Augusta, Ga. — Anna Davis, the sole past champion in the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur field, was assessed a one-stroke penalty for slow play Thursday. The costly rules violation moved Davis from 3 over par to 4 over for the championship, which means she will miss the 36-hole cut and, in turn, Saturday’s final round at Augusta National.
The first two rounds of the ANWA are played at Champions Retreat Golf Club, where Davis’ rules violation occurred on Thursday. All competitors get the chance to play a practice round at Augusta National on Friday.
Rules officials notified Davis and her playing partners multiple times that they were “out of position,” per the tournament’s pace of play policy. That’s when the group — which includes the 36-hole leader Lottie Woad — was officially put on the clock.
According to the tournament’s pace of play policy, a player is allowed 40 seconds to play a stroke, and 10 additional seconds if they are the first player to play.
The ANWA Tournament headquarters released the following statement on Davis’s rules violation.
“Anna Davis was assessed a one-stroke penalty for violation of the Tournament’s Pace of Play Policy. Her group, which included Lottie Woad and Maria Jose Marin, was notified that they were out of…
