The world’s best women’s amateur golfers are heading back down Magnolia Lane.
The fourth Augusta National Women’s Amateur tees off this week with 46 of the top 50 players in the women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking dreaming of hoisting the trophy on the 18th green.
The field of 72 – 31 Americans and 41 internationals – will play two rounds of stroke play at nearby Champions Retreat Golf Club on Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30, with the top 30 advancing to the 18-hole final round on Saturday, April 1 at Augusta National. The entire field will play Augusta National for a practice round Friday, March 31.
Get to know the International players competing in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Age: 17
Hometown: Miyazaki, Japan
ANWA history: First appearance
Araki captured titles at the 2022 Japan Girls Junior and the 2023 Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs. She also finished T-4 at the Australian Women’s Amateur, T-7 at the Queen Sirikit Cup and T-3 at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific. In August 2022, she won the Girls 15-17 division of the Japan Junior Championship on the same course that hosted Olympic competition in 2021.
Low amateur Yuna Araki of Japan poses following the final round of the Hoken no Madoguchi Ladies at Fukuoka Country Club Wajiro Course on May 15, 2022 in Fukuoka, Japan. (Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)
Age: 22
Hometown: Hollviken, Sweden
Education: San Jose State, senior
ANWA history: First appearance
Arwefjall won her first collegiate event in the fall at the USF Intercollegiate and has five top 10s in seven starts. She also finished runner-up in the Juli Inkster to Rose Zhang. In addition to golf, Arwefjall is a champion rope skipper and has said that benefits her on the course.
San Jose State’s Kajsa Arwefjall won the USF Intercollegiate at Olympic Club. (Photo: San Jose State Athletics)
Age: 17
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
ANWA history: First appearance
Baba made her name known last summer, winning the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay. She beat Monet Chun, 11 and 9, to become the second USGA champion from Japan. Her margin of victory was the third largest in championship history and largest since 1961.
Saki Baba holds the championship trophy after winning the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington. (Darren Carroll/USGA)
Age: 20
Hometown: Newcastle-upon-Tyne,…
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