The strongest field is women's amateur golf is prepared to make its way down Magnolia Lane.
The sixth Augusta National Women's Amateur tees off this week with 49 of the top 50 players in the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking dreaming of hoisting the trophy on the 18th green. Included in the field are three returning champions, including 2024 winner and current world No. 1 Lottie Woad.
The field of 72 – 35 Americans and 37 internationals – will play two rounds of stroke play at nearby Champions Retreat Golf Club on Wednesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 3, with the top-30 players and ties advancing to the final round on Saturday, April 4. The entire field will play Augusta National Golf Club for a practice round Friday, April 4.
Get to know the players in the field from around the world.
Internationals in the Augusta National Women's Amateur field
Carla Bernat Escuder
Age: 21
Hometown: Castellon de la Plana, Spain
ANWA history: MC (2022), T-17 (2024)
Emma Kaisa Bunch
Age: 22
Hometown: Lynge, Denmark
ANWA history: First appearance
Sofia Cherif Essakali
Age: 15
Hometown: Agadir, Morocco
ANWA history: First appearance
Eunseo Choi
Age: 18
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
ANWA history: First appearance
Beth Coulter
Age: 21
Hometown: Ballygalget, Ireland
ANWA history: First appearance
Hannah Darling
Age: 21
Hometown: Bonnyrigg, Scotland
ANWA history: T-27 (2022), MC (2023), 7 (2024)
Caterina Don
Age: 24
Hometown: Pinerolo, Italy
ANWA history: T-12 (2019), T-25 (2021)
Cayetana Fernandez Garcia Poggio
Age: 19
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
ANWA history: 4 (2023), T-20 (2024)
Francesca Fiorellini
Age: 19
Hometown: Rome, Italy
ANWA history: T-30 (2024)
Eila Galitsky
Age: 18
Hometown: Chiang Mai, Thailand
ANWA history: MC (2023), T-8 (2024)
Sarah Hammett
Age: 18
Hometown: Robina, Australia
ANWA history: First appearance
Huai-Chien Hsu
Age: 21
Hometown: Tainan City, Chinese Taipei
ANWA history: First appearance
Minseo Jung
Age: 18
Hometown: Busan, South ...
