The long run stars of the ladies’s recreation get to check themselves on the residence of The Masters this week, with the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner stay on Sky Sports activities.
Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad arrives as world novice No 1 and the pre-tournament favorite, having completed a shot behind the winners in every of the earlier two years, whereas 2022 champion Anna Davis returns for her third look.
Seven top-10 finishers from final yr’s contest return this time round, whereas 15-year-old Asterisk Talley is the youngest participant within the area and Emilia Migliaccio is the one participant to have appeared in each version of the ANWA.
Charlotte Heath and Lottie Woad are the 2 English gamers within the area, with Scotland’s Hannah Darling one other former Curtis Cup participant who’s a part of a 72-strong worldwide area.
The primary 36 holes are performed on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Membership on Wednesday and Thursday, with your complete area then attending to play a apply spherical at Augusta Nationwide on Friday.
Can Ingrid Lindblad ship as pre-tournament favorite and win the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner?
Solely the highest 30 and ties from the primary two days make the reduce and get to characteristic within the last spherical, which additionally takes place at Augusta Nationwide and on the identical course the place The Masters will take the next week.
Future main champion Jennifer Kupcho received the inaugural occasion in 2019 earlier than the competition was cancelled a yr later as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, with Japan’s Tsubasa Kajitani claiming victory through a play-off in 2021.
Davis then turned the youngest winner within the event’s historical past with a one-shot victory in 2022, earlier than Rose Zhang claimed victory in final yr’s contest with a dramatic play-off victory forward of her turning skilled.
Anna Davis claimed a one-shot victory in 2022
How can I watch stay on Sky Sports activities?
Sky Sports activities will as soon as once more present stay protection from all three rounds, with the motion stay from 6.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday forward of the ultimate spherical being stay on Saturday from 5pm on Sky Sports activities Golf.
The occasion marks the beginning of 12 consecutive days of stay output on Sky Sports activities Golf, with all 4 rounds of the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open – the ultimate qualifying occasion for The Masters – and weekend protection of the LPGA Tour’s T-Cellular Match Play additionally out there, together with the Women European Tour’s Australian Girls’s Traditional.
The Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is stay from Augusta Nationwide on Sunday, forward of over 60 hours of stay protection throughout the seven days of event week for The Masters.
Watch the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner this week stay on Sky Sports activities. Protection from the opening two rounds is stay from 6.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, earlier than the ultimate spherical is stay from Augusta Nationwide on Saturday at 5pm.
Who will win The Masters? Watch stay from April 11-14 completely on Sky Sports activities. Dwell protection begins with Featured Teams on Thursday April 11 from 2pm on Sky Sports activities Golf. Stream the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, majors and more with NOW.
