Migliaccio Makes Cut, Set to Compete for Title at Augusta National

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Wake Forest women’s golf graduate student Emilia Migliaccio has made the cut of the top 30 players at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and will compete for the title in the final round on Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club.
 
Wake Forest has had a player make the cut in all four installments of the event, with Jennifer Kupcho winning the inaugural title in 2019. The last time Migliaccio made the cut in 2021, she went into the clubhouse in second place and ended up in a playoff for the title with Japan’s Tsubasa Kajitani. Rachel Kuehn made the cut in 2022 and finished inside the top 10 in a tie for seventh.
 
Migliaccio’s first round saw a bogey and birdie before the turn but three birdies in a row on her second nine on holes 12, 13 and 14 helped her finish one under par and tied for seventh heading into Thursday’s second round. Again, in her second round, three birdies in a row to close out the day took the veteran from missing the cut at three over and to safely making it by two strokes.
 
The final round streak began on the par-four seventh hole after Migliaccio had a double-bogey on the par-five third. She went into her final three holes at five over on the day and four over on the event.
 
“I guess I have to start on six because I hit it to six feet on 6 and missed it, which was tough because I obviously had to make two birdies down the stretch.” said Migliaccio of her final four holes. “I knew where I stood. Then I was left on seven in the rough, uphill slant. I hit a great shot. It landed hole high and then rolled up the hill. So, I made a downhill double breaker 30 feet for it to go in.”
 
The 30-foot gave her the momentum needed to finish the day. She went on to finish the par-three eighth in two strokes and the par-five ninth in four.
 
“On eight, I hit my 9-iron,” she continued. “It kind of hit the slope and went all the way back to the hole to two feet. So that felt really good just to have a short putt to make. Then at nine, my most important thought was hitting it in the fair way because I almost — I hit it in the water in the practice round, and then I almost hit it in the water yesterday. And I just hit it right down the middle. Then from there, I felt pretty good. I hit my three-wood just on the back left fringe and then two-putted. I had like three feet down the hill to make birdie and roll that in….