Just eight years since its inception, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur has established its place as one of the premier amateur tournaments in the world. That was made clear once again on Wednesday when officials at Augusta National Golf Club revealed that among the 72-player field set to compete in this April’s edition are 48 of the top 50 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. That rates just behind the 49 out of 50 who played in last year’s ANWA, which is believed to be the most top 50 players competing in the same tournament in women’s golf history.
The 2026 field currently consists of golfers representing 23 countries and territories as well as all six inhabited continents. Last year’s winner, Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain, has turned pro, but runners-up Asterisk Talley and Kiara Romero (the No. 1-ranked player in the world) return in 2026. Two past champions—Japan’s Tsubasa Kajitani of Japan (2021) and American Anna Davis (2022)—are also back looking to become the first multiple-time winner of the event.
Another notable competing this year is Megha Ganne. This will be the sixth (and likely last) ANWA start for the reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, who is a senior at Stanford and likely to turn pro after the end of the college season this spring. In addition to her ANWA starts, Ganne also competed in the Drive, Chip and Putt National final four times.
Amanda Sambach is also set to make her sixth ANWA start.
The first two rounds of the 2026 ANWA will be played at Champions Retreat Golf Club on April 1 and 2. The top 30 players and ties after 36 holes then advance to play the final round at Augusta National on Saturday, April 4. The entire field gets to play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday, April 3.
For the curious, the two players from the top 50 not competing are Shiyuan Zhou (No. 21), who Golf Channel is reporting is expected to turn pro within the next few weeks, and Louise Uma Landgraf (No. 42), who rose up 24 spots to crack the top 50 after her recent win at the Portuguese Ladies.
Here is a look at the current field, listed in alphabetical order:
Charlotte Back, Germany Brooke Biermmann, Wildwood, Mo. Vanessa Borovilos, Canada Sara Brentcheneff, France Eunseo Choi, New Zealand Beth Coulter, Northern Ireland Anna Davis, Spring Valley, Calif. Aphrodite Deng, Short Hills, N.J. Raegan Denton, Australia Marie Eline Madsen, Denmark Anna Fang, San Diego Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Spain Eila Galitsky, Thailand Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. Ai Goto, Japan Yurina Hiroyoshi, Japan Kary Hollenbaugh, New Albany, Ohio Huai-Chien Hsu, Taiwan Anna Iwanaga, Japan Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan Veronika Kedronova, Czech Republic Grace Kilcrease, Springdale, Ark. Gyubeen Kim, South Korea Lauren Kim, Canada Katelyn Kong, Los Angeles Jasmine Koo, Cerritos, Calif. Chloe Kovelesky, Boca Raton, Fla. Arianna Lau, Hong Kong Dianna Lee, San Diego Elise Lee, Irvine, Calif. Mackenzie Lee, North Little Rock, Ark. Yujie Liu, China Kyra Ly, Portland, Ore. Rianne Malixi, Philippines Maria Jose Marin, Colombia Paula Martin Sampedro, Spain Ava Merrill, Johns Creek, Ga. Camille Min-Gaultier, France Aira Nagasawa, Japan Emily Odwin, Barbados Nikki Oh, Torrance, Calif. Soomin Oh, South Korea Farah O’Keefe, Austin, Texas Meja Örtengren, Sweden Catherine Park, Irvine, Calif. Seojin Park, South Korea Macy Pate, Winston-Salem, N.C. Prim Prachnakorn, Thailand Megan Propeck, Leawood, Kan. Catherine Rao, Camarillo, Calif. Lily Reitter, France Andrea Revuelta, Spain Patience Rhodes, England Kiara Romero, San Jose, Calif. Elizabeth Rudisill, Charlotte, N.C. Amanda Sambach, Raleigh, N.C. Scarlett Schremmer, Birmingham, Ala. Bailey Shoemaker, Dade City, Fla. Andie Smith, Hobe Sound, Fla. Achiraya Sriwong, Thailand Megan Streicher, South Africa Asterisk Talley, Chowchilla, Calif. Rocío Tejedo, Spain Clarisa Temelo, Mexico Karen Tsuru, Carlsbad, Calif. Avery Weed, Ocean Springs, Miss. Kelly Xu, Claremont, Calif. Yunseo Yang, South Korea Ashley Yun, Diamond Bar, Calif. Amelie Zalsman, St. Petersburg, Fla. Reagan Zibilski, Springfield, Mo.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
