a double bogey and dropped another shot on the fifth.

“I just got on with it afterwards and recovered pretty well,” said Humphreys, who played the remaining holes in two-under par, helped by holing a couple of long putts.

Humphreys was unsure of the scores when she came off the course but as soon as she was certain she had secured the title, she ran off to support Gough.

She added: “The team win is a big bonus - the four of us get on really well and this is really good.

Their play underlines England’s current dominance in Europe.

They added their titles to the European amateur championship won by Alfie Plant (Sundridge Park, Kent) and the European women’s team title, won last month.

Sue Over, joint England team manager with her husband, Nick, said: “The team has been amazing, we are so proud of them.

"They just went out for it and it was fantastic.”

It was England’s first team victory since 2013 and they finished on 12-under, beating Norway by five shots while third-placed Italy were two further shots back.