GEORGIA Hall has been backed to add to her major championship tally by the man who first discovered her talent as a seven-year-old.

Professional Martin Cummins insisted he had “no doubt” the 22-year-old would triumph at the Women’s British Open, having set up a back-nine duel with Pornanong Phatlum.

Hall went on to card a final-round 67 and seal a two-shot victory over the Thai player at Royal Lytham & St Annes – becoming just the fourth female English golfer to record major glory.

The Dorset star got the golfing bug when her father Wayne, who was on the bag for the triumph, took her to the driving range at Canford Magna.

She then enrolled on the Canford Kids scheme under Cummins, who coached her until she was ranked third in the world as an amateur.

He told the Daily Echo: “Georgia can go as far in golf as she wants to. The only thing which will stop Georgia from winning multiple majors will be her.

“But knowing Georgia, she would have woken up the next day thinking about her next event and where she is going to get her next victory.

“She will move on very quickly because she will want to keep winning and play as quickly as possible again.”

Under the guidance of Cummins, Hall spent her time as a youngster competing for chocolate bars against other junior members.

“To start with, she was quite a quiet kid,” added Cummins, who has been a professional for 22 years.

“She didn’t stand out straight away but that was only because of her character. She just got on with things.

“It very quickly became very apparent she had a lot of talent and she just took off.

“She went through Canford Kids very quickly and we started to work individually together. We continued all the way through until she got to world number three in the amateurs.

“It was a pleasure to watch her develop as a player.”

He added: “I’m very proud of what I did with Georgia, it’s a little bit surreal.

“I worked on the European Tour for three years but they were with people you met on the tour. It doesn’t quite have the same organic background - it wasn’t with people you knew from first picking up a golf club.”

Now based in Madrid, 47-year-old Cummins was gripped to the back nine on Sunday as Hall went on to scoop more than £375,000 in prize money.

He added: “Even though the Thai girl had started really well, Georgia thrived on that matchplay situation. She absolutely loves that sort of battle.

“Some people, when they get in that situation, it is a pain or pleasure thing. They go through it but they aren’t really enjoying it hugely.

“I know Georgia well enough to see she was absolutely loving it. I had no doubt whatsoever she was going to win.

“The Thai girl started to miss a couple of shots and, when Georgia smells blood, it’s very difficult to get back in the game with her. She is an incredible character.

“She has that real champion mentality. She wouldn’t have been thinking about the money going down the stretch, all she wanted to do was beat the person in front of her.”