The 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur opens up a realm of possibilities each year. Will the winner go on to win a major on the LPGA Tour? Win an NCAA Championship? Come back for another chance to hoist the trophy?
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Contributor Annie Watson does a fantastic job diving into where each winner is now in the reel below.
Spoiler: there are two returning champions in the field this week: Tsubasa Kajitani (2021) and Anna Davis (2022), the youngest to have won this event at 16 years old.
Who to Watch at the 2026 ANWA
In addition to the returning champions, we also have world no. 1 Kiara Romero ready to take on the competition this week – and every week.
“I wouldn’t say they are expectations, but I would say I try not to put any limits on myself and try to believe that I can really go out there and do anything,” said Romero. “I think it’s really important to go into every tournament knowing that you can win. Just really believing that and trusting yourself and trusting all of the hard work that you put in and all the experience that you have. It’s been great these last few months.”
2024’s runner-up Bailey Shoemaker is also aiming for the winner’s circle this week, especially after she worked so hard to overcome her cubital tunnel release surgery, which decompresses the pressure around the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
“I’ve changed so much as a golfer, as a person, dealing with a lot of adversity in the last year especially,” said Shoemaker.
“But my game is transformed. I’m a lot longer now, which is nice. Yeah, just so much more of a well-rounded person and golfer.
“I think long hitters historically have done well here,” said Shoemaker. “I just think having shorter irons in where you have a little bit more spin is pretty ideal.”
There are honestly too many amazing players here to note all of them (see the field list below), but a few more we’ll point out are Asterisk Talley, last year’s runner-up, recent winner of two events and a participant in last week’s LPGA event, the Ford Championship, and Megha Ganne of Stanford.
Ganne is returning to ANWA for the 6th time. In fact, the entire Stanford team (8 players!) is here, which just speaks to the program’s caliber and Coach Annie Walker’s eye for talent and development opportunities. Four players are currently on the team, while four players are committed to play at Stanford, including Talley. Ganne shot the 18-hole tournament record last year, a 63 (-9).
What the ANWA proves every year is that the future of women’s golf is bright. Alumni of this event have gone on to win 73 LPGA Tour and LET tournaments, 6 of which are major championships.
2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) Tee Times
The 72 players will be playing Champions Retreat Golf Club for the first two rounds, followed by a practice round and the final round (top 30 and ties) at Augusta National Golf Club.
Rounds 1 and 2: April 1-2, 2026
- 8:00am -10:07am ET off Hole 1 and 10
- Players will play in threesomes and alternate teeing off in 12- and 11-minute increments
- The players who tee off the first hole in Round 1 will tee off the tenth hole in Round 2 and vice versa
Round 3: April 4, 2026
- TBD
How to Watch the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur
Fans can watch the 2026 ANWA on Golf Channel, NBC and Peacock during the following windows. All times below are ET.
Wednesday, April 1: 1:30-3:30pm ET on Golf Channel and Peacock
Thursday, April 2: 1:30-3:30pm ET on Golf Channel and Peacock
Saturday, April 4: 12:00-3:00pm ET on NBC and Peacock
2026 ANWA Field
- Charlotte Back
- Brooke Biermmann
- Vanessa Borovilos
- Sara Brentcheneff
- Eunseo Choi
- Beth Coulter
- Anna Davis
- Aphrodite Deng
- Raegan Denton
- Anna Fang
- Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio
- Eila Galitsky
- Megha Ganne
- Ai Goto
- Yurina Hiroyoshi
- Kary Hollenbaugh
- Huai-Chien Hsu
- Anna Iwanaga
- Tsubasa Kajitani
- Veronika Kedronova
- Grace Kilcrease
- Gyubeen Kim
- Lauren Kim
- Katelyn Kong
- Jasmine Koo
- Chloe Kovelesky
- Louise Landgraf
- Arianna Lau
- Dianna Lee
- Elise Lee
- Mackenzie Lee
- Yujie Liu
- Kyra Ly
- Marie Eline Madsen
- Rianne Malixi
- Maria Jose Marin
- Paula Martin Sampedro
- Ava Merrill
- Camille Min-Gaultier
- Aira Nagasawa
- Farah O’Keefe
- Emily Odwin
- Nikki Oh
- Soomin Oh
- Meja Örtengren
- Catherine Park
- Seojin Park
- Macy Pate
- Prim Prachnakorn
- Megan Propeck
- Catherine Rao
- Lily Reitter
- Andrea Revuelta
- Patience Rhodes
- Kiara Romero
- Elizabeth Rudisill
- Amanda Sambach
- Scarlett Schremmer
- Bailey Shoemaker
- Andie Smith
- Achiraya Sriwong
- Megan Streicher
- Asterisk Talley
- Rocio Tejedo
- Clarisa Temelo
- Karen Tsuru
- Avery Weed
- Kelly Xu
- Yunseo Yang
- Ashley Yun
- Amelie Zalsman
- Reagan Zibilski
Women’s College Golf Programs Present at the 2026 ANWA
32 different universities are represented this week, with Stanford bringing the most players (8), followed by the University of Southern California (4).
- Arizona State University
- Auburn University
- Duke University
- Florida State University
- Kent State University
- Louisiana State University
- Michigan State University
- Mississippi State University
- North Carolina State University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Oklahoma State University
- Oregon State University
- Pepperdine University
- Princeton University
- Southern Methodist University
- Stanford University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Christian University
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Florida
- University of Miami
- University of North Carolina
- University of Oregon
- University of South Carolina
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas
- University of Virginia
- Vanderbilt University
- Wake Forest University
