Workers walk down the 18th fairway during the second round of The Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Champions Retreat in Augusta, Ga., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Photo: Katie Goodale, USA Today)
The Augusta National Women’s Amateur has become the perfect appetizer for major championship golf season, and this week the tournament returns with its fifth edition.
The best women’s amateur golfers in the world are in Georgia for the 54-hole stroke-play event that features a field of 72 players, this year led by 2022 champion Anna Davis and the world’s No. 1 amateur, Ingrid Lindblad.
After the first two rounds Wednesday and Thursday at Champions Retreat in nearby Evans, Georgia, the field is cut to the top 30 players for the final round on Saturday at Augusta National. All 72 players will play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday.
With a collection of this much talent, the first round on Thursday features a handful of must-watch groups:
- Yana Wilson, Rocio Tejedo, Amanda Sambach (10th tee, 8:35 a.m. ET)
- Ingrid Lindblad, Yuna Araki, Rachel Kuehn (1st tee, 9:44 a.m. ET)
- Rianne Malixi, Latanna Stone, Laney Frye (10th tee, 9:44 a.m. ET)
- Amari Avery, Julia Lopez Ramirez, Gianna Clemente (1st tee, 9:55 a.m. ET)
Check out the tee times and groupings for the first round at Champions Retreat.
MEET THE FIELD: Americans | Internationals
Wednesday tee times
1st tee
| Time | Players |
| 8 a.m. | Kiara Romero, Lauren Kim, Caitlyn Macnab |
| 8:12 a.m. | Eila Galitsky, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Jensen Castle |
| 8:23 a.m. | Paula Martin Sampedro, Catherine Park, Suzuna Yokoyama |
| 8:35 a.m. | Kokoro Nakamura, Anna Morgan, Farah O’Keefe |
| 8:46 a.m. | Nora Sundberg, Asterisk Talley, Jennie Park |
| 8:58 a.m. | Phoebe Brinker, Saori Iijima, Ashley Menne |
| 9:09 a.m. | Carolina Lopez-Chacarra, Leigh Chien, Lauryn Nguyen |
| 9:21 a.m. | Hannah Darling, Zoe Antoinette Campos, Hinano Muguruma |
| 9:32 a.m. | Charlotte Heath, Megha Ganne, Louise Rydqvist |
| 9:44 a.m. | Ingrid Lindblad, Yuna Araki, Rachel Kuehn |
| 9:55 a.m. | Amari Avery, Julia Lopez Ramirez, Gianna Clemente |
| 10:07 a.m. | Helen Briem, Meja Ortengren, Annabelle Pancake |
10th tee
| Time | Players |
| 8 a.m. | Maisie Filler, Bailey Shoemaker, Francesca Fiorellini |
| 8:12 a.m. | Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Megan Schofill, Andrea Lignell |
| 8:23 a.m. | Lottie Woad, Anna Davis, Maria Jose Marin |
| 8:35 a.m. | Yana Wilson, Rocio Tejedo, Amanda Sambach |
| 8:46 a.m. | Andrea Revuelta, Kajsa Arwefjall. Sadie Englemann |
| 8:58 a.m. | Chun-Wei Wu, Kelly Xu, Carla Bernat Escuder |
| 9:09 a.m. | Sayaka Teraoka, Jasmine Koo, Ashleigh Park |
| 9:21 a.m. | Mamika Shinchi, Hailey Borja, Melanie Green |
| 9:32 a.m. | Emma McMyler, Avani Prashanth. Hailee Cooper |
| 9:44 a.m. | Rianne Malixi, Latanna Stone, Laney Frye |
| 9:55 a.m. | Emilia Migliaccio, Casey Weidenfeld, Chiara Horder |
| 10:07 a.m. | Mirabel Ting, Rin Yoshida, Rachel Heck |
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur first round tee times, best groups to watch
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