For the second straight year, there wasn’t much conversation among Golfweek‘s staff when it was time to decide the Female Amateur of the Year.
There were plenty of remarkable performances and stellar athletes across the globe who shined bright during the 2023 calendar year. There were defending champions proving their worth, plenty of first-time winners and veterans standing out when the lights were brightest, but one female golfer stood out among them all.
In the end, it came down to four athletes, three who made honorable mention and the Golfweek Female Amateur of the Year. This year’s winner only built on her legacy and cemented herself as the greatest female amateur of all time. The 2023 Golfweek Award winner for Female Amateur of the Year goes to …
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Rose Zhang won the 2023 ANNIKA Award. (Photo: Darren Reese, Stanford)
How impressive was Zhang to win this award considering she was an amateur for only the first five months of the year? Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion. Pac-12 champion. NCAA Pullman Regional champion. NCAA individual champion for the second straight year. Annika Award winner for the second straight year.
Yeah, Zhang is the best female amateur of all time for a reason. What a year.
Anna Davis of the United States of America at the 15th tee during practice round of the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, United Arab Emirates on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 (Copyright USGA/Steven Gibbons)
Anna Davis’ resume is stacked. Member of the Junior Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup teams. Women’s World Amateur Team Championship member. Won the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the Junior Orange Bowl International. Also made the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the Round of 16 at the U.S. Girls’ Junior.
Ingrid Lindblad of Sweden strikes the ball on the eighth fairway during the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships – Espirito Santo Trophy at Abu Dhabi Golf Club on October 25, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Martin Dokoupil/Getty Images)
If you’re looking for consistency, Ingrid Lindblad’s picture is next to the word in the dictionary. The 2023 Mark H. McCormack medal winner had another great year at the college level for LSU and on the amateur circuit.
Megan Schofill holds the Robert Cox Trophy on the iconic hole ten bridge after winning the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif. on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (James Gilbert/USGA)
This summer, Schofill became the Princess of Bel-Air, conquering the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles. The fifth-year at Auburn became the first Tiger to win the oldest women’s amateur championship in the world.
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