Augusta National Women's Amateur

Champions Retreat & Augusta National, Georgia, America

The Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA), held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta and Champions Retreat Golf Club in nearby Evans.

The tournament is split between the two venues, with Champions Retreat hosting the opening rounds on Wednesday and Thursday with an international field of 72 women amateurs on the Island and Bluff nines. On the friday the whole field play a practice round at Augusta National after which the field is cut to the top 30 players (with a playoff for the last spots if necessary) for the final Saturday round at Augusta National.

The Augusta National Women’s Amateur Champion receives invitations to the next five ANWA's, that year's U.S. Women's Open, the Women's British Open and any USGA, R&A and PGA of America amat

Augusta National is surrounded by a mystical aura that no other golfing venue in the world can rival; intensely private, the masses are afforded only a fleeting glimpse of the iconic golf course every April, when the US Masters circus descends on Georgia.

Augusta is home to what many view as the world's greatest golf course so it is rather fitting that the course, which admittedly has seen many changes throughout its history, was originally designed by the illustrious duo of the world's greatest golfer at the time, Bobby Jones, as well as the game's preeminent course architect, Dr Alister MacKenzie.

Jones and Mackenzie’s creation is surely as close to architectural perfection as is possible, carved into a landscape of almost indescribable beauty. The impeccably manicured fairways snake around babbling brooks, and are lined by great stands of monumental pine trees.

Every hole is individually named in homage to a different plant, which is a fitting tribute to the now famous banks of azaleas and rhododendrons that add such incredible colour to the picture, striking a powerful contrast with the unspoiled white sand of the colossal bunkers.

Course:

Augusta National Golf Club

Par:

72

Yardage:

7555

Designer:

Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie

Opening year:

1933