Defending winner Woad went 7 under in the opening round at Champions Retreat, but it was Stanford's Ganne who stole the show.

Masters champion said there are some areas where tree loss is noticeable but joked that all the trees “in the way” are still standing.

Megha Ganne firmly believes in speaking things into existence, so before teeing off in her fifth Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Wednesday at Champions Retreat, Ganne kept telling herself the story that she wanted to see.

The Augusta National Women’s Amateur continues Thursday with Round 2 at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans, Georgia. Players are competing over 36 holes on the venue before a cut is made to the low 30 and ties, with the qualifiers playing the final round Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club.

Alister MacKenzie and Bob Jones envisioned the short third as a drive-and-pitch par 4 where the challenging green would serve as the hole’s defense. The green site was ready-made on a protrusion of land the designers located on their walks around the old Berckman’s nursery, what MacKenzie described as “an interesting natural plateau.”

At Augusta National, when tall pine trees fall, the club jumps into action like no other. Just ask Phil Mickelson.

Masters is quickly approaching as Augusta National Golf Club gets set to host the world's top golfers beginning on Thursday, April 10. It has been a 2025 season marked by golf longshots finding success,

One of the greatest amateur fields in women's golf will descend upon one of the greatest golf courses in the sport this week. The 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur represents the sixth playing of the event and boasts the strongest list of competitors yet.

The par-5 second hole is one of the most exciting at Augusta National, but it’s only been during the last 20-odd years that television viewers have had a chance to see it. Before the early 2000s, CBS broadcasts went live well after the Saturday and Sunday leaders were beyond it.