Realizing a dream

Editor’s Note: This story was written by Emilia Migliaccio, a regular GGPWomen contributor and Wake Forest golfer who has now competed in all four editions of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. In the 2021 ANWA, Migliaccio finished runner-up to Japan’s Tsubasa Kajitani. 
Tomorrow morning, Indiana University assistant women’s golf coach Kendall Griffin will finally step onto the hallowed grounds of Augusta National.
What was once a seemingly far-fetched dream has become an unexpected reality.
Even after the formation of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur was announced in April of 2018, Griffin didn’t believe she would ever play in the event. Griffin was a junior at LSU when she watched the inaugural ANWA in 2019, an iconic duel between Maria Fassi of Arkansas and Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest. On the 18th hole at Augusta National, Kupcho drained a 25-footer to shoot 10 under for the 54-hole event, winning by four shots.

“I thought it was really cool, but I didn’t see it as attainable for me. It was for the best golfers,” Griffin...