Ganne set a tournament record edging the reigning champion, Lottie Woad, who sits just a couple shots off the lead

Stanford University's Megha Ganne set a new scoring record at Champions Retreat Golf Club at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Lottie Woad trails by two.

Megha Ganne discusses how she stayed patient playing in a twosome during her first-round 63 at the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur.

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).

Megha Ganne, who grew up in Jersey City and attended high school in Holmdel, leads the Augusta National Women's Amateur after the first round.

From family, friends, and coaches, everyone out at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur chose their caddy for a reason. “It was her first year at Stanford when it was my freshman year, so we have a lot of fun, good chemistry so it keeps it easy,” said Megha Ganne, currently -1 (-9).

Megha Ganne set an Augusta National Women's Amateur single-round record with a blistering 9-under 63 on Wednesday — and, as she tells Steve Burkowski, it was a real-life manifestation of a dream she had the night before.

From the Chairman's Dinner with Fred Ridley to Megha Ganne's stellar opening round and Jimmy Buffett's connection to the ANWA, get caught up.

Two rounds of the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur are in the books, and it remains tight atop the leaderboard. Reigning champion Lottie Woad moved into a share of the lead Friday after posting a 2-under 70 at Champions Retreat Golf Club, pulling even with Kiara Romero, who posted 67-68 across the first two rounds to set the pair at 9 under.