Todd, José Marin Set for Augusta National Women's Amateur
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Arkansas women’s golfers Kendall Todd and Maria José Marin will represent the Hogs at this week’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
The 54-hole event will tee off on Wednesday, April 2 at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, for the first two rounds. The entire field will then play Augusta National for an official practice round on Friday, April 4. The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 5, and will feature the leading 30 players, including ties, who made the cut.
The first two rounds will be played on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat. The Island nine is an Arnold Palmer design and will serve as the first nine, while the Bluff nine, designed by Jack Nicklaus, is the second nine.
The first and second rounds of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur will be broadcast live on Golf Channel (1:30-3:30 p.m. ET) from Champions Retreat Golf Club. NBC Sports will produce and broadcast three hours (Noon-3 p.m. ET) of live final-round coverage of the event at Augusta National. Additionally, Golf Channel’s “Live From the Masters” will commence on Friday, April 4 at Augusta National to provide coverage of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and the Masters Tournament.
Todd was included in this year’s field after finishing 2024 as one of the top-ranked players on the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking. The senior enters the week as one of the nation’s hottest collegiate golfers, fresh off a runner-up finish at the Clemson Invitational where she tied the NCAA record for the lowest round to par at 11-under and finished 15-under for the 54-hole event. Earlier this spring, Todd won her first collegiate title at the Darius Rucker Invitational and has surged up the Scoreboard by Clippd collegiate golf rankings to No. 12.
José Marin qualified for her third ANWA and is currently ranked sixth in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking. The Cali, Colombia native has two individual wins this season and is coming off a top 5 finish in Clemson. José Marin will look to make it to Sunday’s third round at Augusta National for the third straight year. In 2023, José Marin climbed up to a T-14 finish.
Todd and José Marin join Maria Fassi (2019) and Brooke Matthews (2021) as Arkansas’ all-time qualifiers at ANWA and the Hogs have had at least one golfer in five of the six tournaments.
About ANWA
During his annual press conference at the 2018 Masters, Chairman Fred Ridley announced the creation of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Set to commence the week prior to the Masters, the event was designed to inspire greater interest and participation in women’s golf and create a new, exciting pathway for these players to fulfill their dreams.
The field for the 2025 Championship will consist of players based on the following qualifications: 1. Reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion 2. Reigning Women’s Amateur champion 3. Reigning Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific champion 4. Reigning Girls’ Amateur champion 5. Reigning U.S. Girls’ Junior champion 6. Reigning Girls Junior PGA champion 7. Reigning NCAA Division I Women’s Individual champion 8. Past champions of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur within the last five years 9. The 30 highest ranked players from the United States of America based on the prior year’s (2024) final Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, not otherwise qualified 10. After qualifications 1-8 above, the 30 highest ranked players not otherwise qualified, as listed on the prior year’s (2024) final Women’s World Amateur Ranking 11. Players receiving special invitations by the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Committee.
Provided she remains an amateur, the 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Champion will receive an invitation to the next five Augusta National Women’s Amateurs, the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, the 2025 Women’s Open, the 2025 Chevron Championship, the 2025 Evian Championship and any USGA, R&A and PGA of America amateur championships for which she is eligible for one year.
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