STANFORD, Calif. – Junior Andrea Lee and incoming freshmen Brooke Seay and Angelina Ye have accepted invitations to compete in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, April 3-6.
Cardinal junior Albane Valenzuela was also invited but is unable to participate.
The prestigious, 72-player field includes most of the world's top amateurs. The first two rounds will be played at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. The low 30 players and ties qualify for the final round on April 6 at famed Augusta National Golf Club on the Saturday before the Masters Tournament.
"I thought that this was the right time to do this," Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National, said last April. "It was the right time for the women's game. I thought for us to have the greatest impact on women's golf that we needed to be committed to do it here at Augusta National."
The last round will be televised on NBC from noon-3 p.m. ET.
Lee, a native of Mira Costa, Calif., is a two-time All-Pac12 first team selection and two-time WGCA first team All-America. In 2018, she won three college titles, tied for second at the NCAA Championships, played on her second U.S. Curtis Cup Team, and competed in the Arnold Palmer Cup and U.S. Women's Open. She is currently No. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking for women's amateurs.
Seay, a San Diego native, will join the Stanford team next fall. In 2018, she posted four top-10s and tied for second at the Thunderbird International Junior Championship and fourth at the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada. Seay also reached the Round of 16 at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. In 2017, she competed for the U.S. Junior Solheim Cup Team and made the cut at the U.S. Women's Open.
Ye is also headed to The Farm next fall. She was born in Shanghai, China but lives in Bradenton, Fla., and attends IMG Academy. She was a 2018 Rolex first team All-American, won the ANNIKA Invitational and played in the U.S. Women's Open. In 2016 and 2017, she was a Rolex second team All-American and represented the East in the Wyndham Cup.
