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(UPDATE 4/1) -- After inclement weather delayed the start of Round 2 on Thursday, the field was finally able to start play after 3pm at the Champions Retreat Golf Club. This ensured that many players would be unable to finish and have to resume on Friday morning. Shoemaker finished 15 holes before darkness hit on Thursday evening. On Friday morning, she closed out her round for a 75. Her two-round total was 151, just a stroke shy of getting into a 4-for-1 playoff for the final advancing spot. The top 30 who made the cut will play a final round at Augusta National on Saturday to decide this year's champion.

(UPDATE 3/30) -- Shoemaker opened the Augusta National Women's Amateur with a four-over 76 at the Champions Retreat Golf Club. She started off on the tenth hole, and secured the lone birdie of her round on her final hole, the ninth. She sits six strokes off the first-round lead, and will try to push into the top 30 after tomorrow's round to make the 36-hole cut.

AUGUSTA, G.A. – Bailey Shoemaker of West Edmeston, will be the first player from New York State to compete in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The upcoming tournament is scheduled for March 30 – April 2.

The 17-year old and three-time NYS Girls’ Junior champion (2017-19), who currently resides in Dade City Florida, was a late invite to compete in the third edition of the national amateur event.

Related: Scoring / ANWA Home / Shoemaker Bio

Earlier this month, she had a streak of great finishes in national junior events. She finished as runner-up in both the Dustin Johnson World Junior and the inaugural girl’s division at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.

She also successfully defended her title during a playoff at the Kathy Whitworth Invitational in the middle of March, which earned her another exemption into this year’s LPGA Volunteers of America Classic (where she made her LPGA debut in 2021).

Shoemaker’s current World Amateur Golf Ranking is 142. She is currently ranked 4th on the Rolex AJGA Rankings, and third on the Golfweek Girls Junior Rankings.

The inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur was held in 2019. It 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.

The international field of 72 women amateurs will compete over 54 holes of stroke play.

The first 36 holes will be contested over two days on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., March 30 and 31, 2022. The entire field will then play Augusta National for an official practice round Friday, April 1. The final round will take place at Augusta National on Saturday, April 2 and will feature the top 30 competitors who made the cut. 

NBC Sports will broadcast three hours of live final round coverage at Augusta National from 12pm – 3pm EDT on April 2.

Tee Time - Wednesday, March 30
Group 16, 9:54AM EDT, 10th Tee Start
Shannon Tang (Singapore), Bailey Shoemaker (USA), Briana Chacon (USA)