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MELBOURNE, Fla. – Vanessa Borovilos was 8 years old the first time she traveled to Augusta, Georgia. Her first memory? The game room at the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals.
“I remember they had a ping pong table, and a whole basketful of M&Ms, and I was like, ‘Yeah, this place is nice,’ ” she said with a laugh.
Borovilos heads back to Georgia this spring to make her debut in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, and the Texas A&M sophomore is coming in hot. The 19-year-old collected her second collegiate victory earlier this week at the Moon Golf Invitational. The only player in the field to post three rounds under par at Suntree Country Club in Melbourne, Florida, Canada’s Borovilos finished at 7 under for the tournament, four strokes clear of the field. The Aggies placed second as a team.
The seventh edition of the ANWA will take place April 1-4, and Borovilos, a four-time DCP participant, will be one of 72 players in the elite field. The 2018 Girls 10-11 champion was presented her trophy by Masters champions Trevor Immelman and Gary Player under the iconic oak tree.
In her short time in College Station, Texas, head coach Gerrod Chadwell can already see significant changes in Borovilos, namely in the independent way she now goes about her business in competition. Borovilos entered college golf ranked 111th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and has climbed to No. 34.
“She works hard at it, and they all do,” said Chadwell, “but it's just, she's always there late, comes at night, flips on the lights.”
At events, though, she’s learning how to dial it back, allowing the work she puts in back home to let her grind less and play more freely. She has already shaved a full stroke off her scoring average this season.
A strong ball-striker with plenty of distance, carrying it 250 yards off the tee, it’s Borovilos’ short game that has really come on of late. When a TaylorMade tour truck came to campus last fall, the rep deemed Borovilos’ putting stroke one of the top 10 he's ever seen.
The first time Chadwell watched Borovilos play at a junior event at Bethpage, he couldn’t leave her group.
“I think she's probably one of the best players in that class,” said Chadwell, “and I don't think we knew what we were getting until now.”
Borovilos picked A&M first and foremost because she knew that she needed to get out of the snow. With the facilities and coaches, Borovilos felt her game could improve at College Station.
And then there was the food.
“On my official visit,” she recalled, “they had, like, mac ‘n’ cheese, steak, ribs, and I was like, I think I’ve got to come here.”
She credits her imagination around greens to endless chipping contests with friends back home in Ontario. At A&M, she’s learned a few new shots from Jacob Sosa, a senior on the men’s team. She’s especially excited about the recent improvement with her wedge game from the fairway.
“I am starting to actually compress the ball now,” she said, “because I was just thinning them for a while.”
A multisport athlete growing up, Borovilos played soccer, ran track and frequented a rock-climbing gym when not working on her golf game.
Her favorite tour player is Jon Rahm.
“I think after he made that double on the first hole at the Masters, and then came back to win it,” said Borovilos, “that shows his grit and his mindset.”
She’s now eager to write her own next chapter at Augusta National. Maybe even find another bowl of M&Ms.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Vanessa Borovilos: Texas A&M golfer makes Augusta National debut
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“I remember they had a ping pong table, and a whole basketful of M&Ms, and I was like, ‘Yeah, this place is nice,’ ” she said with a laugh.
Borovilos heads back to Georgia this spring to make her debut in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, and the Texas A&M sophomore is coming in hot. The 19-year-old collected her second collegiate victory earlier this week at the Moon Golf Invitational. The only player in the field to post three rounds under par at Suntree Country Club in Melbourne, Florida, Canada’s Borovilos finished at 7 under for the tournament, four strokes clear of the field. The Aggies placed second as a team.
The seventh edition of the ANWA will take place April 1-4, and Borovilos, a four-time DCP participant, will be one of 72 players in the elite field. The 2018 Girls 10-11 champion was presented her trophy by Masters champions Trevor Immelman and Gary Player under the iconic oak tree.
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Vanessa wins the Moon Golf Invitational by four strokes#GigEmpic.twitter.com/3EIaYxCoqi
— Texas A&M Women’s Golf (@aggiewomensgolf) February 17, 2026
In her short time in College Station, Texas, head coach Gerrod Chadwell can already see significant changes in Borovilos, namely in the independent way she now goes about her business in competition. Borovilos entered college golf ranked 111th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and has climbed to No. 34.
“She works hard at it, and they all do,” said Chadwell, “but it's just, she's always there late, comes at night, flips on the lights.”
At events, though, she’s learning how to dial it back, allowing the work she puts in back home to let her grind less and play more freely. She has already shaved a full stroke off her scoring average this season.
A strong ball-striker with plenty of distance, carrying it 250 yards off the tee, it’s Borovilos’ short game that has really come on of late. When a TaylorMade tour truck came to campus last fall, the rep deemed Borovilos’ putting stroke one of the top 10 he's ever seen.
The first time Chadwell watched Borovilos play at a junior event at Bethpage, he couldn’t leave her group.
“I think she's probably one of the best players in that class,” said Chadwell, “and I don't think we knew what we were getting until now.”
Borovilos picked A&M first and foremost because she knew that she needed to get out of the snow. With the facilities and coaches, Borovilos felt her game could improve at College Station.
And then there was the food.
“On my official visit,” she recalled, “they had, like, mac ‘n’ cheese, steak, ribs, and I was like, I think I’ve got to come here.”
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She credits her imagination around greens to endless chipping contests with friends back home in Ontario. At A&M, she’s learned a few new shots from Jacob Sosa, a senior on the men’s team. She’s especially excited about the recent improvement with her wedge game from the fairway.
“I am starting to actually compress the ball now,” she said, “because I was just thinning them for a while.”
A multisport athlete growing up, Borovilos played soccer, ran track and frequented a rock-climbing gym when not working on her golf game.
Her favorite tour player is Jon Rahm.
“I think after he made that double on the first hole at the Masters, and then came back to win it,” said Borovilos, “that shows his grit and his mindset.”
She’s now eager to write her own next chapter at Augusta National. Maybe even find another bowl of M&Ms.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Vanessa Borovilos: Texas A&M golfer makes Augusta National debut
Continue reading...
