EVANS, Ga. (AP) — Stanford’s Megha Ganne set the Augusta National Women’s Amateu r record on Wednesday with a 9-under 63 at Champions Retreat, giving her a two-shot lead over defending champion Lottie Woad, who did her best to track down Ganne.

Defending champion Lottie Woad from FSU shares the lead at 9 under with Oregon’s Kiara Romero. Ganne and teammate Andrea Revuelta are one back while Ortengren is two back at 7 under. Three more Stanford players made the weekend: Paula Martin Sampedro (3 under), Nora Sundberg (2 under) and Kelly Xu (1 under).

Ganne had never broken 70 in eight previous rounds at Champions Retreat. She carded a second-round 80 in each of her first two ANWA appearances, both missed cuts. She finally made it to Saturday at Augusta National two years ago, tying for ninth, and was T-20 last year after an opening 70.

The 17-year-old Estero golfer shot an even-par 72 in Thursday's second round at Champions Golf Retreat and is tied for 17th place at 2-under.

One of the greatest amateur fields in women's golf will descend upon one of the greatest golf courses in the sport this week. The 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur represents the sixth playing of the event and boasts the strongest list of competitors yet.

Lottie Woad will try to become the first player to defend the Augusta National Women's Amateur title when she tees it up at the home of the Masters this week.

Three South Carolina student-athletes competed in the first round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur at the Champion's Retreat Golf Club Wednesday.

Megha Ganne set the Augusta National Women's Amateur record on Wednesday with a 9-under 63 at Champions Retreat, giving her a two-shot lead over defending champion Lottie Woad.

The top 30 players and ties qualified for the final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club.