Zeballos won last year’s ANNIKA Invitational Latin America.Ī spot in the AIG Women’s British Open is on the line at the Women’s Amateur Latin America. Both have secured invitations to the upcoming Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Two players, Texas Tech junior Sofia Garcia of Paraguay and Agustina Zeballos, 16, of Argentina, are currently ranked among the top 20 in the WAGR. Players will be invited based on their position in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. 3-6, 2020.Ī 60-woman field will compete over four days and 72 holes of stroke play. The inaugural event will take place Sept.
That event debuted at Pilar Golf in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the women’s version will, too. The event mirrors the Latin America Amateur Championship created for men in 2015. On Monday, the R&A, together with the ANNIKA Foundation, announced the creation of the first Women’s Amateur Latin America. Grow-the-game initiatives have been popping up around the globe for male amateurs for the past decade, but now women’s opportunities are catching up, too.
