ANWA TV ratings averaged 1.1 million, highest since inaugural event
The final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur featured the best viewership since the inaugural edition in 2019. Saturday's dramatic back-nine action at Augusta National averaged 1. 1 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, up 11 percent from 2025.
Colombia's Marie Jose Marin, the reigning NCAA champion from Arkansas, trailed Asterisk Talley by one after she left the par-3 12th hole. By the time she birdied the 13th, she was up by four after Talley made a disastrous quadruple-bogey 7 on the 12th. While Talley endured heartbreak on Golden Bell, Marin benefited from what she called a miracle shot on the same hole when her ball stayed up on the bank, similar to Fred Couples in 1992.
Couples actually talked to Marin for 15 minutes after she won. "She's a sweetheart," he said. "I did see that.
Then I told her the biggest thing she did, that little putt that everyone -- I said I don't know how you read that, but everyone misses it to the right. I'm tired of missing it to the right and you poured it right in the middle. "She's adorable.
" Saturday's Final Round Marked Best Viewership for Augusta National Women's Amateur since 2019 debut and UP 11% from '25 pic. twitter. com/OdtFH7hTvz — NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) April 7, 2026 Meanwhile, Bryson DeChambeau was on hand to console Talley after her rough loss, delivering a hug when she walked off the 18th and a lengthy pep talk after she met with the media .