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

The sophomore at Stanford opened the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur with a bogey-free 9-under 63, a new ANWA scoring record.

Megha Ganne’s course-record opening 63 at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is the kind of performance for which she’s wired.

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).

I had a feeling I was gonna go low today, but not this low, so I'm just trying to enjoy it,” said Ganne, 21, who is making her fifth appearance in the ANWA after competing four times at Augusta National in the Drive,

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.

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.

Megha Ganne is turning heads with her recent performance at the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur. The golfer from Stanford has yet to miss the cut at the ANWA for the past two years.

Conditions and course changes due to Hurricane Helene led to low scores during Wednesday's opening round of the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur.