Meet the Internationals competing in the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur field

Age: 18
Hometown: Kumamoto, Japan
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2023 Toyota Junior World Cup individual champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She advanced to the final round in her debut last year, finishing T-9 with a closing 73 at Augusta National.

San Jose State’s Kajsa Arwefjall won the USF Intercollegiate at Olympic Club. (Photo: San Jose State Athletics)

Age: 23
Hometown: Tranas, Sweden
Education: San Jose State, fifth-year
ANWA history: Second appearance

She has five top-10 finishes this season, including runner-up in the Molly Collegiate Invitational last fall and sixth in the Silicon Valley Showcase in March. In 2023, she earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior, finished runner-up in an LET Access Series event in Sweden, reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s Amateur Championship in England and represented Sweden in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in Abu Dhabi.

Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain tees off at the third hole during the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships – Espirito Santo Trophy at Abu Dhabi Golf Club on October 28, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Martin Dokoupil/Getty Images)

Age: 20
Hometown: Castellon, Spain
Education: Kansas State, junior
ANWA history: Second appearance

She has three top-three finishes this season, winning the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational last fall and finishing third in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in February and the MountainView Collegiate in March.

Germany’s Helen Briem is making her debut at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. (R&A)

Age: 18
Hometown: Stuttgart, Germany
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2023 R&A Girls’ Amateur champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. Last August at Ganton Golf Club in England, she defeated Spain’s Martina Navarro in the final by a record 12-and-10 margin to become Germany’s first winner in the 104-year history of the R&A Girls’ Amateur.

South Carolina’s Hannah Darling lines up a putt during the second round of the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate. (Photo: Ben Adelberg/The Back of the Range)

Age: 20
Hometown: Bonnyrigg, Scotland
Education: South Carolina, junior
ANWA history: Third appearance

Darling finished T-27 in 2022 and missed advancing to the final round in 2023 by one stroke. She has three top-10 finishes this season, including her first collegiate win in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on March 6 and runner-up in the Valspar Augusta Invitational on March 10.

Texas A&M’s Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio tees off during the first round of the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate. (Photo: Ben Adelberg/The Back of the Range)

Age: 18
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Texas A&M, freshman
ANWA history: Second appearance

Garcia-Poggio finished fourth in her debut last year and her final-round 71 at Augusta National included birdies at Nos. 7, 9, 15, 17 and 18. She has three top-15 finishes this season, including 11th in the Carmel Cup and T-12 in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup last fall.

Francesca Fiorellini of team Europe tees off on the 1st hole during the Day Three of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 28, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Age: 18
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Education: Signed with UCLA
ANWA history: First appearance

In March, she won the Italian Women’s Match Play for the third time in the past four years and reached the Round of 16 in the Spanish Women’s Amateur. She was stroke-play medalist in both championships.

Eila Galitsky of Thailand watches her tee shot on the second hole during the first round of The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 20, 2023 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Age: 17
Hometown: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Education: Signed with South Carolina
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2023 Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She finished T-3 in the Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina in March. In March 2023 in Singapore, she won the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific by five strokes over Minsol Kim and joined 2018 champion Atthaya Thitikul as winners representing Thailand.

Florida State’s Charlotte Heath lines up her tee shot during the first round of the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate. (Photo: Ben Adelberg/The Back of the Range)

Age: 22
Hometown: Yorkshire, England
Education: Florida State, senior
ANWA history: Second appearance

Heath advanced to the final round in her debut last year, finishing 25th. She has four top-25 finishes this season, including T-12 in the Schooner Fall Classic last fall and T-13 in the Florida State Match Up in March.

Oklahoma State’s Maddison Hinson-Tolchard at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup. (Photo: Arnold Palmer Cup)

Age: 22
Hometown: Perth, Australia
Education: Oklahoma State, senior
ANWA history: First appearance

Hinson-Tolchard has six top-20 finishes this season, including T-7 in the Schooner Fall Classic and T-9 in the Carmel Cup last fall and T-14 in the Valspar Augusta Invitational in March. Also in 2023, she earned First Team All-America honors as a junior, won the Big 12 Conference Women’s Championship and finished fourth in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Individual Championship.

Chiara Horder with the trophy after capturing the 2023 Women’s Amateur Championship. (Photo: R&A)

Age: 21
Hometown: Munich, Germany
Education: Mississippi State, junior
ANWA history: First appearance

The 2023 Women’s Amateur champion will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last June at Prince’s Golf Club in England, she defeated Annabelle Pancake of the United States, 7 and 6, to join a list of champions that includes Babe Zaharias, Louise Suggs, Anna Nordqvist, Georgia Hall, Celine Boutier and Leona Maguire. She defeated World No. 1 Ingrid Lindblad in the semifinals to advance to the final.

Amateur Saori Iijima of Japan hits her tee shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship at Awara Golf Club Umi Course on September 29, 2023 in Awara, Fukui, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Age: 18
Hometown: Mito-shi, Japan
ANWA history: First appearance

Last June, she defeated two players by one stroke to join a list of champions that includes former World No. 1 Ai Miyazato, LPGA Tour winner Mika Miyazato and Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific champion Yuka Yasuda. She has three top-25 finishes in 2024, including seventh in the Australian Women’s Amateur in January and T-18 in the Queen Sirikit Cup in New Zealand in March.

Lauren Kim walks off the hole seven green after putting during the round of 64 of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (Photo: James Gilbert/USGA)

Age: 18
Hometown: Surrey, Canada
Education: Texas, freshman
ANWA history: First appearance

The 2023 Canadian Women’s Amateur champion will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last August at Ashburn Golf Club in Halifax, she defeated Brooke Rivers by one stroke to join a list of champions that includes Alexa Stirling Fraser, Glenna Collett Vare, Ariya Jutanugarn, Brooke Henderson and Jennifer Kupcho.

Andrea Lignell on the hole nine fairway during the round of 64 of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles. (Photo: James Gilbert/USGA)

Age: 23
Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden
Education: Ole Miss, fifth-year
ANWA history: Second appearance

She advanced to the final round in her debut last year, finishing third at Augusta National. She has three top-20 finishes this season, including T-9 in the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship last fall. Also in 2023, she earned First Team All-America honors as a senior and reached the Round of 64 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur.

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)

Age: 23
Hometown: Halmstad, Sweden
Education: LSU, fifth-year
ANWA history: Fourth appearance

The four-time First Team All-American at LSU will make her fourth Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She finished T-3 in 2021 and T-2 in 2022 at Augusta National and was one stroke behind the champion in both years. Two years ago, her final-round 68 was the low round of the 2022 championship and included eagles at Nos. 8 and 15 and birdies at Nos. 3, 7 and 14.

Carolina Lopez Chacarra, of Spain, tees off on hole one during the practice round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Champions Retreat in Augusta. (Photo: Katie Goodale, USA Today)

Age: 20
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Wake Forest, junior
ANWA history: Fourth appearance

She has five top-15 finishes this season, including third in both the Schooner Fall Classic and Jackson T. Stephens Cup last fall. Also in 2023, she helped Wake Forest win the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship and, for the second consecutive year, earned Second Team All-America honors.

Mississippi State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez during the first round of the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate. (Photo: Ben Adelberg/The Back of the Range)

Age: 21
Hometown: Malaga, Spain
Education: Mississippi State, junior
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2023 European Ladies’ Amateur champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. Last July in Sweden, she birdied her final three holes in the final round to win by two strokes over Carla Bernat and join a list of champions that includes Carlota Ciganda, Celine Boutier and Ingrid Lindblad.

Ole Miss’ Caitlyn Macnab. (Photo: Ole Miss Athletics)

Age: 22
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
Education: Ole Miss, junior
ANWA history: Third appearance

She has advanced to the final round in each of the past two years, finishing 11th in 2022 and T-9 in 2023. In 2022, her final-round 72 at Augusta National included an eagle at No. 15 and birdies at Nos. 6 and 12.

Rianne Malixi of the Philippines lines up her shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National Golf Club on June 2, 2023 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Age: 17
Hometown: Quezon City, Philippines
Education: Signed with Duke
ANWA history: First appearance

The 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior runner-up will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last year at the United States Air Force Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Club in Colorado, she advanced to the final before finishing runner-up to Kiara Romero, 1 down. She has four top-eight finishes in 2024, including a win in the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs in January and runner-up in the Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina in March.

Arkansas’ Maria Jose Marin. (Photo: Arkansas Athletics)

Age: 17
Hometown: Cali, Colombia
Education: Arkansas, freshman
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2024 South American Women’s Amateur champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. Last year, she became the first South American golfer to advance to the final round at Augusta National and finished T-14. The University of Arkansas freshman has seven top-20 finishes this season, including a win in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational.

Paula Martin Sampedro. (Photo: R&A)

Age: 18
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Stanford, freshman
ANWA history: First appearance

She has top-seven finishes in each of her six starts this season, including runner-up in the Pac-12 Preview in February, third in the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational in March and T-4 in the Jackson T. Stephens Cup last fall.

Amateur Hinano Muguruma of Japan hits her tee shot on the second hole during the second round of Golf5 Ladies at Golf5 Country Bibai Course on Sept. 2, 2023 in Japan. (Photo: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Age: 21
Hometown: Saitama, Japan
Education: Nihon Wellness Sports University
ANWA history: Third appearance

Muguruma advanced to the final round at Augusta National last year, finishing T-22. She finished T-16 in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Thailand in February. In 2023, she competed in nine professional events in Japan, finishing T-5 in the LPGA of Japan’s Step Up Tour’s Twinfields Ladies Tournament.

Low amateur Kokoro Nakamura of Japan poses after the final round of the Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship at Awara Golf Club Umi Course on October 1, 2023 in Awara, Fukui, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Age: 18
Hometown: Yamaguchi, Japan
ANWA history: First appearance

The 2023 Japan Girls’ Junior champion will make her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut. Last August on Kasumigaseki Country Club’s West Course, she made nine birdies in her closing 64 to turn a four-stroke deficit into a four-stroke victory over Japan Women’s Amateur champion Saori Iijima. She joined a list of winners that includes former World No. 1 Ai Miyazato and 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Tsubasa Kajitani.

Meja Ortengren of team Europe plays a shot during the Day Three of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Age: 19
Hometown: Linkoping, Sweden
Education: Signed with Stanford
ANWA history: Third appearance

Ortengren advanced to the final round at Augusta National in her debut in 2022, finishing T-12. She finished T-3 in the Portuguese Women’s Amateur in January and T-8 in the Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina in March.

Avani Prashanth of India tees off at the third hole 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)

Age: 17
Hometown: Bengaluru, India
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2023 Queen Sirikit Cup champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. She advanced to the final round at Augusta National in her debut in 2022, finishing T-21. Last year in the Philippines, she won the individual title in the Queen Sirikit Cup by 10 strokes to join a list of champions that includes Yani Tseng, So Yeon Ryu, Hyo Joo Kim and Atthaya Thitikul.

Andrea Revuelta of team Europe looks on during the Day Three of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Age: 17
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Education: Signed with Stanford
ANWA history: First appearance

She won the Spanish Women’s Amateur in March after defeating France’s Sara Brentcheneff in the final, 2 and 1. She joined a list of champions that includes Catherine Lacoste, Catriona Matthew, Carlota Ciganda, Caroline Masson, Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio and Nora Sundberg.

South Carolina’s Louise Rydqvist earned an exemption to the 2023 The Annika after her team won the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate. (Photo: Ben Adelberg/The Back of the Range)

Age: 22
Hometown: Varnamo, Sweden
Education: South Carolina, junior
ANWA history: First appearance

She has five top-12 finishes this season, including a win in the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate, fourth in the 2024 San Diego State Classic and T-5 in the 2023 Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship. In addition, she went 3-0-0 in the 2024 Therese Hession Regional Challenge.

Mamika Shinchi of Japan strikes the ball from a bunker to the eighth green 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)

Age: 16
Hometown: Kanagawa, Japan
ANWA history: Second appearance

In January, she won the Australian Women’s Amateur by two strokes. Entering the final round six strokes off the lead, she birdied eight of her last 11 holes to close with 66 and the low round of the championship. Joined a list of champions that includes Lydia Ko and Minjee Lee.

Nora Sundberg of team Europe plays a shot during the Day Three of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy. (Photo: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Age: 18
Hometown: Djursholm, Sweden
Education: Signed with Stanford
ANWA history: First appearance

She has three top-10 finishes in 2024. In March, she reached the quarterfinals of the Spanish Women’s Amateur and finished T-8 in the Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina. In 2023, she won the Spanish Women’s Amateur, recorded top-five finishes in both the German Girls Open and World Junior Girls Championship in Canada, reached the Round of 16 in both the Women’s Amateur Championship and R&A Girls’ Amateur in England and was a member of winning European teams in both the Junior Solheim Cup in Spain and Junior Ryder Cup in Italy.

Rocio Tejedo of team Europe plays a shot during Day Two of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup at Golf Nazionale on September 27, 2023 in Viterbo, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Age: 17
Hometown: Castellon, Spain
Education: Signed with LSU
ANWA history: First appearance

She had top-six finishes in two World Amateur Golf Ranking events in January, including sixth in the Portuguese Women’s Amateur. In 2023, she won five World Amateur Golf Ranking events, including both the Portuguese Women’s Amateur and the German Girls’ Open.

Low amateur Sayaka Teraoka of Japan poses after the final round of Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open Golf Tournament at Rokko Kukusai Golf Club on June 11, 2023 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Age: 21
Hometown: Osaka, Japan
ANWA history: Second appearance

The 2022 Japan Women’s Amateur champion will make her second Augusta National Women’s Amateur appearance. Entering that week as 1,479th in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, she went on to hold at least a share of the lead after all four rounds and win by six strokes. With her victory, she moved up 1,236 places in her ranking and joined a list of champions that includes her favorite golfer, former World No. 1 Ai Miyazato.

Florida State’s Mirabel Ting. (Photo: FSU Athletics)

Age: 18
Hometown: Miri, Malaysia
Education: Florida State, sophomore
ANWA history: First appearance

After starting 2024 with a victory in the Women’s Orlando International Amateur in January, she has recorded top-seven finishes in each of her first four stroke-play starts for Florida State, including a win in the Valspar Augusta Invitational in March. She also went 2-1-0 in the Old Barnwell Derby Match Play in South Carolina on March 25-26.

Florida State’s Lottie Woad at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup. (Photo: Arnold Palmer Cup)

Age: 20
Hometown: Farnham, England
Education: Florida State, sophomore
ANWA history: Second appearance

She has six top-eight finishes this season, including a win in the Annika Intercollegiate last fall and runner-up in both the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club in February and the Florida State Match Up in March.

Chun-Wei Wu

Age: 19
Hometown: Tainan City, Chinese Taipei
ANWA history: First appearance

In February, she won the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Thailand by two strokes over Korea’s Hyosong Lee. She set new championship records for lowest score for 72 holes, 54 holes, first-36 and middle-36 holes and for largest lead after three rounds. She also joined 2018 champion Atthaya Thitikul as the only players to win while holding at least a share of the lead after all four rounds.

Amateur Suzuna Yokoyama of Japan hits her second shot on the 9th hole during the first round of the Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship at Awara Golf Club Umi Course on September 28, 2023 in Awara, Fukui, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Age: 20
Hometown: Sakura, Japan
ANWA history: First appearance

In 2023, she finished seventh in the Japan Women’s Amateur and made the cut in three of her four starts on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including the Japan Women’s Open. She has also finished fifth in the 2022 Kanto Women’s Amateur and T-9 in the 2021 Japan Girls’ Junior Championship.

Rin Yoshida of Japan hits her tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the 2023 Daito Kentaku Ladies at the Queen’s Hill Golf Club in Japan. (Photo: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Age: 20
Hometown: Chiba, Japan
ANWA history: Third appearance

She advanced to the final round in her debut in 2022, finishing 20th. In 2023, she recorded three top-25 finishes in professional events in Japan and reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. In 2022, she recorded three top-30 finishes in professional events in Japan and finished T-26 in the Japan Women’s Amateur.