AUBURN, Ala. – Five Auburn golfers will compete this week at the R&A Women’s Amateur Championship, also known as the British Amateur, at Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland. The championship will be played Monday through Sunday. Auburn’s Charlotte Cantonis, Balma Dávalos, Anna Davis, Anne Fernandez and Gia Raad are set to compete.
The tournament begins with 36 holes of stroke play featuring all 144 players on Monday and Tuesday. The leading 64 players after two rounds will advance to match play. Six rounds of match play will be contested Wednesday through Saturday to determine the champion.
Charlotte Cantonis, a rising sophomore, enters the event following a stellar first season on the Plains. In 13 tournaments this past season, the SEC All-Freshman Team selection posted a 71.91 scoring average and five top-10 finishes. Balma Dávalos earned All-American honorable mention honors during the 2025-26 season after a strong fall with the Tigers. Through six events, Dávalos posted a 70.68 scoring average and is currently ranked No. 57 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
Rising Auburn senior Anna Davis had an impressive run at this championship last year, finishing as a quarterfinalist in 2025. Davis finished stroke play at 3 over, then defeated Jessica Hall 4 and 3 and Havanna Torstensson 4 and 3 to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to Tillie Claggett. During the 2025-26 season, the second-team All-SEC honoree posted a 71.09 scoring average in 13 tournaments and claimed three individual titles. Davis currently holds a World Amateur Golf Ranking of No. 19.
Anne Fernandez, a rising junior, competed in eight tournaments this past season and posted a 73.00 scoring average. She recorded two top-five finishes at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational and the Tar Heel Invitational. Auburn signee and incoming freshman Gia Raad will also compete this week. Raad, who signed with the Tigers in November, is a two-time South African Amateur champion and won the Africa Amateur in 2025.
The winner of the Women’s Amateur Championship will earn exemptions into the AIG Women’s Open, U.S. Women’s Open, the Amundi Evian Championship, the Chevron Championship and the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Live video of the final three rounds will be available through R&A TV, while live scoring will be available at RandA.org.