The SWGA welcomes 72 men and 72 women to Desert Mountain for the 111th Southwestern Amateur Championship. The 2026 field will represent 28 U.S. states and 18 countries. In all, 22 men and 28 women contestants have won a WAGR-ranked tournament in the past year. Here is a breakdown of the field for the 2026 Southwestern Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships.
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USGA Champions: Natalie Yen (2025 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball), Sarah Lim (2024 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball)
USGA runner-up: Brynn Kort (2024 U.S. Women’s Four-Ball)
U.S. Open participant: Alexander Yang (2023)
U.S. Women’s Open participants: Sofia Rivera (2026), Jude Lee (2025), Nicha Kanpai (2025), Sarah Lim (2025), Amelie Zalsman (2024), Kaili Xiao (2023), Sophie Linder (2023), Kylee Choi (2022)
NCAA Champion (Team): Elise Lee (2025)
Top-20 Finishers in last year’s Southwestern Amateur: Hartej Grewal (champion), Edan Cui (T7), Luke Cushman (T7), Alex Huang (T7), Parker Edens (T16), Griffin Barke (T20)
Top-20 Finishers in last year’s Southwestern Women’s Amateur: Kaili Ziao (2), Amy DeKock (T3), Amelie Zalsman (T5), Natalie Yen (T5), Lyla Louderbaugh (T8), Scarlett Schremmer (T8), Eliana Saga (T8), Mia Clausen (T12), Rebecca (Zi Ge) Wang (T14), Avery McCrery (T16), Larissa Carrillo (T20)
Players who are or have represented their country in international competitions: Raegan Denton (Australia), Maria Antonia Gaviao (Brazil), Austin Krahn (Canada), Martin Cancino (Chile), Agustina Gomez (Chile), Martin Sandoval (Chile), Zeqian Fang (China), Kinsley (Zixin) Ni (China), Luke Brandler (Hong Kong), Raghav Gulati (India), Larissa Carrillo (Mexico), Alexis Lamadrid (Mexico), Clarisa Temelo (Mexico), Victoria Livieres (Paraguay), Arabella Lopez (Puerto Rico), Inez Ng (Singapore), Lapassapon Heras-Gomez (Thailand), Nicha Kanpai (Thailand), Alexis Vakasiuola (Tonga), Mia Clausen (U.S.), Jude Lee (U.S.), Eliana Saga (U.S.), Scarlett Schremmer (U.S.), Alexander Yang (U.S.), Amelie Zalsman (U.S.)
All-Conference college players: Allyn Stephens (AAC 2026, 2024), Samantha Olson (AAC 2026), Xing Luo (ASUN 2025 2nd Team, 2024 3rd Team), Ellie Bushnell (Big 12 2026 2nd Team), Lyla Louderbaugh (Big 12 2026 2nd Team), Isabel Brozena (Big East 2026, 2025), Max Thomas (Big Sky 2026), Kaelen Dulany (Big Sky 2026), Elise Lee (Big Ten 2026, 2025 2nd Team), Nicha Kanpai (Big Ten 2024 2nd Team), Hartej Grewal (Big West 2025 2nd Team), Nicole Koong (Big West 2026, 2025 H.M.), Kaitlyn Smith (Big West 2026, 2025 POY), Neil Kulkarni (Ivy 2026 H.M.), Sarah Lim (Ivy 2026 2nd Team), Isabella Goyette (MAC 2026 2nd Team, 2025), Gracie Larsen (MAC 2026 2nd Team, 2025), Johnnie Clark (Mtn West 2026), Tyler Kowack (Mtn West 2026, 2025, 2024), Alexis Vakasiuola (Mtn West 2026), Audrey Ryu (SoCon 2026 POY, 2025, 2024), Eleonore Aernouts (Ohio Valley 2026 POY, 2025, 2024), Brynn Kort (SEC 2026 All-Freshman), Ava Merrill (SEC 2026 2nd Team), Mary Miller (SEC 2026 2nd Team, Sun Belt 2025), Jared Abercrombie (WAC 2026), David Liechty (WAC 2026), Paxton Maxwell (WAC 2026 2nd Team), Nixon Lauritzen (WAC 2025), Kylee Choi (WCC 2026), Grace Anderson (WCC 2026 H.M.), Nateesh Anatha Ganesh (WCC 2026), Dylan Boenning (WCC 2026)
Rolex Junior All-Americans: Scarlett Schremmer (1st team 2025, 2024, H.M. 2023), Amelie Zalsman (1st team 2025, 2nd team 2024, H.M. 2023), Eliana Saga (2nd team 2025, H.M. 2024, 2023), Natalie Yen (2nd team 2025, 2024, H.M. 2023), Edan Cui (H.M. 2025), Asher Vargas (H.M. 2025, 1st team 2024), Mia Clausen (H.M. 2025), Celina Yeo (H.M. 2025), Eric Yun (1st team 2024, H.M. 2023), Avery McCrery (1st team 2024, H.M. 2022), Jude Lee (1st team 2024), Alex Huang (H.M. 2024), Brooks Simmons (H.M. 2024, 2023), Adam Villanueva (H.M. 2024), Brynn Kort (H.M. 2024, 2022), Kinsley (Nixin) Ni (H.M. 2024), Johnnie Clark (2nd Team 2023, 2022), Elise Lee (2nd Team 2022), Kylee Choi (H.M. 2022, H.M. 2021), Grant Gudgel (H.M. 2022), Sophie Linder (H.M. 2021), Ava Merrill (H.M. 2021), Kaelen Dulany (H.M. 2020)