The long run stars of the ladies’s sport get to check themselves on the house of The Masters this week, with the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Newbie dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad arrives as world newbie 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 the complete area then attending to play a follow spherical at Augusta Nationwide on Friday.
Solely the highest 30 and ties from the primary two days make the reduce and get to function within the closing 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 grew to become the youngest winner within the match’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.
How can I watch dwell on Sky Sports activities?
Sky Sports activities will as soon as once more present dwell protection from all three rounds, with the motion dwell from 6.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday forward of the ultimate spherical being dwell on Saturday from 5pm on Sky Sports activities Golf.
The occasion marks the beginning of 12 consecutive days of dwell 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 accessible, together with the Women European Tour’s Australian Girls’s Basic.
The Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is dwell from Augusta Nationwide on Sunday, forward of over 60 hours of dwell protection throughout the seven days of match week for The Masters.
Watch the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Newbie this week dwell on Sky Sports activities. Protection from the opening two rounds is dwell from 6.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, earlier than the ultimate spherical is dwell from Augusta Nationwide on Saturday at 5pm.
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