North Carolina women’s golf has added two more names to its future roster, with scholarship agreements signed by Ava Osborne of Austin, Texas, and Macie Rasmussen of Chesapeake, Va., according to Bobby Galloway Head Coach Aimee Neff.
Osborne comes to Chapel Hill from Westlake High School and arrives with a strong junior résumé. She is ranked 37th nationally in her class by the AJGA, and in 2026 she won the Jordan Spieth Championship in a playoff at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas.
Her season also included a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur 4-Ball, a tie for third at the AJGA Panama Junior, a 24th-place finish at the AJGA Thunderbird Heather Farr Classic and a tie for 35th at the Western Junior.
Her 2025 results showed the same upward climb. Osborne qualified for the U.S.
Women’s Amateur and reached match play at the U.S. Girls Junior.
She also finished second in the LJT Bluebonnet Invitational, third in the AJGA Butterfield Bermuda Junior, fourth in the KB National Invitational, seventh in the Greenwood Cup and tied for 22nd in The Elite Invitational.
Rasmussen, who attends Greenbrier Christian Academy, brings an even longer list of accomplishments. She was recently named to the U.S.
National Junior Team, becoming the first player from Virginia to earn that honor. She is ranked sixth in her class and 12th nationally overall.
Last weekend, Rasmussen backed up that status with a runaway win at The Elite Invitational. She shot 69-69-66 at King & Bear Golf Course in St.
Augustine, Fla., and won by six strokes. She was the only player in the field to post more than one round in the 60s.
Her resume already includes three Virginia State Golf Association Junior titles, making her one of only four players to win the event three times. This year’s VSGA Juniors title came after rounds of 68 and 67 over the final two days.
Rasmussen’s 2026 season has been loaded with high-level finishes. She placed fourth in the Girls Junior PGA and tied for fifth in the U.S.
Girls Junior. She also won three matches and halved another while helping the East team capture the Wyndham Cup, and she was a finalist in the Drive, Chip and Putt Nationals Finals at Augusta National Golf Club.
Other results from the year include a 66-67 start over the first 36 holes before winning the Will Lowery Junior presented by Jordan Golf at Cramer Mountain Club in Cramerton, N.C., a six-shot victory at the PKBGT Spring Bell Invitational at Birdwood Golf Course in Charlottesville, Va., a tie for second in the Dustin Johnson World Junior, runner-up finishes in both the Billy Horschel Atlanta Classic and the PKBGT Rocket Tour Championship, eighth at the Scott Robertson Memorial, a tie for 15th at the Hilton Grand Vacations Annika Invitational and a tie for 19th at both Rolex Girls Junior and The Nelly Invitational. Her Billy Horschel Atlanta Classic showing included a 63 in the opening round.
In 2025, Rasmussen finished second in The Elite Invitational and the Russell Henley Junior. She was also runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Kids Golf Teen World Championship.
“We are thrilled to welcome Macie and Ava to the Carolina family,” says Neff. “They are both excellent students and talented competitors, and we believe each of them can be a high-impact player for our program.
“Macie has had an incredible amount of success, and her selection to the U.S. National Junior Team shows the level she is playing at.
Winning The Elite Invitational by six shots last weekend is just the latest example. What excites me most is who she is.
She loves the game, she is driven to keep getting better, and has a high golf IQ. That combination is special, and we can’t wait to get her on campus.
“Ava has a tremendous amount of upside. Her progression over the last couple of years has been impressive.
Winning the Jordan Spieth Championship and competing in multiple USGA championships shows she is ready for big stages. We are excited about her potential and look forward to watching her continue to grow and find success at Carolina.”
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