Coulter accepts invitation to Augusta National Women's Amateur
Beth Coulter of Ireland plays her stroke from the No. 3 tee during a practice round prior to the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Champions Retreat Golf Club, Tuesday, April 01, 2025.
Irish international Beth Coulter has accepted an invitation to compete in the Augusta National Women's Amateur from April 1-4.
The Kirkistown Castle and Arizona State star will be hoping to improve on her debut as last year, when she carded rounds of 72 and 77 at Champions Retreat to miss the one-under par cut by six strokes.
Last year, the 2025 Honorable Mention All-American finished runner-up in the Big 12 Women's Championship, represented Ireland in the Women's World Amateur Team Championship for the third consecutive edition and reached match play in the Women's Amateur Championship for the sixth consecutive edition.
Invitations to compete in the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur were sent in January and 71 players thus far have been confirmed for the Championship.
Included in the field are each of the top 20 players in the current World Amateur Golf Ranking and 48 of the top 50 overall.
Players representing 23 different countries and territories, as well as all six inhabited continents, will compete in this year's Championship, including past champions Tsubasa Kajitani (2021) and Anna Davis (2022), 2025 runner-up Asterisk Talley and Kiara Romero, the top-ranked amateur in the world.
Two players – Megha Ganne and Amanda Sambach – will make their sixth start in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. A current listing of the confirmed field is available here.
Beginning the week prior to the 90th Masters Tournament, the international field of 72 players will compete over 54 holes of stroke play, with the field cut to 30 players and ties after 36 holes.
The first two rounds will take place on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club on Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2.
The entire field will then play Augusta National Golf Club for an official practice round on Friday, April 3. The final round, featuring competitors who made the cut, will take place on Saturday, April 4 at Augusta National.
The Augusta National Women’s Amateur, which has hosted the top women amateurs in golf since 2019, will celebrate its seventh Championship in 2026.
Beth Coulter of Ireland, Patience Rhodes of England, and Augusta National Women’s Amateur Champion Lottie Woad of England during a practice round prior to the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Champions Retreat Golf Club, Tuesday, April 01, 2025.
The inaugural edition was won by future major champion Jennifer Kupcho in 2019 before the 2020 Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kajitani kickstarted a historic April in 2021, capturing the first title for Japan at Augusta National eight days prior to Hideki Matsuyama’s win at the Masters Tournament.
In 2022, 16-year-old Davis became the event’s youngest winner after a final-round 69. Coming off of nearly three years as the top-ranked amateur in the world, Rose Zhang put a bow on her amateur career with a playoff victory at the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
In 2024, England’s Lottie Woad became the first European champion of the event with birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 to win by one stroke before going on to match Zhang’s feat of winning in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour.
Last year, Spaniard Carla Bernat Escuder birdied all four par-5s in the final round at Augusta National en route to setting a new Championship record at 12-under 204 in a one-stroke victory.
