Emilia Migliaccio on Nearly Winning the ANWA—and Then Deciding Not to Turn Pro

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur begins tomorrow, and who better to talk to about it than Emilia Migliaccio (@emiliamigliacc1)? Emilia played in the inaugural ANWA in 2019, finished second last year, and will be in the field again this week. She talks with Garrett Morrison about the unique aspects of the event, the different challenges of the two host courses, her strategies for negotiating Augusta National’s greens, and the lessons she learned after coming up short in a playoff last year. In addition to being an elite amateur golfer, Emilia is also an accomplished writer and a Golf Channel reporter, and she explains why she has decided to pursue a career in journalism instead of turning professional in golf.

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0:00.0	I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.
0:05.0	And when I find my ball in a fried egg.
0:07.0	Fried egg. The dreaded fried egg.
0:09.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:10.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:11.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:12.0	I'm about ready to run off the golf course course.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to the Fried egg podcast. My name is Garrett Morrison.
0:39.0	And I'm not sure if you've heard, but the Masters is coming up next week.
0:43.0	First though, we have the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
0:47.0	72 of the best women amateur golfers in the world are in Augusta, Georgia this week for the third edition of the ANWA.
0:54.0	They'll play two rounds at Champions or Treat Golf Club on Wednesday and Thursday and a final round at Augusta National on Saturday.
1:02.0	In the field this year is my guest Emilia Miliaccio. Emilia is the 12th ranked amateur in the world.
1:09.0	And she's put together four outstanding seasons on the golf team at Wake Forest University.
1:14.0	Emilia came to my attention at last year's ANWA when she shot a final round 70 to tie the lead at the end of regulation.
1:22.0	Ultimately, she lost on the first playoff hole to Japan's Tsubasa Kajitani.
1:27.0	By the end of this week, Emilia will have played in all three editions of the ANWA, so I figured she could speak to the experience better than anyone.
1:35.0	But I was equally eager to hear about her interests outside of golf.
1:39.0	Emilia is a passionate and accomplished writer.
1:42.0	She wrote a novel called Just an Illusion before she even arrived to college.
1:47.0	And when she's not doing coursework or keeping her golf game sharp, she works on the editorial staff at Golf Channel.
1:53.0	Her prospects as a writer and reporter are so bright in fact that she has chosen not to turn pro in golf.
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