Former Blue Devil golfer and longtime Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman may have put it best when asked about the Augusta Women’s National Amateur. “Memorable” was her first thought and that’s exactly what it was.
For the first time in the history of one of the most revered golf courses in the world, women competed for a title. Augusta National Golf Club, the famed sight of the Masters, hosted the Augusta National Women’s Amateur the first weekend in April and the Duke women’s golf team was well represented four current players plus one future Blue Devil in the field.