Amaya Athill

Amaya Athill started her career as an attorney-at-law and was called to the Bar of England and Wales, Antigua, and Ontario. Amaya spent the first 10 years of her career practicing in Antigua and the United Kingdom in the areas of civil litigation, international commercial law, and human rights.

A golfer since the age of 5, after moving to Canada in early 2022, Amaya began working in the golf industry. Currently she is the Manager at Golf Canada where she manages the implementation of First Tee in Ontario, a program that provides opportunities to access golf for young people from historically excluded and systemically marginalized communities.

Amaya qualified as a golf professional in May 2023 and is one of the few black women members of the PGA of Canada. Amaya has a passion for introducing BIPOC women to golf and her coaching is primarily focused on instruction of groups of beginner golfers within this demographic. In 2022 she founded Black Women Golfers, a group dedicated to creating space for Black women to learn, practice, and play golf.

Amaya is an avid advocate for accessibility and diversity in the sport and utilizes her social media (IG: @golf_interrupted) to conduct interviews with BIPOC women in golf, highlight the importance of municipal golf, and collaborate with BIPOC golfers of varying levels.

Amaya is also a contributor to SCOREGolf Magazine where she tells the stories of unsung heroes, unseen advocates, and underrepresented players.

Though so new to the country and the professional golf space, Amaya hopes her work and advocacy will serve as an interruption to the status quo and will change the shape and face of golf in Canada.