Women’s The 2024 CONTENDERS
QUALIFICATIONS FOR 2024 AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN’S AMATEUR
The field for the 2024 Championship will consist of the following players based on the following qualifications:
9. The 30 highest ranked players from the United States of America based on the prior year’s (2023) final Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, not otherwise qualified
10. After qualifications 1-8 above, the 30 highest ranked players not otherwise qualified, as listed on the prior year’s (2023) final Women’s World Amateur Ranking
11. Players receiving special invitations from the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Committee
Profiles
Invitees as of February 12, 2024
Age: 18
Hometown: Kumamoto, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-9
Yuna Araki (Japan)
In 2023, Araki won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including victories in the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs and the Adam Scott Junior Championship in the United States. Araki also recorded top-10 finishes in the Australian Women’s Amateur, Queen Sirikit Cup in the Philippines, Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Singapore and the Japan Girls’ Junior Championship last year. In 2022 at Kasumigaseki Country Club’s East Course, she won the Girls age 15-17 division of the Japan Girls’ Junior Championship in a playoff.
Age: 23
Hometown: Tranas, Sweden
Education:
San Jose State University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Kajsa Arwefjäll (Sweden)
Arwefjäll started her 202324 collegiate season last fall by finishing runner-up in the Molly Collegiate Invitational and T-9 in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. Also in 2023, she earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior, finished runner-up in an LET Access Series event in Sweden, reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s Amateur Championship in England and represented Sweden in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in Abu Dhabi. In 2022, she earned her first individual collegiate win in the USF Intercollegiate, was a member of the winning International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup in Switzerland and finished T-12 in the European Ladies’ Amateur in France.
Age: 20
Hometown: Riverside, Calif.
Education:
University of Southern California
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-29
Age: 18
Hometown: Stuttgart, Germany
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Helen Briem (Germany)
Last August, Briem defeated Spain’s Martina Navarro in the final by a record 12&10 margin to become Germany’s first winner in the 104-year history of the R&A Girls’ Amateur. She won the Portuguese Women’s Amateur in January by four strokes. Also in 2023, she recorded top-five finishes in the Italian Women’s Amateur, German Girls’ Open and European Ladies’ Amateur in Sweden and represented her country in the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Ryder Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, she won both the European Nations Cup and the Italian Women’s Amateur; she shared low individual honors in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship with Rose Zhang and Meja Ortengren.
Age: 21
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
Education: Duke
University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Phoebe Brinker
Brinker started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with four top 25s, finishing as co-medalist in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and T-5 in the Landfall Tradition. Also in 2023, she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in her junior season and finished runner-up in the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Individual Championship and T-9 in the Canadian Women’s Amateur. In 2022, she won the ACC Women’s Individual Championship and recorded top-four finishes in both the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and the Tar Heel Invitational. Prior to her collegiate career, she was a two-time junior All-American and represented the United States in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup.
Age: 20
Hometown:
Valencia, Calif.
Education:
University of California — Los Angeles
ANWA
Appearance:
Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Amari Avery
Avery started her 2023-24 collegiate season by winning the Leadership and Golf Invitational at Chambers Bay. Also in 2023, she helped Southern California reach the final of the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships, represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup for the second consecutive year and made the cut in both the Chevron Championship and U.S. Women’s Open. In 2022, she earned First Team All-America honors as a freshman, won four collegiate events for Southern California and went 8-1-0 while representing the United States in the Curtis Cup and the Arnold Palmer Cup.
Zoe Antoinette Campos
In the inaugural championship in 2019 at the age of 16, Campos 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 at Seminole Golf Club. She started her 202324 collegiate season with two top 15s, finishing T-4 in the Windy City Collegiate Classic and T-14 in the Stanford Intercollegiate. Also in 2023, she earned First Team All-America honors, won two events for UCLA, represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup and competed in both the Chevron Championship and U.S. Women’s Open. Prior to her collegiate career, Campos was a four-time junior All-American in 201720 and represented the United States in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup.
Age: 22
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Education:
University of Kentucky
ANWA
Appearance:
Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-26
Jensen Castle
Castle 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. Her best finish so far in the 2023-24 collegiate season is T-20 in the Cougar Classic. Also in 2023, she earned Honorable Mention AllAmerica honors as a senior and reached the Round of 64 in both the Women’s Amateur Championship and the U.S. Women’s Amateur. In 2022, she was a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team at Merion Golf Club and competed in both the U.S. Women’s Open and Amundi Evian Championship. Castle won the 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Westchester Country Club. She won despite not playing in any tournaments in weeks leading up to the championship due to a stress fracture in her rib. Later that same month, she was a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team.
Age: 24
Hometown:
Montgomery, Texas
Education:
University of Texas/Texas A&M
University
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Hailee Cooper
Cooper 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, including runner-up in last year’s Silverado Showdown. Earlier in 2023, she finished T-6 in the Mexican Women’s Amateur. As a freshman for the University of Texas in 2018-19, she earned First Team All-America honors, won two events and represented the United States in the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup. Other notable accomplishments include winning the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with future University of Texas teammate Kaitlyn Papp and representing the United States in the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup and the 2016 Junior Ryder Cup.
Age: 18
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Education: Stanford
University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Leigh Chien
In 2016, Chien was a Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist and finished fourth in the Girls 10-11 age division at Augusta National. In 2023, the Stanford University commit earned First Team junior All-America honors, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Girls’ Junior, recorded top-10 finishes in the AJGA’s Fortinet Girls Invitational at Stanford and Mizuho Americas Open and represented the United States in both the Junior Solheim Cup and the Junior Ryder Cup. In 2022, Chien won the Mariah Stackhouse Girls Invitational, finished runner-up in both the Dye Junior Invitational and the AJGA’s Rolex Tournament of Champions and reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Other notable accomplishments include winning the 2020 California Women’s Championship and the 2021 Dye Junior Invitational.
Age: 20
Hometown: Bonnyrigg, Scotland
Education:
University of South Carolina
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Hannah Darling (Scotland)
Darling started her 2023-24 season with three top 20s, including finishing T-7 in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. She earned First Team All-America honors for the second consecutive year, reached the Round of 32 in the Women’s Amateur Championship, finished T-8 in the European Ladies’ Amateur and represented Scotland in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, she reached the semifinals of the Women’s Amateur Championship and represented her country in both the Curtis Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In the summer of 2021, she won the R&A Girls’ Amateur at Fulford Golf Club and the St. Rule Trophy. Other notable accomplishments include representing Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup in 2019.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 15
Hometown: Estero, Fla.
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-14
Gianna Clemente
Clemente advanced to the final round in her debut last year at the age of 15, finishing T-14. In 2017, she was a Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist and finished seventh in the Girls 7-9 age division at Augusta National. Last August, Clemente won the Girls’ Junior PGA Championship by three strokes to join a list of champions that includes Cristie Kerr, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Ariya Jutanugarn, Lucy Li and Rose Zhang. She started 2024 with a runnerup finish in the South Atlantic Women’s Amateur in Florida. In December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club. Also in 2023, she became a four-time junior All-American, and teamed up with fellow past Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist Avery Zweig to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Girls’ Junior and represented the United States in both the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and the Junior Ryder Cup in Italy.
Age: 17
Hometown: Spring Valley, Calif.
Education: Auburn University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Anna Davis
Last December, Davis was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club. In 2023, she became a three-time First Team junior All-American; won both the Girls’ Junior Orange Bowl and the Girls’ Junior Invitational; finished runner-up in both the AJGA’s Mizuho Americas Open and the Toyota Junior World Cup; reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur; and the Round of 16 in the U.S. Girls’ Junior. She competed in the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Ryder Cup, Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and Pan American Games. In 2022, Davis made the the cut in five of her seven LPGA Tour starts. In 2021, she won the Girls’ Junior PGA Championship by seven strokes and was named to the U.S. Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Ryder Cup teams.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 21
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Education:
Stanford
University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Sadie Englemann
Englemann started her 2023-24 collegiate season by winning the East Lake Cup at the Atlanta Athletic Club and finishing T-10 in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. Also in 2023, she earned Second Team All-America honors, competed in the U.S. Women’s Open and finished runner-up in the Women’s Western Amateur and third in the Canadian Women’s Amateur. In 2022, she helped Stanford win the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship, recorded top-15 finishes in 11 World Amateur Golf Ranking events and reached the Round of 16 in the North and South Women’s Amateur. Prior to her collegiate career, she was a four-time junior All-American in 2015, 2017-18 and 2019 and represented the United States in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup.
Age: 18
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Education:
University of California — Los Angeles (Commit)
ANWA Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Francesca Fiorellini (Italy)
In 2023, Fiorellini won the Italian Women’s Amateur and Italian Women’s Match Play; recorded top 10s in the Portuguese Women’s Amateur, Spanish Women’s Amateur, European Ladies’ Amateur and World Junior Girls Championship; and reached the Round of 16 in the Women’s Amateur Championship. She represented Italy in the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Ryder Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, she won four World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including the Portuguese Women’s Amateur and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe. Fiorellini represented her country in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Other notable accomplishments include representing Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup in 2021.
Age: 18
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Texas
A&M University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: Fourth
Cayetana
Fernández GarcíaPoggio (Spain)
García-Poggio started her 2023-24 collegiate season with top-12 finishes in both the Carmel Cup and the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. She was second individual in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship, reached the Round of 16 in the Women’s Amateur Championship and recorded top-10 finishes in both the Portuguese Women’s Amateur and Spanish Women’s Amateur. In 2022, she won the Spanish Women’s Amateur and both individual and team titles in the Toyota Junior World Cup and the World Junior Girls Championship. She also finished runner-up in the R&A Girls’ Amateur at Carnoustie, recorded top fives in two Ladies European Tour events and represented her country in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in France.
Age: 21
Hometown: Nicholasville, Ky.
Education:
University of Kentucky
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Laney Frye
Last December, Frye was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with four top 12s, including a fourth-place finish in the Tar Heel Invitational. Also in 2023, she earned Second Team All-American honors as a junior, finished runner-up in the Sea Island Women’s Amateur for the third consecutive year and reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur for the second consecutive year. In 2022, she reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with Kentucky teammate Maria Villanueva and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open.
Age: 22
Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Education:
University of Florida
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Maisie Filler
Filler started her 2023-24 collegiate season by winning both the Tar Heel Invitational and The Ally and finishing runner-up in the Glass City Invitational. Also in 2023, she finished T-5 in the Canadian Women’s Amateur, recorded top 20s in both the North and South Women’s Amateur and Women’s Western Amateur and competed in the LPGA Tour’s ShopRite LPGA Classic. In 2022, she recorded eight top-25 finishes in World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including runner-up finishes in both the Florida Women’s Amateur and the “Mo” Morial Invitational in Texas. She also made the cut in the LPGA Tour’s ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Age: 17
Hometown: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Education: University of South Carolina (Commit)
ANWA Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Eila Galitsky (Thailand)
In March 2023 in Singapore, Galitsky won the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific by five strokes over Minsol Kim and joined 2018 champion Atthaya Thitikul as winners representing Thailand. Also last year, she won a team gold medal in the Asian Games in China and both team gold and individual silver medals in the Southeast Asian Games; earned low amateur honors in the Chevron Championship; finished in the top 12 in both the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and the Women’s Australian Open; and reached the Round of 64 in the Women’s Amateur Championship in England. In 2022, Galitsky won a team gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games and reached the quarterfinals of the R&A Girls’ Amateur at Carnoustie in Scotland.
Age: 19
Hometown: Holmdel, N.J.
Education:
Stanford University
ANWA
Appearance:
Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-9
Megha Ganne
Ganne was a four-time Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist at Augusta National, competing in 2015 and 2017-19. She was runner-up in the Girls 12-13 division in 2017 and the Girls 14-15 division in 2019. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season by winning the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach and finishing runner-up in the East Lake Cup. Ganne also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors and reached the Round of 64 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. She was a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team at Merion Golf Club. Prior to her collegiate career, she was a threetime junior All-American in 2019-2021 and the AJGA Girls Player of the Year in 2021. Also in 2021, Ganne finished T-14 as low amateur in the U.S. Women’s Open and was named to both the U.S. Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Ryder Cup teams.
Age: 22
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
Education:
Stanford University
ANWA
Appearance:
Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Rachel HeckHeck started her 2023-24 collegiate season with a T-22 finish in the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach. She also reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur and represented the United States in the Pan American Games. In 2022, Heck helped Stanford win the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship, earned low amateur honors in the Amundi Evian Championship and represented the United States in the Curtis Cup, Arnold Palmer Cup and Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2021, she won the Pac-12 Conference Women’s Championship, NCAA Stanford Regional and NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Individual Championship to win the ANNIKA Award as the top female collegiate golfer of the year. She reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur and represented the United States in the Curtis Cup later that year.
Age: 22
Hometown: Medina, N.Y.
Education:
University of South Florida
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Melanie Green
After starting her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with four top-four finishes, Green closed 2023 with a runner-up performance in the Patriot All-America Invitational in December. As a junior in 2022-23, she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors with top-20 finishes in each of her 11 starts, including four top fives. In 2022, Green was co-medalist for South Florida in the Trinity Forest Invitational, reached match play in both the North and South Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 22
Hometown: Yorkshire, England
Education:
Florida State University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: 25th
Age: 22
Hometown:
Perth, Australia
Education:
Oklahoma State
University
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (Australia)
Hinson-Tolchard started her 2023-24 collegiate season with three top-20 finishes, including T-7 in the Schooner Fall Classic and T-9 in the Carmel Cup. She also earned First Team All-America honors as a junior, won the Big 12 Conference Women’s Championship, finished fourth in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Individual Championship, competed in the U.S. Women’s Open, was a member of the International Arnold Palmer Cup team and, for the second consecutive year, represented Australia in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Hinson-Tolchard was a recipient of the 2023 Karrie Webb Scholarship from Golf Australia.
Age: 21
Hometown: Munich, Germany
Education:
Mississippi State University
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Charlotte Heath (England)
Heath started her 2023-24 collegiate season with two top-20 finishes, including a T-12 in the Schooner Fall Classic. She also earned First Team All-America honors, finished as low amateur in the AIG Women’s Open in England, was a member of the International Arnold Palmer Cup team and represented England in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship for the second consecutive year. In 2022, Heath won the Landfall Tradition for Florida State, finished runner-up in the European Ladies’ Amateur and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup for the second consecutive year. In last year’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur, she was one of three English golfers to advance to the final round with Caley McGinty and Florida State teammate Lottie Woad.
Chiara Horder (Germany)
Last June, Horder defeated Annabelle Pancake of the United States, 7&6, to join a list of champions that includes Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs, Anna Nordqvist, Georgia Hall, Celine Boutier and Leona Maguire. She defeated World No. 1 Ingrid Lindblad in the semifinals to advance to the final. The competitor started her 2023-24 collegiate season with an eighth-place finish in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. As the reigning Women’s Amateur champion in 2023, she competed in the Amundi Evian Championship, AIG Women’s Open and CPKC Women’s Open and represented Germany in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. With her victory in England, she became Germany’s third Women’s Amateur champion in the past six years, joining Leonie Harm in 2018 and Aline Krauter in 2020.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 18
Hometown: Mito-shi, Japan
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Saori Iijima (Japan)
Last June, Iijima defeated two players by one stroke to join a list of champions that includes former World No. 1 Ai Miyazato, LPGA Tour winner Mika Miyazato and Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific champion Yuka Yasuda. She also won both the JHGA Spring Championship and Kanto Women’s Amateur, finished runner-up in the Royal Junior, Japan Girls’ Junior Championship and Kanto Girls’ Junior Championship and represented Japan in the Toyota Junior World Cup. In her efforts to become stronger, she has played baseball and, inspired by Olympic Silver Medalist and LPGA Tour winner Mone Inami, taken up kickboxing.
Age: 20
Hometown:
Kobe, Japan
Education:
Seminole State College
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Tsubasa Kajitani (Japan)
Kajitani’s victory was the start of a historic year for golf in Japan with other fellow country champions: Hideki Matsuyama (Masters champion), Mone Inami (Oylmpic silver medalist), Keita Nakajima (Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and the Mark H. McCormack Medal) and Mizuki Hashimoto (Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific). Last October, Kajitani won the Mercer Invitational by seven strokes and she closed 2023 by finishing T-11 in the Patriot All-America Invitational. Other notable accomplishments include finishing runner-up in the Australian Women’s Amateur and earning low amateur honors in the Japan Women’s Open with a T-9 performance in 2019 and competing in the U.S. Women’s Open, Amundi Evian Championship and AIG Women’s Open in 2021.
Age: 17
Hometown:
Yongin-si, South Korea
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Minsol Kim (Korea)
In 2023, Kim won both the Dream Park Cup and National Sports Festival in South Korea, earned a team gold medal in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and team silver medal in the Asian Games in China and recorded top-six finishes in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific, Korea Women’s Open and Korea Women’s Amateur. In 2022, Kim won both the Korea Girls’ Junior Championship and Song Am Cup, recorded top-10 finishes in the Korea Women’s Amateur, National Sports Festival and the LPGA Tour’s BMW Ladies Championship and competed in both the U.S. Women’s Open and Women’s Australian Open.
Age: 17
Hometown: Cerritos, Calif.
Education:
University of Southern California (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Jasmine Koo
Last July, Koo 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. Also in 2023, the University of Southern California commit became a three-time junior AllAmerican, won the AJGA Girls’ Invitational and represented the United States in both the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan. In 2022, Koo recorded top-10 finishes in six World Amateur Golf Ranking events with three wins, including the Girls’ Junior Americas Cup.
Age: 18
Hometown: Surrey, Canada
Education:
University of Texas
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Lauren Kim (Canada)
Last August, Kim defeated Brooke Rivers by one stroke to join a list of champions that includes Alexa Stirling Fraser, Glenna Collett Vare, Ariya Jutanugarn, Brooke Henderson and Jennifer Kupcho. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season by winning the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. Kim also earned Second Team junior All-America honors, reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Girls’ Junior and the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur, represented Canada in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and competed in both the U.S. Women’s Open and the CPKC Women’s Open. She recorded top10 finishes in the Girls’ Junior Orange Bowl, Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational, Canadian Women’s Amateur and World Junior Girls Championship and represented Canada in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.
Age: 22
Hometown: Asheville, N.C.
Education: Wake Forest University
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Rachel Kuehn
Last December, Kuehn was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season with four top-12 finishes, including T-3 in the Schooner Fall Classic and T-6 in the East Lake Cup. Also in 2023, she helped Wake Forest win the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship, represented the United States in her fourth consecutive Arnold Palmer Cup and her second consecutive Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and finished T-15 in the ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican on the LPGA Tour. In 2022, she earned the winning point for the U.S. Curtis Cup team for the second consecutive year. Her mother, Brenda Corrie Kuehn, earned the winning point for the U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1998. Other notable accomplishments include being a three-time junior AllAmerican in 2017-2019 and winning the North and South Women’s Amateur in 2020.
Age: 23
Hometown:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Education:
University of Mississippi
ANWA
Appearance:
Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: Third
Andrea Lignell (Sweden)
Lignell started her collegiate season last fall with three top 20s, including a T-9 finish in the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship. She also earned First Team All-America honors as a senior and reached the Round of 64 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. In 2022, Lignell finished T-9 in the European Ladies’ Amateur in France and closed her year with five consecutive top-three finishes for Mississippi, including victories in both the Cougar Classic and The Ally. In the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships, Lignell finished T-15 in the individual competition and went 3-0-0 in match play to help Ole Miss win its first women’s national team championship in any sport.
Age: 23
Hometown: Halmstad, Sweden
Education:
Louisiana State
University
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Ingrid Lindblad (Sweden)
Two years ago, Lindblad’s final-round 68 was the low round of the 2022 championship and included eagles at Nos. 8 and 15 and birdies at Nos. 3, 7 and 14. Lindblad started her 202324 collegiate season by earning her 12th and 13th wins for LSU with victories in the Cougar Classic and Illini Women’s Invitational. She also reached the semifinals of the Women’s Amateur Championship, finished third in the European Ladies’ Amateur, represented Sweden in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and received the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked female amateur in the world. She is the seventh woman to receive the Mark H. McCormack Medal, joining Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee, Leona Maguire, Jennifer Kupcho, Andrea Lee and Rose Zhang.
Age: 20
Hometown:
Malaga, Spain
Education:
Mississippi State University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Julia López Ramirez (Spain)
Last July, Ramirez won by two strokes over Carla Bernat and joined a list of champions that includes Carlota Ciganda, Celine Boutier and Ingrid Lindblad. Ramirez started her 2023-24 collegiate season with top-three finishes in both the Carmel Cup and the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. She also earned First Team All-America honors, won two events for Mississippi State, made the cut in the AIG Women’s Open, was a member of the International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup and represented Spain in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, she earned Honorable Mention AllAmerica honors, won three events for Mississippi State, reached the Round of 64 in the Women’s Amateur Championship and was a member of the winning International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup.
Age: 21
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
Education:
University of Mississippi
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-9
Caitlyn Macnab (South Africa)
In 2022, Mcnab’s finished with a final-round 72 at Augusta National. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season with four top-seven finishes, including a win in the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship. She also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors, was a member of the International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup and, for the second consecutive year, represented South Africa in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Prior to her collegiate career, she won the 2019 South Africa Girls’ Championship, the 2020 and 2021 South Africa Women’s Amateur and the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Jabra Ladies Classic in 2021. In 2021, she won the South Africa Women’s Amateur with an 11&9 victory in the final and won the Jabra Ladies Classic by eight strokes.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 20
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Wake Forest University
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Carolina LopezChacarra (Spain)
Lopez-Chacarra started her 2023-24 collegiate season with five top 15s, including third-place finishes in both the Jackson T. Stephens Cup and Schooner Fall Classic. She also helped Wake Forest win the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship and, for the second consecutive year, earned Second Team All-America honors. In 2022, she won two events for Wake Forest, finished runner-up in the World University Golf Championships, reached the Round of 64 in the Women’s Amateur Championship, was part of the winning International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup and represented Spain in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Prior to her collegiate career, she notably reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 R&A Girls’ Amateur and the semifinals of the 2020 Spanish Women’s Amateur.
Age: 16
Hometown: Quezon City, Philippines
Education: Duke University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Rianne Malixi (Philippines)
The 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior runner-up will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last year, Malixi advanced to the final before finishing runner-up to Kiara Romero, 1 down. In January, she won the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs and finished T-8 in the Australian Women’s Amateur. She also finished third in both the Queen Sirikit Cup and the Royal Junior, reached match play in both the Women’s Amateur Championship and the U.S. Women’s Amateur and represented the Philippines in the Asian Games and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, Malixi earned First Team junior All-America honors, won World Amateur Golf Ranking events and finished runner-up in the Girls’ Junior PGA Championship and T-3 in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 17
Hometown:
Cali, Colombia
Education:
University of Arkansas
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-14
Maria José Marin (Colombia)
The University of Arkansas freshman started her 2023-24 collegiate season with a win in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational and a runner-up in the Carmel Cup. Also in 2023, she won seven other World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including a four-stroke victory in the Mexican Women’s Amateur. In 2022, Marin won 11 World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including the South American Girls’ Junior Championship and Girls’ Junior Orange Bowl. Marin also finished runner-up in both the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada and the Women’s Amateur Latin America and reached the semifinals of the U.S. Girls’ Junior. In 2021, she won eight World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including the South American Girls’ Junior Championship.
Age: 22
Hometown:
Surprise, Arizona
Education:
Arizona State
University
ANWA
Appearance:
Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Ashley Menne
In 2014, Menne participated in the inaugural Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals and finished T-3 in the Girls 1213 age division at Augusta National. She has two top-10 finishes for Arizona State, including runner-up in the Match in the Desert in January. Also in 2023, she became a three-time All-American, won the Arizona Women’s Amateur for the third time, reached the Round of 16 in the North and South Women’s Amateur and represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup. Prior to her collegiate career, Menne was a four-time junior All-American in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020 and in 2019, she won the Pro-Junior competition in a PGA Tour Champions event at Pebble Beach with Tom Lehman.
Age: 18
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Stanford
University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Paula Martín Sampedro (Spain)
Sampredro started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with four top-seven finishes, including T-4 in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. Also in 2023, she recorded top-five finishes in both the Portuguese Women’s Amateur and the Esmond Trophy and reached the Round of 32 in the Women’s Amateur Championship. In 2022, Sampedro recorded top-five finishes in seven World Amateur Golf Ranking events, reached the Round of 32 in the R&A Girls’ Amateur and represented Spain in both the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.
Age: 21
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Education: Xavier
University/Duke University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Emma McMyler
McMyler started her 2023-24 collegiate season with three top-25 finishes, including T-4 in the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Also in 2023, she earned Big East Conference Women’s Golfer of the Year honors at Xavier University for the third consecutive season, won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events and reached the quarterfinals of the North and South Women’s Amateur. In 2022, McMyler won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including a successful title defense in the Women’s Texas Amateur, and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open. In 2021, she won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events and reached the Round of 16 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Age: 24
Hometown: Cary, N.C.
Education: Wake Forest University
ANWA
Appearance: Fifth
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-29
Emilia Migliaccio Doran
Three years ago, Migliaccio closed with a final-round 70 at Augusta National before losing in a playoff to Japan’s Tsubasa Kajitani. In 2023, she helped Wake Forest win the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship in her fifth and final season on the team, became a four-time All-American, represented the United States in her fifth Arnold Palmer Cup and was both a competitor and a commentator during the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. In 2022, Migliaccio was a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team for the second consecutive year and won the North and South Women’s Amateur to join a list of champions that includes Glenna Collett Vare, Louise Suggs, Babe Zaharias, Peggy Kirk Bell, Morgan Pressel, Danielle Kang and Wake Forest teammate Rachel Kuehn.
Age: 22
Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C.
Education:
Furman University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Anna Morgan
Last July at Pinehurst No. 2, Morgan defeated Madelyn Gamble in the final, 5&3 , to join a list of champions that includes Glenna Collett Vare, Louise Suggs, Babe Zaharias, Peggy Kirk Bell, Morgan Pressel, Danielle Kang, Rachel Kuehn and Emilia Migliaccio Doran. She started her fifth and final season at Furman University last fall with three top-five finishes, including victories in both the Lady Paladin Invitational and Landfall Tradition. In 2023, Morgan won a total of five World Amateur Golf Ranking events and earned her second consecutive Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year award. In 2022, she earned Second Team All-America honors as a junior, represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open.
Age: 21
Hometown: Saitama, Japan
Education: Nihon
Wellness Sports University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-22
Hinano Muguruma (Japan)
In 2023, Muguruma competed in nine professional events in Japan, finishing T-5 in the LPGA of Japan’s Step Up Tour’s Twinfields Ladies Tournament. Other notable accomplishments include winning the Kanto Girls’ Junior Championship in 2019 and recording top-20 finishes in both the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs and the Avondale Women’s Amateur in 2020. Before making her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut in 2022, Muguruma said that she believed that she could win because Tsubasa Kajitani won in 2021.
Age: 18
Hometown: Yamaguchi, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Kokoro Nakamura (Japan)
Last August on Kasumigaseki Country Club’s West Course, Nakamura made nine birdies in her closing 64 to turn a four-stroke deficit into a fourstroke victory over Japan Women’s Amateur champion Saori Iijima. She joined a list of winners that includes former World No. 1 Ai Miyazato and 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Tsubasa Kajitani. Also in 2023, Nakamura finished third in both the Royal Junior and the LPGA of Japan’s Step Up Tour’s Kyoto Ladies Open and earned low amateur honors in the Japan Women’s Open with a T-14 performance. In 2022, she finished third and one stroke out of a playoff in the Japan Girls’ Junior Championship.
Age: 18
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
Education:
University of Texas
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Farah O’Keefe
O’Keefe started her 202324 collegiate season last fall with three top-12 finishes, including a runner-up in the Windy City Collegiate Classic and T-5 in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. Also in 2023, she reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Girls’ Junior, finished 12th in the Canadian Women’s Amateur and competed in both the Women’s Amateur Championship in England and the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. Prior to her collegiate career, O’Keefe made the cut in an LPGA Tour event in Texas in 2021 and reached the Round of 64 in the U.S. Girls’ Junior in 2022.
Age: 19
Hometown: Linkoping, Sweden
Education:
Stanford University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Meja Örtengren (Sweden)
In 2023, Örtengren won the Esmond Trophy, reached the semifinals of the R&A Girls’ Amateur and represented Sweden in the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Ryder Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, Örtengren won an LET Access Series event, successfully defended her title in the AJGA’s Rolex Tournament of Champions and was part of the gold medal-winning Swedish team in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In addition to being on the winning team, she tied for low individual score with Helen Briem of Germany and Rose Zhang of the United States. In 2021, Örtengren won both the ANNIKA Invitational Europe and the German Girls Open and was part of the winning European team in the Junior Solheim Cup.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 20
Hometown: Seattle, Wash.
Education:
Northwestern University
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Lauryn Nguyen
Nguyen started her 2023-24 collegiate season with three top 10s, including a win in the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Also in 2023, she closed her sophomore season at Northwestern with five top-15 finishes and reached the Round of 32 in the Women’s Western Amateur.In 2022, she won the Pacific Northwest Women’s Amateur and finished third in the Washington State Women’s Amateur. Prior to her collegiate career, Nguyen earned junior All-America honors in 2020 and finished T-9 in the Girls’ Junior PGA Championship in 2021.
Age: 21
Hometown: Zionsville, Ind.
Education: Clemson University
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Annabelle Pancake
Last June at Prince’s Golf Club, Pancake advanced to the final before finishing runner-up to Germany’s Chiara Horder. The Clemson University senior started her 2023-24 season last fall with three top-20 finishes, including a runner-up in the Landfall Tradition. Also in 2023, she won the Clemson Invitational, reached the Round of 16 in the North and South Women’s Amateur and made the cut in the LPGA Tour’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational team event with Clemson teammate Savannah Grewal. In 2022, she finished runner-up in the Women’s Western Amateur and reached the Round of 16 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 22
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Education:
University of Oregon
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Ashleigh Park
Park started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with a win in the Molly Collegiate Invitational in September. Also in 2023, she finished T-4 in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup. In 2022, Park finished T-9 in both the California Women’s Amateur and the Southern California Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championships and recorded three top-12 finishes for Oregon, including runner-up in the Pac-12 Preview.
Age: 19
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Education: University of Southern California
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Age: 17
Hometown:
Bengaluru, India
ANWA
Appearance:
Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-21
Avani Prashanth (India)
Last year in the Philippines, Prashanth won the individual title in the Queen Sirikit Cup by 10 strokes to join a list of champions that includes Yani Tseng, So Yeon Ryu, Hyo Joo Kim and Atthaya Thitikul. She was also runner-up in the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs to Rianne Malixi and finished T-11 in the Australian Women’s Amateur. Prashanth also won an LET Access Series professional event, recorded top-15 finishes in Ladies European Tour events in Kenya, India and Spain and represented India in both the Asian Games in China and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. She won six World Amateur Golf Ranking events, reached the Round of 16 in the R&A Girls’ Amateur at Carnoustie and represented India in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.
Catherine Park
Last December, Park 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 started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall by winning the Stanford Intercollegiate and finishing runner-up in the Leadership and Golf Invitational. Also in 2023, Park earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as a freshman, finished runner-up to Rose Zhang in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Individual Championship, helped Southern California reach the final of the NCAA Championships and reached the Round of 16 in the Women’s Western Amateur. In 2022, she reached the Round of 64 in the U.S. Girls’ Junior and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open.
Age: 23
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Education: Texas
A&M University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-9
Jennie Park
Park started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with three top-25 finishes, including a runner-up in the East Lake Cup at Atlanta Athletic Club. Also in 2023, she earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior, represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup in Pennsylvania and finished runner-up in the Mexican Women’s Amateur. In 2022, Park earned Honorable Mention AllAmerica honors as a junior and had five top-five finishes in World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including T-3 in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Individual Championship. Prior to her collegiate career, she earned junior All-America honors in 2018.
Age: 17
Hometown:
Madrid, Spain
Education: Stanford University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Andrea Revuelta (Spain)
In 2023, Revuelta recorded top-10 finishes in the Portuguese Women’s Amateur, Esmond Trophy in France, World Junior Girls Championship in Canada and the Ladies European Tour’s Spanish Open, reached the Round of 16 in both the Women’s Amateur Championship and R&A Girls’ Amateur and represented Spain on winning teams in both the Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Ryder Cup. In 2022, she shared low individual honors in the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan with Cayetana Fernández GarcíaPoggio and reached the semifinals of the Spanish Women’s Amateur and the Round of 32 in the R&A Girls’ Amateur. In 2021, Revuelta was a member of the winning European team in the Junior Solheim Cup in Ohio.
Age: 17
Hometown: San
Jose, Calif.
Education:
University of Oregon
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Kirara Romero
At the United States Air Force Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Club, Romero defeated Rianne 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. She was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club. The University of Oregon freshman started her 202324 collegiate season last fall by finishing as co-medalist in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in her first start. Also in 2023, Romero became a four-time junior All-American and recorded top-10 finishes in the Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational, Fortinet Girls Invitational at Stanford, Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the Mizuho Americas Open.
Age: 22
Hometown: Varnamo, Sweden
Education:
University of South Carolina
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Louise Rydqvist (Sweden)
Rydqvist started her 202324 collegiate season by finishing as co-medalist in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and recording top 12s in the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship, Blessings Collegiate Invitational and Jackson T. Stephens Cup. Also in 2023, she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as a sophomore and made the cut in the ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican on the LPGA Tour. In 2022, Rydqvist finished runner-up to Jess Baker in the Women’s Amateur Championship and was part of the gold medalwinning Swedish team with Ingrid Lindblad and Meja Ortengren in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in France.
Age: 21
Hometown: Pinehurst, N.C.
Education:
University of Virginia
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-14
Amanda Sambach
Sambach was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season by winning the Glass City Invitational and finishing runner-up in the Stanford Intercollegiate. Also in 2023, she earned Second Team All-America honors as a sophomore, represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup and reached the Round of 64 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. In 2022, Sambach earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as a freshman, won the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and reached the semifinals of the North and South Women’s Amateur. Prior to her collegiate career, she was a two-time junior All-American, represented the United States in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup and won the 2020 North and South Girls’ Junior Amateur.
Age: 16
Hometown: Kanagawa, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Mamika Shinchi (Japan)
In January, Shinchi won the Australian Women’s Amateur by two strokes. She joined a list of champions that includes Lydia Ko and Minjee Lee. In 2023, she won the Girls 15-17 age division of the Kanto Girls’ Junior Championship, recorded top-10 finishes in the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs, Australian Women’s Amateur, Royal Junior, Japan Women’s Amateur and Asian Games and represented Japan in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in Abu Dhabi. In 2022, Shinchi won the Girls 12-14 age division of the Kanto Girls’ Junior Championship and finished T-4 in the Girls 12-14 age division of the Japan Girls’ Junior Championship, fifth in the Japan Women’s Amateur and T-9 in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Thailand.
Age: 19
Hometown: Dade City, Fla.
Education:
University of Southern California
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Bailey Shoemaker
In 2018, Shoemaker was a Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist and finished runner-up in the Girls 12-13 age division at Augusta National. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with three top 15s, including T-7 in the Stanford Intercollegiate and 10th in the East Lake Cup at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Also in 2023, she reached the Round of 16 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the Round of 64 in both the Women’s Amateur Championship in England and the U.S. Girls’ Junior. In 2022, Shoemaker successfully defended her title in the Kathy Whitworth Invitational, finished runnerup in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with Kaitlyn Schroeder, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur and made the cut in each of her three LPGA Tour starts, including the U.S. Women’s Open.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 22
Hometown: Monticello, Fla.
Education:
Auburn University
ANWA
Appearance:
Fourth
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-14
Megan Schofill
Last August, Schofill 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. In December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at the Seminole Golf Club in Florida. The fifth-year student at Auburn University started her 202324 season last fall with two top-10 finishes, including a fourth-place finish in the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship. Also in 2023, Schofill earned First Team All-America honors as a senior and represented the United States in both the Arnold Palmer Cup in Pennsylvania and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Lantana Stone
Age: 22
Hometown: Riverview, Fla.
Education:
Louisiana State University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: Eighth
In 2014, Stone participated in the inaugural Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals and finished T-8 in the Girls 12-13 age division at Augusta National. She finished runner-up in the U.S. Women’s Amateur to Megan Schofill. Before advancing to the final, Stone won matches against Amari Avery, Rachel Kuehn, Yana Wilson and Rachel Heck.
In December, she was among 12 players invited to participate in the 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup practice session at Seminole Golf Club in Florida. The fifth-year student at LSU started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with four top-20 finishes, including a win in the Illini Women’s Invitational. In 2023, she won three collegiate events for LSU, earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior and reached the Round of 64 in the Women’s Amateur Championship in England.
WOMEN’S CONTENDERS
Age: 18
Hometown: Djursholm, Sweden
Education:
Stanford University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Nora Sundberg (Sweden)
In 2023, Sundberg won the Spanish Women’s Amateur, recorded top-five finishes in both the German Girls Open and World Junior Girls Championship in Canada, reached the Round of 16 in both the Women’s Amateur Championship and R&A Girls’ Amateur in England and was a member of winning European teams in both the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and Junior Ryder Cup in Italy. In 2022, she won six World Amateur Golf Ranking events and finished runner-up in the ANNIKA Invitational Europe. In 2021, Sundberg won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events, finished runner-up in the ANNIKA Invitational Europe and was a member of the winning European team in the Junior Solheim Cup in Ohio.
Age: 14
Hometown: Chowchilla, Calif.
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Asterisk Talley
Talley is a two-time Drive, Chip & 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. In January, Talley finished T-9 in the Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational in Florida. Last year, she won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including the Seri Pak Desert Junior and Rolex Girls Junior Championship. She also represented the United States in the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Girls’ Junior.In 2022, Talley had three fifth-place finishes in World Amateur Golf Ranking events and reached the Round of 16 in the U.S. Girls’ Junior.
Age: 17
Hometown: Castellon, Spain
Education:
Louisiana State University (Commit)
ANWA Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Age: 21
Hometown:
Osaka, Japan
ANWA
Appearance:
Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Sayaka Teraoka (Japan)
Entering that week as 1,479th in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, Teraoka went on to hold at least a share of the lead after all four rounds and win by six strokes. With her victory, she moved up 1,236 places in her ranking and joined a list of champions that includes her favorite golfer, former World No. 1 Ai Miyazato. In 2023, Teraoka finished T-10 in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Singapore and T-15 in the LPGA of Japan Tour’s Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open. She also made the cut in the Japan Women’s Open. In addition to winning the Japan Women’s Amateur in 2022, she also won the Kansai Women’s Amateur and finished T-8 in the LPGA of Japan’s Step Up Tour’s Kyoto Ladies Open.
Age: 18
Hometown:
Miri, Malaysia
Education:
Florida State
University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Mirabel Ting
In January, Ting won the Women’s Orlando International Amateur in Florida by three strokes. Last year as a Freshman with Augusta University, she earned Second Team All-America honors with six top-seven finishes, including a win in the Moon Golf Invitational in her first collegiate start. In the NCAA Athens Regional, Ting shot a final-round 67 to move Augusta University into the fifth and final qualifying spot for the team’s first appearance in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships. In the months following her first collegiate season, she was a member of the International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup in Pennsylvania and won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including the Vietnam Women’s Amateur Open.
Age: 21
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Education:
Auburn University
ANWA
Appearance:
First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Rocio Tejedo (Spain)
In 2023, Tejedo won five World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including both the Portuguese Women’s Amateur and the German Girls’ Open. Also last year, she reached the quarterfinals of the R&A Girls’ Amateur, finished T-6 in the European Ladies’ Amateur in Sweden and was a member of winning European teams in both the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and Junior Ryder Cup in Italy. In 2020, Tejedo won four of her six World Amateur Golf Ranking starts and finished runner-up in the other two events.
Casey Weidenfeld
Weidenfeld started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with runner-up finishes in both the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship and Tar Heel Invitational. Also in 2023, Weidenfeld 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. In 2022, she reached the Round of 16 in both the Women’s Western Amateur and North and South Women’s Amateur and the Round of 64 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Prior to her collegiate career, she was a two-time junior All-American and in both 2019 and 2021, she and good friend Jillian Bourdage finished runner-up in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball.
Age: 17
Hometown: Henderson, Nev.
Education:
University of Oregon (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance:
Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: T-26
Yana Wilson
WIlson was the Girls 12-13 champion in both the 2019 and 2021 Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta National. 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. In 2023, Wilson was named the AJGA Girls Player of the Year, joining a list of recipients that includes Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Inbee Park, Morgan Pressel, Ariya Jutanugarn, Rachel Heck, Rose Zhang and Megha Ganne. Last year, she won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including the AJGA’s Mizuho Americas Open. She also finished runner-up in the Girls’ Junior PGA Championship, reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur, represented the United States in both the Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Ryder Cup and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open.
Age: 19
Hometown: Claremont, Calif.
Education:
Stanford University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Kelly Xu
In 2014, Xu was the Girls 7-9 champion in the inaugural Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta National. She was also a national finalist in 2015. She started her 2023-24 collegiate season last fall with four top15 finishes, including third in the Stanford Intercollegiate and sixth in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. Also in 2023, Xu helped Stanford reach the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships, reached the semifinals of the Women’s Western Amateur and the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open. Prior to her collegiate career, Wu was a four-time junior All-American in 2019-2022, represented the United States in the 2021 Junior Solheim Cup and won the 2022 Ladies National Golf Association Amateur.
Age: 20
Hometown: Farnham, England
Education: Florida State
University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2023 ANWA
Finish: 13th
Lottie Woad (England)
Woad started her 2023-24 collegiate season with three top-six finishes, including co-medalist in the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. She also earned First Team All-America honors, finished runner-up in the South American Women’s Amateur and represented England in the Arnold Palmer Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2022, Woad won the R&A Girls’ Amateur at Carnoustie with a 7&6 victory over Spain’s Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio, joining a list of champions that includes Suzann Pettersen, Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall. Also in 2022, she recorded top-five finishes in the European Ladies’ Amateur, Portuguese Women’s Amateur and Welsh Ladies’ Open Stroke Play and represented England in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in France.
Age: 20
Hometown:
Sakura, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Suzuna Yokoyama (Japan)
The 20-year-old will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. In 2023, Yokoyama finished seventh in the Japan Women’s Amateur and made the cut in three of her four starts on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including the Japan Women’s Open. She has also finished fifth in the 2022 Kanto Women’s Amateur and T-9 in the 2021 Japan Girls’ Junior Championship. In 2016-2019, she won eight junior events recognized by the Japan Golf Association, including a victory in the 2017 JJGA Japan Junior Players Championship.
Age: 19
Hometown: Tainan City, Chinese Taipei
ANWA
Appearance: First
2023 ANWA
Finish: DNP
Chun-Wei Wu (Chinese Taipei)
In February, Wu won the Women’s Amateur AsiaPacific by two strokes over Korea’s Hyosong Lee. She set new championship records for lowest score for 72 holes, 54 holes, first-36 and middle-36 holes and for largest lead after three rounds. She also joined 2018 champion Atthaya Thitikul as the only players to win while holding at least a share of the lead after all four rounds. Wu started 2024 by finishing T-6 in a professional event in Chinese Taipei and T-11 in the Australian Women’s Amateur. She also won three World Amateur Golf Ranking events with victories in both the National Autumn and National Winter Tournaments as well as individual and team gold medals in the National Sports Games. Wu also finished T-4 in the Girls 1518 age division of the Junior World Championships in San Diego.
Age: 19
Hometown: Chiba, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2023 ANWA
Finish: MC
Rin Yoshida (Japan)
In 2023, Yoshida recorded three top-25 finishes in professional events in Japan and reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. In 2022, she recorded three top-30 finishes in professional events in Japan and finished T-26 in the Japan Women’s Amateur. Other notable accomplishments include finishing T-4 in the 2021 Japan Women’s Amateur. Her older sister, Yuri Yoshida, is ranked inside the top 100 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, has won three times on the LPGA of Japan Tour and earned her 2024 LPGA Tour card with a T-7 finish in Q-Series last December.
