Florida Gators

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Florida women's golfer and the No. 3 ranked player in the country, Maisie Filler tees off her second appearance in the Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) on Wednesday at 8 a.m.

Filler will tee off round two on Thursday at 10:07 a.m. The first 36 holes will be contested over two days on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club on Wednesday and Thursday. The entire field will then play Augusta National for an official practice round Friday, April 5. The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 6 and feature the top 30 players and ties. 

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— Augusta National Women's Amateur (@anwagolf) April 1, 2024

The first and second rounds of the ANWA will be broadcast live on Golf Channel (1:30-3:30 p.m. ET) from Champions Retreat Golf Club. NBC Sports will produce and broadcast three hours (Noon-3 p.m. ET) of live final-round coverage of the event at Augusta National. Additionally, Golf Channel's "Live From the Masters" will commence on Friday, April 5 at Augusta National to provide coverage of the Augusta National Women's Amateur, the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and the Masters Tournament.
 
The prestigious event has a Gator golf connection as UF alum and current Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley announced the commencement of the ANWA in 2019. Creating the only event played by women on the prestigious course and home of The Masters. The event features the top-72 amateurs and was established to inspire greater interest and participation in the women's game by creating a new, exciting and rewarding pathway for these players to fulfill their dreams.

Officially @anwagolf week for Maisie🌺#GoGators 🐊 | #ANWAGolf pic.twitter.com/PGFYlEAabR

— Gators Golf (@GatorsGolf) April 1, 2024

 
Filler is the fifth Gator to compete in the event continuing the Gators streak of having a representative every year of the tournament, including the inaugural event with three.
 
Currently a member of the ANNIKA Award Spring Watch List, she earned No. 1 ranked player in the NCAA Rankings, and has continued to dominate her senior season. Filler started the spring with her third-consecutive medalist honors in a stroke play event at the Moon Golf Invitational, a T3 finish in the Gators Invitational and a 3-0 match play record against three ranked teams. Filler has also claimed three SEC Golfer of the Week awards this season. 

She had a dominant fall with back-to-back victories to close it out, helping lead the Gators to three-straight victories to close out the first half of the season. Filler currently leads the Gators in nearly every statistical category and ranks second in stroke average in the SEC with a 69.4. She is one of two golfers in the nation (Furman's Anna Morgan) who has three solo victories this season.
 
The Palm Beach Gardens native, won her first collegiate victory at Tar Heel Invitational and her second at The Ally. Both performances wrote her name into the record books. Filler shot a 54-hole score of 203 (-13), which tied the second-lowest individual tournament score in program history for the second time in her career - one stroke away from the record of LPGA Tour Player Sam Wagner set in 2016. Her opening round of a bogey-free 64 (-8), marked the second-lowest in program history and was two away from the program low of 62 set by Sierra Brooks.
 
In the final fall outing at The Ally, Filler shot a final round of 66 (-6) for her team-best eighth under par round this season and fifth out of six career rounds in the 60s at Old Waverly. The team victory at the tournament was the 31st all-time under head coach Emily Glaser; 32nd total as she was an assistant coach for a season in 2011-12. Florida last won three events in a row in 2015-16 and is the fifth occurrence under Glaser. It marks the most team titles (3) since the 2019-20 season when the Gators last won by double-digits at the Allstate Sugar Bowl by 13. 

Florida's All-Time Participants

Name	Year(s)
Addie Baggarly	2021
Sierra Brooks	2019
Maisie Filler	2023, 2024
Annabell Fuller	2019, 2021, 2022
Marta Perez	2019