Cleary and Sambach Set for Augusta National Women’s Amateur

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia ladies’s golfers Jennifer Cleary (Wilmington, Del.) and Amanda Sambach (Davidson, N.C.) open play on the 2023 Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie on Wednesday. Each gamers met the usual of being among the many United States’ top-30 gamers within the ultimate World Newbie Golf Rankings for 2022 to qualify for the sector. There are a complete of 72 participant’s within the discipline for the occasion.

Former Cavalier All-American Beth Lillie additionally certified for the occasion however opted out because of her teaching obligations at Cal Poly. She performed within the occasion final 12 months.

This will likely be Cleary’s first look on the occasion whereas Sambach will likely be competing for the third consecutive 12 months. Beforehand, UVA’s Anna Redding performed within the inaugural Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie in 2019. The 2020 championship was canceled because of the international COVID-19 pandemic.

The primary 36 holes of the ANWA will likely be contested over two days on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Membership in Augusta, Ga., March 29-30. Your entire discipline will then play Augusta Nationwide for an official apply spherical Friday, March 31. The ultimate spherical will happen at Augusta Nationwide on Saturday, April 1 and can function the highest 30 opponents who made the lower.

Final 12 months, Sambach was a part of a four-player playoff for the ultimate spot within the discipline. She made it right down to the ultimate two gamers  within the playoff earlier than shedding to Germany’s Paula Schulz-Hanssen on the fourth playoff gap.

Sambach is scheduled to start out her first spherical Wednesday at 8:35 a.m. from the primary gap. Cleary will likely be within the final group to tee off. She begins at 10:07 a.m. from the tenth tee.

New in 2023, the primary and second rounds of the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie will likely be broadcast dwell on Golf Channel (1:30-3:30 p.m. ET) from Champions Retreat Golf Membership. NBC Sports activities will produce and broadcast three hours (Midday-3 p.m. ET) of dwell final-round protection of the occasion at Augusta Nationwide. Moreover, Golf Channel’s “Stay From the Masters” will start on Friday, April 1 at Augusta Nationwide to offer protection of the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie, the Drive, Chip and Putt Nationwide Finals and the Masters Event.

Extra data, together with dwell scoring, is on the market www.ANWAgolf.com.