Five Players to Watch at the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur

The field of the spotlight event in women’s amateur golf includes 72 players from 18 countries, including one former champion.

Anna Davis plays from a bunker during the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur. / David Cannon/GettyImages

The eyes of the golf world are beginning to turn to Augusta, Ga., but before the 88th Masters begins on April 10, the world’s top female amateurs will again get the stage to themselves.

The fifth Augusta National Women’s Amateur begins Wednesday, April 3, with the field playing the first two rounds at Champions Retreat Golf Club. The low 30 players and ties will play the final round at Augusta National on Saturday, April 6. All players are invited to play a practice round at the home of the Masters the day before the final round.

This year’s field of 72 includes players from 18 countries and six continents. Here are five to watch at one of the signature events in women’s golf.

Amari Avery

One of the stars on the victorious U.S. Curtis Cup team in 2022, the Californian tied for fourth at the 2022 ANWA. Last year she made the cut at the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open. A young prodigy featured on the Netflix documentary The Short Game at age 8, Avery is now a junior at Southern Cal. 

Anna Davis poses with the trophy after winning the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur. / Gregory Shamus/GettyImages

Anna Davis

The Californian has an opportunity to become the first two-time ANWA winner, having won as a 16-year-old in 2022 (winners receive an invitation to the next five tournaments as long as they remain amateurs; Davis missed the cut last year). She is a freshman at Auburn with two top-10 finishes this season.

Ingrid Lindblad

When Davis won in 2022, it was by one shot over Latanna Stone (who’s also in this year’s field) and Lindblad, who also finished one shot shy of a playoff in 2021. The Swede tops the women’s world ranking and is a four-time first-team All-American at LSU with three wins this season.

Carolina Lopez-Chacarra

That last name may sound familiar–Carolina is the younger sister of Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, who plays in the LIV Golf League. Eugenio was a standout at Oklahoma State and Carolina has excelled at Wake Forest, where she was part of its 2023 NCAA champion team. She’s now a junior and looking to make her first cut at the ANWA in her fourth attempt. 

Emilia Migliaccio

Upon graduating from Wake Forest, Migliaccio could have turned pro but instead opted for a broadcasting career. She’s a reporter and analyst for Golf Channel and NBC Sports, sometimes doing TV work while simultaneously playing, including at last summer’s U.S. Open. One of the few players to have competed in every edition of the ANWA, she lost in a playoff to Tsubasa Kajitani in 2021.