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USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
This two-time USGA champion has withdrawn from the Augusta National Women's Amateur
This two-time USGA champion has withdrawn from the Augusta National Women's Amateur EVANS, Ga. — Two-time USGA champion Rianne Malixi has withdrawn from the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The 18-year-old walked off of Champions Retreat after playing only four holes in her practice round, telling Golf Channel's Steve Burkowski she was suffering from low back pain. The Philippines' Malixi, who won the U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Girls' Junior last summer, also withdrew from the recent Asia Pacific Women's Amateur Golf Championship after five holes with back strain. Malixi told Burkowski she has been struggling with low back pain since since age 14 and was limited to hitting only 60 balls this week in practice. She felt it was best to withdraw this week and fully recover rather than risk further injury. Malixi, the No. 4 player in the world, was making her second appearance in the tournament.
NBC Sports
01-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Rianne Malixi, who swept U.S. Girls' and U.S. Women's Am, withdraws from Augusta National Women's Amateur
Rianne Malixi withdrew Tuesday from the Augusta National Women's Amateur because of injury, tournament official stated. Malixi, 18, won the U.S. Girls' Junior and the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2024, becoming the second player in history (Eun Jeong Seong, 2016) to accomplish that double in the same year. Golf Channel Staff, Malixi, who is the fourth-ranked amateur in the world and in incoming freshman at Duke, was not replaced in the field.
