Alabama Newcomer Kaitlyn Schroeder Accepts Invitation to Compete at the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Alabama women’s golfer Kaitlyn Schroeder has accepted an invitation to compete at the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur which will be held March 29-April 1 in Augusta, Ga.

Schroeder, who is among 70 of the top women’s amateur players in the nation that will compete at the three-day tournament, signed with the Crimson Tide during the early signing period last November and joined the women’s golf team as an early enrollee this January.

Kaitlyn Schroeder

• Slated to make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut at this year’s event
• No. 1-ranked junior golfer in the class of 2023 according to the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA)
• 2022 AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Player of the Year
• 2022 Girls Junior PGA champion
• A three-time AJGA All-American, including first team honors in 2022
• A participant for Team USA at the 2021 Junior Solheim Cup

About the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA)

• The ANWA will begin a week prior to the 87^th Masters Tournament and compete across 54 holes of stroke play, with a cut to 30 players and ties taking place after 36 holes
• The first two rounds will take place on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club on Wednesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 30
• The entire field will play Augusta National for an official practice round on Friday, March 31
• The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 1 and will feature the competitors who made the cut

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