Former Benjamin School golfer Andie Smith will compete alongside the world's best women's amateur golfers this week with a chance to play the hallowed grounds of the Masters Tournament.
The Augusta National Women's Amateur will open first round play on Wednesday morning with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. at the Champion Retreat Golf Club in Georgia.
Smith, a 22-year-old junior at Duke University, will begin play at hole No. 10 at 9:32 a.m. in a group with Italy's Francesca Fiorellini and Spain's Carolina Lopez-Chacarra.
The tournament's field of 72 players includes 49 of the top 50 players in the women's World Amateur Golf Rankings.
After 36 holes at Champions Retreat on Wednesday and Thursday, the field will cut to the top 30 players, who will play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday before the tournament's final round there on Saturday.
Who is Andie Smith?
Smith enters the tournament ranked No. 57 in the women's World Amateur Golf Rankings. She is considered a longshot to win the tournament with 125-1 odds according to Oddschecker.
She has one career collegiate win at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational in October 2024. She has 10 career top 10 finishes with the Blue Devils.
