Women’s The 2025 CONTENDERS
QUALIFICATIONS FOR 2025 AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN’S AMATEUR
The field for the 2025 Championship will consist of the following players based on the following qualifications:
1. Reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion
2. Reigning Women’s Amateur Champion
3. Reigning Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Champion
4. Reigning Girls’ Amateur Champion
5. Reigning U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion
6. Reigning Girls Junior PGA Champion
7. Reigning NCAA Division I Women’s Individual Champion
8. Past champions of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur within the last five years
9. The 30 highest-ranked players from the United States of America based on the prior year’s (2024) 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 (2024) final Women’s World Amateur Ranking
11. Players receiving special invitations from the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Committee
Age: 21
Hometown: Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Education: Kansas State University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: T-17
Carla Bernat Escuder (Spain)
Will the third ANWA appearance be the charm for Bernat? The Kansas State University golfer (who also goes by “Carla Bernat”), opened the 2024 ANWA event with 78 before bouncing back with rounds of 69-72. She entered 2025 with six collegiate victories, three of them coming in her sophomore campaign at Tulane University before she transferred to Kansas State University. Bernat set the school record for stroke average at Kansas State last year with a 70.9 average.
Age: 22
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
Education: Duke University
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Phoebe Brinker
After graduating last year from Duke University, Brinker began a two-year paralegal job in Boston. She has yet to make the ANWA cut in three previous tournaments. Last year, she posted rounds of 79-75 and missed the cut by seven shots. Brinker posted the ninth-best career stroke average (72.97) in Duke history. She made the ACC Honor Roll all four years and earned All-America honors her senior year in 2024.
Age: 22
Hometown: Lynge, Denmark
Education: New Mexico State University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Age: 21
Hometown: Calabasas, Calif.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Canales is in her senior year at UCLA. In 2024, she recorded nine top-25 finishes throughout the year in college events. Two of her highlights came when she finished third at the Chevron Silverado Showdown in April before tying for sixth at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in September. She entered February ranked No. 62 in the world amateur rankings.
Age: 15
Hometown: Orlando, Fla.
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Cherif Essakali won five times around the world in 2024. She proved herself in America, winning the AJGA Junior at Parris Island after posting rounds of 72-70-72 for a one-shot victory in June. One week later, she won shot 70-67-72 to win another AJGA event in the Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational.
Age: 18
Hometown: Aukland, New Zealand
Education: Pepperdine University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Emma Kaisa Bunch (Denmark)
Bunch emerged on the amateur scene in 2024 with a breakthrough sophomore season at New Mexico State University. She recorded nine top-10 finishes during the 2023-24 campaign, including five consecutive wins last year. She capped her winning spree by carding rounds of 68-70-71 to claim the Conference USA Championship by one shot.
Eunseo Choi (New Zealand)
Before joining the Pepperdine golf team, Choi dominated the New Zealand golf scene. She finished 11th or better in 11 events, including a win at the New Zealand Women’s Stroke Play Championship. In that event, Choi rebounded from an opening 78 with rounds of 64-71-72 for a two-shot victory. In her first college appearance in February at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, she shot 72-71-78 to tie for 45th place.
Age: 16
Hometown: Estero, Fla.
ANWA Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: T-5
One of the youngest competitors in the ANWA field, Clemente knows her way around Augusta. She recorded a tie for 14th place in her initial ANWA appearance in 2023. Last year, she opened with rounds of 70-71 and sat tied for second, two shots behind leader Lottie Woad entering the final round. Clemente closed with 73 to fall back. The following month, Clemente won the Mizuho Americas Open en route to being named the 2024 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Junior Player of the Year.
Age: 20
Hometown: Ardkeen, Ireland
Education: Arizona State University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA
Beth Coulter (Ireland)
Coulter made a big impact her freshman year at Arizona State University, recording seven top-25 finishes. Her main highlight was the runner-up finish at the Pac-12 Championship. She continued to play well her sophomore season, adding six more top-25 showings. Coulter kicked off her junior season in 2024-25 with three top-10 finishes in her first four events. Last summer, Coulter won 1.5 points to help the Great Britain & Ireland team defeat the United States to win the Curtis Cup.
Age: 21
Hometown: SauteeNacoochee, Ga.
Education: Western Kentucky University
ANWA Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Age: 24
Hometown: Bonnyrigg, Scotland
Education: University of South Carolina
ANWA Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: 7
Hannah Darling (Scotland)
Making her fourth ANWA appearance, Darling opened the 2024 event with a tournament-leading 66. She followed with 77 in the second round to fall out of contention. A senior at the University of South Carolina, Darling has earned first-team, All-SEC honors each of her first three years. She won the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in 2024 before helping the Great Britain & Ireland team win the Curtis Cup.
Age: 18
Hometown: Spring Valley, Calif.
Education: Auburn University ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Anna Davis
Davis won the 2022 ANWA by one shot after posting a final-round 69. Since then, she’s missed the cut twice. Last year, she opened with 70, but followed with 78. Davis is in her sophomore year at Auburn. She posted a 71.68 stroke average her first season and was named Second Team All-SEC. She posted four top-three finishes, including a win, in the fall. She entered 2025 ranked No. 9 in the world amateur rankings.
Age: 24
Hometown: Pinerolo, Italy
Education: University of Georgia ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Catie Craig
A senior at Western Kentucky University, Craig is about to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture. In her junior season at Western Kentucky, Craig recorded 10 consecutive top-four finishes, including a pair of victories. Last summer, the left-handed golfer won the North & South Women’s Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No. 2.
Caterina Don (Italy)
Don is making her first ANWA appearance in four years after recording a solid senior season at the University of Georgia. She posted three top-five collegiate finishes in 2024, including a pair of runner-up showings. After graduating from Georgia, she became the first fulltime women’s assistant golf coach at Eastern Michigan University.
Age: 19
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Texas A&M University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: T-20
Cayetana Fernández GarcíaPoggio (Spain)
A sophomore at Texas A&M, Fernandez entered college ranked No. 2 in the world amateur rankings. In her first collegiate season, she posted a 72.03 average en route to earning SEC All-Freshman Team honors. Fernandez posted her first college win in October when she claimed the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate by two shots. She finished fourth in her first appearance in the ANWA.
Age: 19
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Education: University of California, Los Angeles ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: T-30
Age: 20
Hometown: Holmdel, N.J.
Education: Stanford University
ANWA
Appearance: Fifth
2024 ANWA Finish: T-20
Megha Ganne
Ganne has amassed quite a collegiate résume in her time at Stanford. In her first two seasons and the fall of her junior year, she’s earned two victories, won a team conference championship and won the 2024 team national championship. Ganne also sports a 71.34 stroke average through 65 career rounds. She will look to tap into her vast Augusta experience to help her break through at this year’s ANWA.
Age: 18
Hometown: Gold Coast, Australia
Education: University of Southern California (Commit)
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Francesca Fiorellini (Italy)
A freshman at UCLA, Fiorellini entered college after establishing herself as one of the top amateurs in the world. In March 2024, she won the Italian Ladies Match Play Championship. She opened the 2024 ANWA with 67 before finishing with rounds of 78-80. In the summer, Fiorellini shot rounds of 71-67-67 to finish third in the Ladies Italian Open, a Ladies European Tour event.
Age: 18
Hometown: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Education: University of South Carolina
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: T-8
Eila Galitsky (Thailand)
Galitsky had a solid spring in the Augusta area in 2024. At the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, she closed with 68 to tie for third place. Two weeks later, Galitsky opened the ANWA with 67 before following with rounds of 76-74. In September, the University of South Carolina freshman closed the SINGHA-NSDF Muan Suen with 68 for a four-shot victory at the Thailand LPGA pro event.
Sarah Hammett (Australia)
Hammett finished T-4 in the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs and runnerup in the Australian Women’s Amateur in January. In 2024, she finished runner-up in the Queen Sirikit Cup in New Zealand, T-3 in the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan and T-12 in the Girls 15-18 division of the Junior World Championships in San Diego.
Age: 23
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Rachel Heck
Heck has yet to recapture the magic after finishing tied for third in her first Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance in 2021. That year, she needed to make par at No. 18 at Augusta National Golf Club to secure a sudden-death playoff, but she bogeyed the hole. Heck graduated from Stanford in May and is now a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. In her freshman year at Stanford, she won six individual titles, including the national championship. She capped her career by winning the NCAA Division I Cle Elum Regional last year.
Age: 20
Hometown: New Albany, Ohio
Education: Ohio State University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Kary Hollenbaugh
Hollenbaugh kicked off 2025 in style, winning the The South Atlantic Women’s Amateur Championship by five shots in January. She recorded her second consecutive win at The Sally after claiming the title in 2024. One month later, Hollenbaugh brought home her first collegiate win at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational. She had a breakthrough sophomore campaign in 2023-24 at Ohio State University, recording a team-best 71.69 stroke average.
Age: 21
Hometown: Tainan City, Chinese Taipei
Education: University of Texas
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Age: 21
Hometown: Kobe, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Tsubasa Kajitani (Japan)
Kajitani has played every other year in the ANWA since 2021. After winning the tournament in her first appearance, she missed the cut in 2023. In 2021, Kajitani posted rounds of 73-72-72 for a one-shot victory. She played in two world amateur golf ranking events in 2024, posting a pair of top-20 finishes.
Age: 19
Hometown: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Education: University of Texas
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: T-14
Huai-Chien Hsu (Chinese Taipei)
A junior at the University of Texas, she goes by “Cindy Hsu.” She posted four consecutive top-10 finishes in amateur events last summer, including a tie for second place at the Southwest Amateur. She began her 2023-24 collegiate campaign with four consecutive top-20 finishes.
Age: 18
Hometown: Busan, South Korea
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Minseo Jung (Korea)
In 10 junior or amateur events in 2024, Jung recorded top-10 finishes in all 10. In the Maekyung Amateur Championship in August, she opened with consecutive rounds of 65 en route to a five-shot victory. In the Korean LPGA Tour event, Jung shot 73-71-71 to finish in 15th place.
Lauren Kim (Canada)
Before joining the University of Texas, Kim won the 2023 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship. In the summer of 2024, she posted rounds of 69-67-70 to defeat Anna Huang by two shots to win the Glencoe Invitational. Following that event, Kim recorded five top-10 finishes in a mix of six amateur and collegiate events.
Age: 18
Hometown: Cerritos, Calif.
Education: University of Southern California
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: 4
Jasmine Koo
This California teenager is one of the favorites to win this year’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur event. In her first appearance last year, Koo carded rounds of 69-74-70 to finish five shots back of first place. The No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, Koo won the Toyota Junior World Cup last summer before finishing third in the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. A freshman at the University of Southern California, Koo brought home her first win for the Trojans in her second appearance, claiming the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Two weeks later, she added her second college win. Koo shot 6869-65 to win the Stanford Intercollegiate by one shot.
Age: 19
Hometown: Sendai, Japan
ANWA Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Ko Kurabayashi (Japan)
Kurabayashi is making her first ANWA appearance after finding success in her home country. In May 2023, she won the Tohoku Women’s Amateur Championship by three shots. She finished runner-up in that event the following year before adding a pair of top-11 finishes in Japan pro events. She started 2025 with an 11th place in the Women’s Australian Master of The Amateurs.
Age: 17
Hometown: Hong Kong, China
Education: Northwestern University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Age: 21
Hometown: Little Rock, Ark.
Education: Southern Methodist University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Mackenzie Lee
A 2021 AJGA All-American First Team selection, Lee has made her mark at Southern Methodist University. In her freshman campaign, Lee recorded eight top-10 finishes and a 71.78 stroke average. In the 2023-24 season, she was even better. Lee added eight more top-10 finishes and a school-best 71.32 stroke average. She continued her solid play in the fall of 2024, placing runner-up at the Cougar Classic before adding another top-10 collegiate finish at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate.
Age: 20
Hometown: Basking Ridge, N.J.
Education: Duke University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Arianna Lau (Hong Kong, China)
A Northwestern University commit, Lau had a breakout 2024. She won the Hong Kong Ladies Close Amateur & Mid Amateur Championship in March. After adding a victory in Singapore, she traveled in the summer to the United States and won the IMG Academy Junior World Championship. Later, Lau went to the Philippines and captured the 2024 APGC Junior Championship.
Age: 18
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Education: Northwestern University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Between February and August 2024, Lee finished sixth or better in five junior events. She placed second at the Fortinet Girls Invitational at Stanford before finishing second at the Women’s Western Amateur Championship later in the year. In her first year at Northwestern, Lee has posted two top-25 finishes in four college events.
An accomplished junior golfer, Li continues to improve in her college career at Duke. In her freshman season, she won the Florida State Match-Up. Last summer, she claimed the New Jersey Women’s Amateur Championship. She kicked off her sophomore campaign with a fourthplace showing at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M, the first of four finishes of 11th or better in her first six college events of the 2024-25 season.
Age: 21
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Wake Forest University
ANWA
Appearance: Fifth
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Carolina LopezChacarra (Spain)
Maybe the fifth time will be the charm for Lopez-Chacarra, who has missed the cut in each of her previous four ANWA appearances. A senior at Wake Forest, she has posted a scoring average below par each of her first three college seasons. Lopez-Chacarra claimed her first college tournament, posting rounds of 66-7070 to win the Jackson T. Stephens Cup in October 2024.
Age: 22
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
Education: University of Mississippi
Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Caitlyn Macnab (South Africa)
Macnab finished 11th in her first ANWA appearance in 2022 before finishing ninth the next year. In 2024, she shot 71-77 to miss the cut by one shot. Macnab led Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) with a 70.92 stroke average in the 2023-24 season, her junior campaign. After posting two wins in the 2023-24 season, she started her senior season by winning the Mary Fossum Invitational. She added four other top-20 finishes in her first five tournaments in 2024-25.
Age: 17
Hometown: Quezon City, Philippines
Education: Duke University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Age: 19
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education:
Paula Martín Sampedro (Spain)
Sampedro recorded 11 top10 finishes in her freshman campaign at Stanford in 2023-24, recording a 70.5 stroke average. She finished third at the NCAA Division I Cle Elum Regional before also finishing two weeks later at the NCAA Division I National Championship. She shot 67-71-71 to finish first in October at the Molly Collegiate Invitational.
Age: 21
Hometown: Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Education: University of Minnesota ANWA
Appearance: First
Rianne Malixi (Philippines)
While Malixi didn’t play well in her first Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance last year, she still had one of the finest 2024 seasons around. Malixi won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship last summer before winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur title. She became just the second golfer ever to win both events in the same year. Malixi added another win, two runner-up showings and a third in 2024.
Age: 18
Hometown: Cali, Columbia
Education: University of Arkansas ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: T-30
One of the top amateurs in the world when she started playing college golf, Marín continued her excellence at the University of Arkansas. In the 2023-24 campaign, she led the team in scoring average (70.83), rounds at par or better (23), rounds in the 60s (8) and tied for the most birdies (101). Marín was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year. In October 2024, she won the the Blessings Collegiate Invitational for the second year in a row. Marín added her third college win in February at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic.
2024 ANWA Finish: T-24
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Isabella McCauley
A junior at the University of Minnesota, McCauley took her game to the next level in her sophomore season in 2023-24. She opened the season by winning the Boilermaker Classic. Later in the season, she fired a finalround 64 to win the Big Ten Championship. She posted a third collegiate victory this past fall at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate. McCauley currently owns the school career scoring record at 72.44 strokes per round.
Age: 17
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
Education: Duke University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Avery McCrery
McCrery had a fantastic 2024 that was capped off by a major junior win in August. She posted rounds of 70-7268-71 to win the Girls Junior PGA Championship by two shots. Earlier in the year, she won the Scott Robertson Memorial by 13 shots. McCrery recorded five other top-10 finishes during 2024.
Age: 22
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Education: Xavier University, Duke University ANWA Appearance: Second
Emma McMyler
McMyler finished up her collegiate golf career last May. After graduating from Xavier University, she spent an extra year at Duke. She graduated with a Master of Management Studies degree. In her career at both schools, she posted a 72.55 stroke average, with six wins, 13 top-five finishes and 22 top-10 showings.
Age: 22
Hometown: Milan, Italy
Education: University of Arizona
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Carolina Melgrati (Italy)
Melgrati posted six top-10 finishes in the year 2024, covering the span of two seasons. Now a senior at the University of Arizona, she opened the 2024-24 season with a runner-up finish at the Folds of Honor Collegiate. One week later, she recorded a 54-hole career low of 206 at the Mason Rudolph Championship. She returns to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur after missing the cut in her previous appearances in 2022 and 2023.
Age: 21
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Education: University of San Francisco ANWA
Appearance: First 2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Age: 21
Hometown: Seattle, Wash.
Education: Northwestern University
Lauryn Nguyen
After recording a schoolrecord 71.49 scoring average in 2023-24, Nguyen earned All-Conference and All-American honors. Last summer, before starting her senior year at Northwestern, Nguyen shot 73-71-71 to win the Washington State Women’s Amateur by seven shots. In her first three college events this season, she’s posted two top-10 finishes.
Age: 19
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Education: University of Texas
Second
Finish: T-20
Farah O’Keefe
One of the top amateurs in the world, O’Keefe posted a consistently great 2024. From March through October, O’Keefe recorded eight top-10 finishes in a mix of amateur and collegiate events. She earned 2024 Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors after the 2023-24 season, which included a firstplace finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. She added another win at the Women’s Western Amateur Championship last summer.
Age: 17
Hometown: Torrance, Calif.
Education: Stanford University ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
After posting three college tournament finishes of sixth or better the first half of 2024, Mission started her senior season with a bang-bang start. In September, the University of San Francisco golfer won the Leadership And Golf Invitational. Two weeks later, she added another victory at the Molly Collegiate Invitational. She posted two more top-25 finishes to finish the fall.
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72-71-71 to win last summer’s Arizona Women’s Amateur Championship. She posted four other finishes of sixth or better at junior events around the world. In October, she placed third in the PING Invitational. One month later, Oh closed the Rolex Tournament of Champions with 67 to finish fifth.
Age: 16
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Soomin Oh (Korea)
Oh had a very busy and productive 2024. The Korean teenager won two events early in the year before making her mark at the Korean Women’s Amateur Championship. She posted three rounds in the 60s for a two-shot victory. One month later, Oh brought home the Korea Junior Championship - Blue One Cup title. In October, she traveled to Canada for the World Junior Girls Championship, where she shot four rounds in the 60s for an eight-shot victory.
Age: 21
Hometown: Celaya, Mexico
Education: North Carolina State
Lauren Olivares (Mexico)
A senior at North Carolina State University, Olivares is the first woman in collegiate golf to shoot 60 in a round in September 2023. At the end of the 2023-24 season, she made more history. With her 72.18 stroke average, Olivares set the N.C. State season scoring record. She won her third career collegiate tournament in the fall when she finished first in the Landfill Tradition event.
Age: 20
Hometown: Linköping, Sweden
Education: Stanford University ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Age: 20
Irvine, Calif.
Between October 2023 and September 2024, Park recorded four collegiate victories. The University of Southern California golfer was named a first-team, AllAmerican after the 2023-24 season, when she won the Pac-12 Championship. She set the Pac-12 Tournament record with her 15-under par total. Park led Southern Cal with a 70.94 scoring average. In her first ANWA appearance, Park shot 71-76-78.
Age: 19
Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Education: Wake Forest University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Macy Pate
Pate earned All-ACC and ACC Freshman of the Year honors after a spectacular freshman season at Wake Forest. During the 2023-24 campaign, she recorded four top-10 finishes and five other top-25 showings. Pate recorded a 71.48 stroke average in 12 events. Last summer, she posted a runner-up finish at the North Carolina Women’s Amateur Championship before adding another runner-up showing at the North & South Women’s Amateur Championship.
Age: 20
Hometown: Camarillo, Calif.
Education: Princeton University ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Meja Örtengren
Örtengren joined the Stanford golf team last summer after an accomplished amateur career. She won the Rolex Tournament of Champions event in 2021 and 2022. Last year, she finished eighth in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley before barely missing the cut two weeks later in the ANWA event (she shot consecutive 74s to miss the cut by one shot). In her first three college events, Örtengren recorded three consecutive finishes of fifth or better.
Since winning the Columbia Classic college tournament in February 2023, Rao has found herself in contention in several events. The Princeton junior has won twice and added three runner-up finishes despite missing the entire 2023-24 season due to a shoulder injury. She kicked off the 2024-25 season by winning the Nittany Lion Invitational. Three tournaments later, she won the Columbia Classic again.
Age: 18
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education:
Andrea Revuelta (Spain)
Through the first three tournaments of her collegiate career, the Stanford freshman has posted two top-10 finishes. Revuelta posted a 71.78 stroke average in those three events. In March 2024, she won the Spanish International Ladies’ Amateur Championship. Three months later, she closed the Campeonato de España Amateur (VI Memorial Emma Villacieros) with 67 for a seven-shot victory.
Age: 21
Hometown: Bath, England
Education: Arizona State University
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Patience Rhodes (England)
Rhodes delivered a key point for the Great Britain & Ireland team in the Sunday singles matches at the 2024 Curtis Cup. She defeated Zoe Camps, 6 and 5, to help her team win the match, 10.5-9.5. An Arizona State University sophomore, Rhodes returned to America riding the momentum of the Curtis Cup win. She kicked off the 2024-25 collegiate season with three consecutive top-10 finishes in the fall.
Age: 18
Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
Education: University of Oregon ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Age: 23
Hometown: Värnamo, Sweden
Louise Rydqvist (Sweden)
Rydqvist placed second at the 2024 Southeastern Conference Women’s Golf Championship. She added another second-place finish at the Division I Auburn Regional. She was named first-team, All-SEC, along with earning first-team, All-American honors. At the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship in July, Rydqvist posted rounds of 73-66-67-68 to win the tournament by three shots.
Age: 22
Hometown: Pinehurst, N.C.
Education: University of Virginia
ANWA
Appearance: Fifth
2024 ANWA Finish: T-14
Sambach is one of the veterans of this event. After missing the ANWA cut her first two years, she’s finished T-14 each of the past two years. A senior at the University of Virginia, Sambach posted six top-5 finishes in the calendar year 2024. She finished runnerup at the ACC Women’s Championship, before placing third at the NCAA Division I Cle Elum Regional. Sambach started the 202425 season by winning the Pacific Rim Collegiate Golf Super League Tournament in September.
Age: 18
Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.
Education: Texas A&M University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
On the heels of winning the 2023 U.S. Girls Junior Championship, Romero started her first year at the University of Oregon by winning her first event — the ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M. Later in her freshman campaign, she won the San Diego State Classic. Romero placed at the Pac-12 Women’s Golf Championship before finishing sixth at the NCAA Division I Championship. She was named Oregon’s first national freshman of the year. During the 202425 season, she posted three consecutive runner-up finishes from October through February.
Scarlett Schremmer
Schremmer finished runnerup at The Nelly Invitational last May. She followed a month later with a win at the Dye Junior Invitational. Schremmer continued to play well throughout the year, posting three top-10 finishes in junior events and a pair of top-10 finishes in amateur tournaments. She placed runner-up at the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions event in November.
Age: 17
Hometown: Zama, Japan
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: 29
Mamika Shinchi (Japan)
Shinchi got off to a fast start in 2024 by firing a final-round 66 to win the Australian Women’s Amateur Championship. She continued her exceptional play, recording seven top-10 finishes in her next nine tournaments. Shinchi recorded back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Japan Women’s Amateur Championship and the Toyota Junior World Cup.
Age: 20
Hometown: Dade City, Fla.
Education: University of Southern California
ANWA
Appearance: Fourth
2024 ANWA Finish: 2
Age: 16
Hometown: Loei, Thailand
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Achiraya Sriwong (Thailand)
Sriwong recorded five wins in 2024 and then added another victory to kick off 2025. She won the 31st Singha Thailand Ladies Amateur Open by seven strokes in May. At the SINGHA Thailand Amateur Open in September, Sriwong shot 61 in the second round en route to a one-shot victory.
Age: 22
Hometown: Cape Town, South Africa
Education: University of North Carolina
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Bailey Shoemaker
Shoemaker did everything she could to win the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She posted a final-round 66 and held the clubhouse lead until Lottie Woad birdied the final two holes for a one-shot win. Shoemaker, now a sophomore at the University of Southern California, later finished second at the NCAA Division I East Lansing Regional. She recorded three consecutive top-20 finishes to start the 202425 college season.
Age: 21
Hometown: Hobe Sound, Fla.
Education: Duke University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Andie Smith
Smith had a breakout second half of 2024 after finishing third at the Sea Island Women’s Amateur in May. The Duke University golfer finished ninth in the Florida Women’s Amateur before advancing to the quarterfinals of the North & South Women’s Amateur. In the fall, she shot three rounds in the 60s to win the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational. She followed with three consecutive top-10 finishes to start her 2024-25 season.
Megan Streicher (South Africa)
Streicher set the University of North Carolina’s single-season scoring record at 71.83 and earned all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors after the 2023-24 season. She shot 71-66 to win the CGA Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship. Streicher began the 2024-25 season with four consecutive finishes of fourth or better before adding a top-10 finish in February 2025.
Age: 19
Hometown: Djurshol, Sweden
Education: Stanford University ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: 28
Nora Sundberg (Sweden)
Sundberg posted rounds of 70-75-78 in her first appearance in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She posted four top-10 showings in 2024 events before joining Stanford. Sundberg recorded three top-20 finishes to start her freshman season. Through her first four collegiate tournaments, she has a 71.83 stroke average.
Age: 15
Hometown: Chowchilla, Calif.
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: T-8
Asterisk Talley
At her young age, Talley is one of the top amateur golfers around. In 2024, she won the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. She followed that showing with a top-10 finish in her first ANWA appearance. Later in the year, Talley finished runnerup at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship and runnerup at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. She channeled those near misses into wins at the PING Invitational in October and the Hilton Grand Vacations ANNIKA Invitational presented by Rolex in January.
Age: 18
Hometown: Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Education: Louisiana State University
Appearance: Second 2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Age: 21
Hometown: Litchfield Park, Arizona
Education:
Todd made a deep run in the 2024 U.S. Amateur, advancing to the semifinal round. The University of Arkansas senior won the Women’s Porter Cup last summer. She began her 2024-25 college season with three consecutive finishes of fourth or better, including a runner-up showing at the Dale McNamara event.
Age: 17
Hometown: Halmstad, Sweden
Education: Wake Forest University (Commit)
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Rocío Tejedo (Spain)
Tejedo entered Louisiana State University this past fall after a distinguished junior career. She was a member of the winning European teams in both the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and the Junior Ryder Cup in Italy. In the past two years, she recorded five wins and 14 top-10 finishes. At LSU, she’s recorded four finishes of 11th or better in her first four events.
Age: 19
Hometown: Miri, Malaysia
Education: Florida State University ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: T-8
Mirabel Ting (Malaysia)
Ting got off to a fast start in the 2024 ANWA posting 69 in the first round before carding consecutive rounds of 74 to finish the tournament. Ting began her college career at Augusta University, winning conference player of the year honors as a freshman. She then transferred to Florida State University, where she’s continued her success. Ting began the 2024-25 season by winning the Folds of Honor Intercollegiate. The following week, she shot 67-67 to win the Schooner Fall Classic. In January, she won the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club. She’s ranked No. 3 in the world rankings.
Havanna Torstensson (Sweden)
Torstensson needed just one hot week to earn an invitation to Augusta. In August 2024, she made a deep run in the R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship. In the championship match, she rolled in a six-foot birdie putt on the third hole for some early momentum as she took a 6-up lead through the first 11 holes. Torstensson rolled to an 8-and-7 victory.
Age: 18
Hometown: Kohn Kaen, Thailand
Education: University of Oregon ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (Thailand)
Vinijchaitham started making major strides in the world amateur rankings, starting with her play last summer in the Honda LPGA Thailand professional event. She shot 68-70-67-71 to finish 16th. Vinijchaitham began her first season at the University of Oregon in the fall of 2024, with three consecutive top-25 finishes. She began 2025 with a sixth-place showing at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.
Age: 19
Hometown: Ocean Springs, Miss.
Education: Mississippi State University
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Avery Weed
A sophomore at Mississippi State University, Weed broke through in September 2024. She opened the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship with 65 en route to her first collegiate win. One month later, she opened The Ally Challenge with 61 en route to her second victory in two months. With the two wins and three other top-11 finishes in her first five events of the 2024-25 season, Weed climbed into the top 50 in the amateur world rankings.
Age: 22
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Education:
Auburn University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: T-5
Casey Weidenfeld
With her strong finish in the 2024 ANWA, Weidenfeld is back again. In the summer of 2024, she posted a top-10 finish in the Women’s Western Amateur Championship. She started her junior year at Auburn University with a fifth-place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic in September. She recorded three top-30 finishes in the fall.
Age: 21
Hometown: Farnham, England
Education: Florida State University
ANWA
Appearance: Third
2024 ANWA Finish: 1
Age: 20
Hometown: Claremont, Calif.
Education: Stanford University
ANWA
Appearance: Second
2024 ANWA Finish: MC
Kelly Xu
While Xu missed the cut in her first ANWA appearance, she rebounded nicely. She placed runner-up at the Pac12 Women’s Championship. Xu followed with another second-place showing at the NCAA Division I Cle Elum Regional. The Stanford University junior recorded three finishes of 21st or better to start the 2024-25 collegiate season.
Age: 15
Hometown: Chongquing, China
ANWA
Appearance: First
2024 ANWA Finish: DNP
Shiyuan Zhou (China)
Zhou recorded five victories around China in 2024. She won three pro events and two junior tournaments. In October, Zhou closed the Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge with 63 for a oneshot victory. Two weeks later, she pulled out a one-shot victory at the KOVE·China Sports Lottery Chongqing Women’s Open.
Lottie Woad (England)
Woad is not only the defending champion, but she is the No. 1-ranked amateur in the field. She had a sensational 2024, recording two victories, four runner-up finishes and three thirds in a mixture of amateur and collegiate events playing for Florida State University. At the 2024 ANWA event, Woad opened with 68, followed with 71 and famously birdied Nos. 17 and 18 at Augusta National Golf Club for a closing 69 and a one-shot victory.
