The world’s best women’s amateur golfers are heading back down Magnolia Lane.
The fifth Augusta National Women’s Amateur tees off this week with 47 of the top 50 players in the women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking dreaming of hoisting the trophy on the 18th green.
The field of 72 – 36 Americans and 36 internationals – will play two rounds of stroke play at nearby Champions Retreat Golf Club on Wednesday, April 3, and Thursday, April 4, with the top 30 players advancing to the final round on Saturday, April 6. The entire field will play Augusta National for a practice round Friday, April 5.
Get to know the players in the field from the United States.
Meet the field: Internationals competing at ANWA
Amari Avery
Age: 20
Hometown: Riverside, California
Education: USC, junior
ANWA history: Fourth appearance
Avery has advanced to the final round at Augusta National in each of the past two years, finishing T-4 in 2022 and T-29 in 2023. She has four top-12 finishes this season, including a win in the Leadership and Golf Invitational at Chambers Bay in Washington last fall and runner-up in the Pac-12 Preview in Hawaii in February.
Hailey Borja
Age: 22
Hometown: Lake Forest, California
Education: Michigan, fifth-year
ANWA history: Second appearance
She advanced to the final round in her debut in 2022, finishing T-12. The four-time All-Big-Ten Conference selection has four top-10 finishes this season, including T-8 in both the Gators Invitational and Valspar Augusta Invitational in March. She was a U.S. Women’s Amateur semifinalist last year.
Phoebe Brinker
Age: 22
Hometown: Wilmington, Delaware
Education: Duke, junior
ANWA history: Third appearance
Brinker has five top-25 finishes this season, including a win in the Annika Intercollegiate and T-5 in the Landfall Tradition last fall. She won the 2022 ACC individual championship.
Zoe Antoinette Campos
Age: 21
Hometown: Valencia, California
Education: UCLA, junior
ANWA history: Third appearance
In the inaugural championship in 2019 at the age of 16, she shared the opening-round lead and shot a final-round 72 at Augusta National to finish T-5. Last December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session in January at Seminole Golf Club in Florida.
Jensen Castle
Age: 23
Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina
Education: Kentucky, fifth-year
ANWA history: Third appearance
The 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion has advanced to the final round at Augusta National in each of the past two years, finishing T-12 in 2022 and T-26 in 2023. Castle has three top-25 finishes this season, including T-15 in the Nexus Collegiate in the Bahamas in February.
Leigh Chien
Age: 18
Hometown: Irvine, California
Education: Signed with Stanford
ANWA history: First appearance
The four-time junior All-American will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. In 2016, she was a Drive, Chip and Putt National Finalist and finished fourth in the Girls 10-11 age division at Augusta National.
Gianna Clemente
Age: 15
Hometown: Estero, Florida
ANWA history: Second appearance
The 2023 Girls’ Junior PGA champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She advanced to the final round in her debut last year at the age of 15, finishing T-14.
Hailee Cooper
Age: 24
Hometown: Montgomery, Texas
Education: Texas/Texas A&M graduate
ANWA history: First appearance
The 24-year-old will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. She was scheduled to compete in the 2021 championship but had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. In her final collegiate season, she helped Texas A&M reach match play in the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships and had three top-10 finishes.
Anna Davis
Age: 17
Hometown: Spring Valley, California
Education: Auburn, freshman
ANWA history: Third appearance, 2022 champion
The 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion will make her third appearance. Her final-round 69 at Augusta National two years ago included birdies at Nos. 2, 9, 12 and 13 and was enough for a one-stroke victory over Ingrid Lindblad and Latanna Stone.
Sadie Englemann
Age: 21
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Education: Stanford, senior
ANWA history: Second appearance
She has four top-10 finishes this season, including a win in the East Lake Cup at Atlanta Athletic Club last fall, T-4 in the Pac-12 Preview in February and T-5 in the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational in March. In 2023, she earned Second Team All-America honors as a junior.
Maisie Filler
Age: 22
Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Education: Florida, senior
ANWA history: Second appearance
Since last October, she has earned her first three collegiate wins, won the Jones/Doherty Women’s Amateur and went 3-0-0 in the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.
Laney Frye
Age: 21
Hometown: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Education: Kentucky, senior
ANWA history: Second appearance
Last December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session in January at Seminole Golf Club in Florida. She has four top-10 finishes this season for Kentucky, including runner-up in the Nexus Collegiate in February and fourth in the Tar Heel Invitational last fall.
Megha Ganne
Age: 20
Hometown: Holmdel, New Jersey
Education: Stanford, sophomore
ANWA history: Fourth appearance
In 2023, she advanced to the final round and finished T-9. Before her debut in this championship in 2021, she was a four-time Drive, Chip and Putt National Finalist at Augusta National, competing in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. She was runner-up in the Girls 12-13 division in 2017 and the Girls 14-15 division in 2019.
Melanie Green
Age: 22
Hometown: Medina, New York
Education: South Florida, senior
ANWA history: First appearance
Since last September, she has eight top-six finishes in World Amateur Golf Ranking events. She won the FAU Paradise Invitational in February, won the MountainView Collegiate in March and finished runner-up in the Glass City Invitational, Hurricane Invitational and Patriot All-America Invitational late last year.
Rachel Heck
Age: 22
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Education: Stanford, senior
ANWA history: Third appearance
She has advanced to the final round twice, finishing T-3 in 2021 and T-27 in 2022. She started her 2023-2024 collegiate season last fall with a T-22 finish in the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach. Also in 2023, she reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur and represented the United States in the Pan American Games in Chile.
Jasmine Koo
Age: 18
Hometown: Cerritos, California
Education: Signed with USC
ANWA history: First appearance
The 2023 Women’s Western Amateur champion will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last July at White Eagle Golf Club in Illinois, she defeated Sadie Englemann in the final, 4&2, to join a list of champions that includes Patty Berg, Louise Suggs, Nancy Lopez, Beth Daniel, Stacy Lewis and Ariya Jutanugarn.
Rachel Kuehn
Age: 22
Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina
Education: Wake Forest, fifth-year
ANWA history: Fourth appearance
The four-time All-American at Wake Forest University will make her fourth Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. In 2022, she advanced to the final round at Augusta National and birdied four of her first seven holes to shoot 69 and finish seventh.
Emma McMyler
Age: 21
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Education: Duke, graduate student
ANWA history: First appearance
She has five top-25 finishes this season, including T-4 in the Windy City Collegiate Classic last fall and T-9 in Florida State Match Up in March. She also went 3-0-0 in the Old Barnwell Derby Match Play in South Carolina on March 25-26.
Ashley Menne
Age: 22
Hometown: Surprise, Arizona
Education: Arizona State, senior
ANWA history: Third appearance
She advanced to the final round in her debut in 2022, finishing 29th. In 2014, she participated in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and finished T-3 in the Girls 12-13 age division at Augusta National.
Emilia Migliaccio
Age: 24
Hometown: Cary, North Carolina
Education: Wake Forest, graduate
ANWA history: Fifth appearance
She will become the only golfer to play in every edition of the championship. Three years ago, she closed with a final-round 70 at Augusta National before losing in a playoff to Japan’s Tsubasa Kajitani. With a win, she would have been the second consecutive Wake Forest golfer to win following teammate Jennifer Kupcho’s victory in 2019.
Anna Morgan
Age: 22
Hometown: Spartansburg, South Carolina
Education: Furman, fifth-year
ANWA history: Third appearance
The 2023 North and South Women’s Amateur champion will make her third Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She advanced to the final round at Augusta National in her debut in 2022, finishing T-21.
Lauryn Nguyen
Age: 20
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Education: Northwestern, junior
ANWA history: First appearance
She has five top-15 finishes this season, including a win in the Windy City Collegiate Classic last fall. In 2022, she won the Pacific Northwest Women’s Amateur and finished third in the Washington State Women’s Amateur.
Farah O'Keefe
Age: 18
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Education: Texas, freshman
ANWA history: First appearance
She has three top-five finishes this season, including a win in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in March and runner-up in the Windy City Collegiate Classic last fall. She also went 3-0-0 in the Therese Hession Regional Challenge in February.
Annabelle Pancake
Age: 21
Hometown: Zionsville, Indiana
Education: Clemson, senior
ANWA history: First appearance
The 2023 Women’s Amateur Championship runner-up will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last June at Prince’s Golf Club in England, she advanced to the final before finishing runner-up to Germany’s Chiara Horder.
Ashleigh Park
Age: 22
Hometown: Irvine, California
Education: Oregon, senior
ANWA history: First appearance
She has two top-20 finishes this season, including a win in the Molly Collegiate Invitational last fall. Also in 2023, she finished T-4 in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup.
Catherine Park
Age: 19
Hometown: Irvine, California
Education: USC, sophomore
ANWA history: First appearance
Last December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session in January at Seminole Golf Club in Florida. She has five top-25 finishes this season, including T-4 in the Windy City Collegiate Classic last fall and T-9 in Florida State Match Up in March.
Jennie Park
Age: 23
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Education: Texas A&M, fifth-year
ANWA history: Second appearance
She advanced to the final round at Augusta National in her debut last year, finishing T-9. She has four top-25 finishes this season, including runner-up in the East Lake Cup at Atlanta Athletic Club last fall.
Kiara Romero
Age: 17
Hometown: San Jose, California
Education: Oregon, freshman
ANWA history: First appearance
The 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last July at the United States Air Force Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Club in Colorado, she defeated the Philippines’ Rianne Mikhaela Malixi in the final, 1 up, to join a list of champions that includes Mickey Wright, Hollis Stacy, Nancy Lopez, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Minjee Lee, Rose Zhang and Yana Wilson.
Amanda Sambach
Age: 21
Hometown: Pinehurst, North Carolina
Education: Virginia, junior
ANWA history: Fourth appearance
Last year, she advanced to the final round for the first time, finishing T-14. In December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session in January at Seminole Golf Club in Florida.
Megan Schofill
Age: 22
Hometown: Monticello, Florida
Education: Auburn, fifth-year
ANWA history: Fourth appearance
The 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion will make her fourth Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. Last year, she advanced to the final round for the first time, finishing T-14. Last August at Bel-Air Country Club in California, she defeated Latanna Stone in the final, 4&3 , to join a list of champions that includes Alexa Stirling Fraser, Glenna Collett Vare, Patty Berg, Babe Zaharias, Juli Inkster, Morgan Pressel, Lydia Ko and Rose Zhang.
Bailey Shoemaker
Age: 19
Hometown: Dade City, Florida
Education: USC, freshman
ANWA history: Third appearance
In 2018, she was a Drive, Chip and Putt National Finalist and finished runner-up in the Girls 12-13 age division at Augusta National. She has five top-20 finishes this season, including T-7 in the Stanford Intercollegiate and 10th in the East Lake Cup at Atlanta Athletic Club last fall.
Latanna Stone
Age: 22
Hometown: Riverview, Florida
Education: LSU, fifth-year
ANWA history: Third appearance
The 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur runner-up will make her third Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She has advanced to the final round in each of the past two years, twice shooting 72 to finish runner-up to Anna Davis in 2022 and eighth in 2023.
Asterisk Talley
Age: 15
Hometown: Chowchilla, California
ANWA history: First appearance
The two-time junior All-American will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Talley is a two-time Drive, Chip and Putt National Finalist, finishing runner-up in the Girls 7-9 age division in 2018 and fifth in the Girls 12-13 age division in 2022 at Augusta National. She has three top-15 finishes in 2024, including a six-stroke victory in the Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina in March.
Casey Weidenfeld
Age: 21
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, Florida
Education: Auburn, sophomore
ANWA history: First appearance
She has three top-six finishes this season, including runner-up in both the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship and Tar Heel Invitational last fall. Also in 2023, she reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s Western Amateur, the Round of 16 in the North and South Women’s Amateur and the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Yana Wilson
Age: 17
Hometown: Henderson, Nevada
Education: Signed with Oregon
ANWA history: Third appearance
The 2023 AJGA Girls Player of the Year and University of Oregon commit will make her third Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. After hitting the opening tee shot to start last year’s championship, she advanced to the final round and finished T-26.
Kelly Xu
Age: 19
Hometown: Claremont, California
Education: Stanford, sophomore
ANWA history: Second appearance
In 2014, she was the Girls 7-9 champion in the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National. She was also a national finalist in 2015. She has four top-15 finishes this season, including third in the Stanford Intercollegiate and sixth in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup last fall.
