Wenyung Keh to play Augusta National tournament
Auckland golfer Wenyung Keh who finished second at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship in Singapore last year. She will play at Augusta National in the United States in April.
Auckland golfer Wenyung Keh has been invited to play in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in the United States.
The tournament will comprise three rounds, of which the last will be held at the famed Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
The first two rounds will be held at the nearby Champions Retreat Golf Club.
Keh, who is at the University of Washington on a golf scholarship, will be one of just 72 players in the tournament. There will be a cut after the first two rounds, leaving 30 to play at Augusta National.
The event will be held from April 3-6 which is the week before the US Masters at Augusta National.
The entire field will get the chance to live every golfer’s dream and play Augusta National for a practice round on Friday, April 5 before the final round takes place on April 6 featuring those who made the cut.
Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said: “Receiving an invitation to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is representative of a remarkable amateur career, and so much more.”
Keh has risen to 76 on the world amateur golf rankings and last year finished second in the inaugural Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship for women in Singapore. She was beaten in a four-way playoff.
Keh was a member of the 2018 International Arnold Palmer Cup team along with the Washington huskies university team which won the 2016 NCAA Championship where Keh collected three vital wins during the matchplay finals.
The Augusta National Women’s Amateur was announced last year by Ridley who said the event was established to inspire greater interest and participation in the women’s game.
NBC Sports will produce and broadcast three hours of live final-round coverage of the event at Augusta National. Tickets to the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur are sold out following an online ticket application process.
AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN’S AMATEUR FIELD:-
Alyaa Abdulghany, California
Hanna Alberto, Texas
Sofia Anokhina, Russia
Ana Belac, Slovenia
Jaravee Boonchant, Thailand
Sierra Brooks, Florida
Virginia Elena Carta, Italy
Jennifer Chang, North Carolina
Alice Chen, New Jersey
Allisen Corpuz, Hawaii
Amanda Doherty, Georgia
Caterina Don, Italy
Alessandra Fanali, Italy
Maria Fassi, Mexico
Isabella Fierro, Mexico
Michaela Finn, Sweden
Annabell Fuller, England
Allyson Geer-Park, Michigan
Valentina Giraldo, Colombia
Linn Grant, Sweden
Haylee Harford, Ohio
Leonie Harm, Germany
Lauren Hartlage, Kentucky
Alice Hewson, England
Emilee Hoffman, California
Yu-Chiang Hou, Taiwan
Lily May Humphreys, England
Jiwon Jeon, South Korea
Wenyung Keh, New Zealand
Dylan Kim, Texas
Gina Kim, North Carolina
Jennifer Kupcho, Colorado
Seo-yun Kwon, South Korea
AGeorgiathe Laisne, France
Tilda Larsson, Sweden
Stephanie Lau, California
Andrea Lee, California
Lucy Li, California
Amanda Linner, Sweden
Olivia Mehaffey, Northern Ireland
Emilia Migliaccio, North Carolina
Haley Moore, California
Alessia Nobilio, Italy
Tristyn Nowlin, Kentucky
Ainhoa Olarra, Spain
Alexa Pano, Florida
Pimnipa Panthong, Thailand
Kaitlyn Papp, Texas
Marta Perez, Spain
Anna Redding, North Carolina
Yuka Saso, Philippines
Brooke Seay, California
Erica Shepherd, Indiana
Ellie Slama, Orlando
Mariah Smith, Tennessee
Julienne Soo, Australia
Emma Spitz, Austria
Natalie Srinivasan, South Carolina
Maja Stark, Sweden
Kaleigh Telfer, South Africa
Brigitte Thibault, Canada
Atthaya Thitikul, Thailand
Beatrice Wallin, Sweden
Yuka Yasuda, Japan
Loy Hee Ying, Malaysia
Rose Zhang, California