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Wake Forest Kovelesky and Pate Prepped for Augusta National Women’s Amateur
3/31/2026 4:26:00 PM | Women's Golf
Kovelesky will be making her debut, while Pate returns for her second year.
AUGUSTA, Ga. - For a sixth consecutive year, Wake Forest women's golf will have two athletes competing amongst a top international field at the 2026 Augusta National Women's Amateur in Augusta, Ga.
Sophomore Chloe Kovelesky is one of 35 making her championship debut, while junior Macy Pate is set for her second career appearance at the tournament. Both athletes are joined by Tony and Vi Golding head coach Kim Lewellen and Lyons Family associate head coach Ryan Potter, who will serve as caddies throughout the rounds.
Both golfers are ranked among the top-50 in the NCAA with No. 15 Pate leading the Demon Deacons with a 71.62 scoring average across the season. The 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year captured her first career-win at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup this past fall, and has followed that success with four tournaments in the top-15, placing no lower than 12th this entire spring.
Prior to Pate's inaugural win, Kovelesky earned her second collegiate title, as the co-medalist at the 2025 ANNIKA Intercollegiate at nine-under-par. The following weekend at the Stephens Cup, the 2026 USDNP Elite Amateur Team Member carded a career-low 54-hole score of 206 (71-67-68) for second, only behind Pate.
Kovelesky will tee off at 9:09 a.m. ET off hole 1, followed by Pate off hole 10 at 9:32 a.m. ET.
Wake Forest has had at least two players play in all six ANWA events, with Jennifer Kupcho winning the inaugural event in 2019 and Emilia Migliaccio taking second after a playoff in 2021. The event was not played in 2020 due to the pandemic.
2026 Augusta National Women's Amateur Schedule
The first 36 holes will be contested over two days on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 1 and 2, 2026. The entire field will then play Augusta National for an official practice round Friday, April 3. The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 4 and will feature the competitors who made the cut.
Format
An international field of 72 women amateurs will compete over 54 holes of stroke play. A cut will take place after 36 holes, advancing the leading 30 players and ties to the final round at Augusta National Golf Club. In the event of a tie after 54 holes, the winner will be decided by sudden-death playoff.
Television Broadcast Information
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 3 at Augusta National to provide coverage of the Augusta National Women's Amateur, the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and the Masters Tournament.
About the Championship
The Augusta National Women's Amateur was announced on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, by Chairman Fred Ridley during his annual press conference at the Masters Tournament. The event was established to inspire greater interest and participation in the women's game by creating a new, exciting and rewarding pathway for these players to fulfill their dreams.
Jennifer Kupcho, the world's top-ranked amateur, played her final six holes in five under par, including an eagle on the par-five 13th at Augusta National, to become the champion of the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019.
The 2020 championship was canceled due to the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Seventeen-year-old Tsubasa Kajitani became the first international ANWA champion and the first winner from Japan at Augusta National in any tournament with her playoff victory over Wake Forest's Emilia Migliaccio in 2021.
In 2022, 16-year-old Anna Davis became the youngest champion after a three-under-par 69 in the final round at Augusta National.
In 2023, after two and a half years as the No. 1 amateur in the world, Rose Zhang defeated Jenny Bae in a two-hole playoff.
Englishwoman Lottie Woad birdied three of her final four holes to edge Bailey Shoemaker by one stroke at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Carla Bernat Escuder broke the scoring record by two strokes in her 2025 win over Asterisk Talley, finishing at 12 under par to become the first Spaniard to win the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Sophomore Chloe Kovelesky is one of 35 making her championship debut, while junior Macy Pate is set for her second career appearance at the tournament. Both athletes are joined by Tony and Vi Golding head coach Kim Lewellen and Lyons Family associate head coach Ryan Potter, who will serve as caddies throughout the rounds.
Both golfers are ranked among the top-50 in the NCAA with No. 15 Pate leading the Demon Deacons with a 71.62 scoring average across the season. The 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year captured her first career-win at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup this past fall, and has followed that success with four tournaments in the top-15, placing no lower than 12th this entire spring.
Prior to Pate's inaugural win, Kovelesky earned her second collegiate title, as the co-medalist at the 2025 ANNIKA Intercollegiate at nine-under-par. The following weekend at the Stephens Cup, the 2026 USDNP Elite Amateur Team Member carded a career-low 54-hole score of 206 (71-67-68) for second, only behind Pate.
Kovelesky will tee off at 9:09 a.m. ET off hole 1, followed by Pate off hole 10 at 9:32 a.m. ET.
Wake Forest has had at least two players play in all six ANWA events, with Jennifer Kupcho winning the inaugural event in 2019 and Emilia Migliaccio taking second after a playoff in 2021. The event was not played in 2020 due to the pandemic.
2026 Augusta National Women's Amateur Schedule
The first 36 holes will be contested over two days on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 1 and 2, 2026. The entire field will then play Augusta National for an official practice round Friday, April 3. The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 4 and will feature the competitors who made the cut.
Format
An international field of 72 women amateurs will compete over 54 holes of stroke play. A cut will take place after 36 holes, advancing the leading 30 players and ties to the final round at Augusta National Golf Club. In the event of a tie after 54 holes, the winner will be decided by sudden-death playoff.
Television Broadcast Information
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 3 at Augusta National to provide coverage of the Augusta National Women's Amateur, the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and the Masters Tournament.
About the Championship
The Augusta National Women's Amateur was announced on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, by Chairman Fred Ridley during his annual press conference at the Masters Tournament. The event was established to inspire greater interest and participation in the women's game by creating a new, exciting and rewarding pathway for these players to fulfill their dreams.
Jennifer Kupcho, the world's top-ranked amateur, played her final six holes in five under par, including an eagle on the par-five 13th at Augusta National, to become the champion of the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019.
The 2020 championship was canceled due to the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Seventeen-year-old Tsubasa Kajitani became the first international ANWA champion and the first winner from Japan at Augusta National in any tournament with her playoff victory over Wake Forest's Emilia Migliaccio in 2021.
In 2022, 16-year-old Anna Davis became the youngest champion after a three-under-par 69 in the final round at Augusta National.
In 2023, after two and a half years as the No. 1 amateur in the world, Rose Zhang defeated Jenny Bae in a two-hole playoff.
Englishwoman Lottie Woad birdied three of her final four holes to edge Bailey Shoemaker by one stroke at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Carla Bernat Escuder broke the scoring record by two strokes in her 2025 win over Asterisk Talley, finishing at 12 under par to become the first Spaniard to win the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
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