By Roy J. Akers of Sky View Sports and the Big Ten
Six Big Ten (B1G) Schools will provide 12 athletes to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur where current and future collegiate players will dual it out at the Home of the Master’s. Of the 12 B1G competitors, eight come from former PAC-10 schools, and four come from USC.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference will be well represented this week in the 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, held April 2-5 at Champions Retreat Golf Club and Augusta National Golf Club. Twelve current and future Big Ten student-athletes are among the elite international field of 72 amateurs who will compete over 54 holes of stroke play.
The No. 7 USC Trojans lead the way with four golfers in the field including 2024 ANWA runner-up Bailey Shoemaker, and Jasmine Koo, the world’s No, 2 ranked amateur who finished fourth last year at Augusta. A trio of Big Ten schools currently ranked in the Top-25 will send multiple golfers to the event, with No. 3 Oregon, No. 12 Northwestern and No. 25 UCLA all represented by two student-athletes.
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The first 36 holes will be contested over two days on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 2 and 3, 2025. The entire field will then play Augusta National for an official practice round Friday, April 4. The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 5 and will feature the competitors who made the cut.
Big Ten Golfers In the 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Field
Minnesota: Isabella McCauley
Northwestern: Arianna Lau*, Lauryn Nguyen
Ohio State: Kary Hollenbaugh
Oregon: Kiara Romero, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham
UCLA: Caroline Canales, Francesca Fiorellini
USC: Sarah Hammett*, Jasmine Koo, Catherine Park, Bailey Shoemaker
*Denotes incoming 2025-26 freshman
Golf Channel Tournament Preview
2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Leaderboard
Here is a list of all the ways to stay connected withthe sixth playing of the Championship:
- First round at Champions Retreat: Broadcast live on Golf Channel from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 2.
- Second round at Champions Retreat: Broadcast live on Golf Channel from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 3.
- Final round at Augusta National: Broadcast live on NBC from noon – 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 5.
- Golf Channel’s “Live From the Masters” will begin on Friday, April 4, from Augusta National and wrap Augusta National Women’s Amateur coverage on Saturday, April 5.
- All competitive rounds will also be simulcasted on ANWAgolf.com.
- Social media: Up-to-date coverage of the Championship, including scores, highlights, features and interviews. Visit anwagolf.com and the Championship’s official social media handles (@ANWAgolf) on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok.
