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).

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 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.

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

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,

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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.

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.

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.