Two UK Players In Contention At ANWA As World No.1 Leads Into Augusta

The final round takes place at Augusta National on Saturday

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Alice Hewson
(Image credit: Getty Images)

The final round takes place at Augusta National on Saturday

Two UK Players In Contention At ANWA As World No.1 Leads going Into Augusta

The opening two rounds of the Augusta National Women's Amateur are now in the books and two UK players have made it through to the top 30 and the final round at Augusta National Golf Club.

Belfast's Olivia Mehaffey and Berkhamsted's Alice Hewson have each made the cut at one over, in T11th place and just six back of the lead with one round to go.

The first two days' play was at Champions Gate and Alice Hewson posted the joint-best score of round two with a three-under-par 69, featuring five birdies on the back nine.

Olivia Mehaffey of Northern Ireland. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

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Hewson said ahead of playing in the final round at Augusta, "It will be amazing, driving down Magnolia Lane and putting yourself in the shoes of all of the amazing pros you watched on TV as a young girl - and we will be on TV this time as well."

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Fellow Brits Annabell Fuller and Lily May Humphreys missed the 36-hole cut.

Hewson and Mehaffey are each six back of World Number One amateur Jennifer Kupcho, who holds a slender one stroke advantage with 18 holes to play.

World Number One Jennifer Kupcho. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

There was an 11-woman playoff for the final 10 spots, with Spain's Ainhoa Olarra beating Italy's Alessia Nobilio on the second playoff hole.

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The ladies are playing a practice round at Augusta National today (Friday), including all competitors that missed the cut, before the final round on Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV