Amelia Williamson was practicing alone on the short course at Seminole Legacy Club, Florida State University’s home facility, in early January when she received an email from Augusta National Golf Club. Williamson, of course, knew what it was for; she had been monitoring the World Amateur Golf Ranking for months, and at No. 37 in the year’s final ranking, the 22-year-old Englishwoman was well inside the top-30 cutoff for international players who would receive invites into the fourth edition of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
When she read her official confirmation, she immediately sat down on the grass and dialed her parents, Mark and Tracey, back home in Norfolk County, England.