AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR 2025
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Carla Bernat made history this Saturday, achieving what no other Spanish woman had ever accomplished: winning the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur on the magnificent Augusta National lawn. There, where Seve, Chema, Sergio, and Jon had elevated Spanish golf to its highest point, Carla has written one of the most brilliant chapters in our golden history.
She has always performed at an excellent level: first by earning a place among the main contenders at the end of the first two days of play, which determine which golfers have the right to play at Augusta National, and then by performing in the final round like a veteran, as if instead of playing in the temple of golf she were playing in her Costa de Azahar.
The Castellón native won with a total of -12 thanks to her third consecutive 68 of the week. In this final round, she played with professional composure, racking up birdies one after another, totaling six, and holding her breath at the only moment when things could have gone wrong, with the bogey on the 17th.
American Asterisk Talley (-11 overall) put pressure on Carla with two excellent birdies on the 16th and 17th holes, but the Spaniard remained unfazed. In fact, she played the 18th with astonishing composure, making a textbook par followed by a one-meter putt down the middle of the hole.
From then on, it was pure madness. The thousands of people who enjoyed the day greeted her as what she is: a rising star in world golf. Chema Olazábal, a well-known figure at Augusta, was waiting for her before she entered the clubhouse to give her the first of the hundreds of hugs that awaited her. That hug, Chema's hug, is the hug of all Spanish golf.
Sensational Spanish choral performance
Just showing up at the tournament as the largest delegation - with the exception of the American one, of course - was already a success, but leaving Georgia with the positive feelings of each and every one of the Spanish golfers is a real statement of intent from this generation.
Andrea Revuelta finished fourth with -8, a par round that felt like a victory. Her second round of 66 strokes served to show the world, in case anyone didn't already know, that she's a true golfer.
Carolina López-Chacarra, meanwhile, finished ninth with a score of -6 thanks to an exceptionally strong finish to the round, with a score of -5 on the final seven holes. Her eagle on the 15th hole was the icing on the cake in her fifth appearance at the tournament.
Paula Martín, the fourth Spaniard to make the cut, finished the week in 18th place at -1 after three rounds that went from strong to weak (69, 72, and 74). The Madrid native, always reliable, had a disappointing finish (bogey-double bogey-bogey) that shouldn't overshadow her otherwise good week.
On Thursday night, after two rounds of play at Champions Retreat, Cayetana Fernández (+1) and Rocío Tejedo (+2) missed the cut. Fernández carded bogeys on the 17th and 18th holes, while Tejedo made a double bogey on the 15th. It was a shame, as both players hovered near the cut throughout the day.
The success of an outstanding competitor
Born in Castellón and raised golfing at the Costa de Azahar Golf Club, in the National and Valencian Community Teams and, more recently, at Kansas State University, Carla Bernat is one of the members of the Golden Generation of Spanish Golf.
Among her most notable individual achievements are her victories in the 2020 Spanish Absolute Championship and the 2021 Copa SM La Reina. Then came five wins in the United States University League and a place in the semifinals of the Women's Amateur Championship (2022) before being crowned in Augusta.
In the team competition, Carla Bernat made a decisive contribution to Spain's victory.
European Women's Team Championship of 2023, as she had previously done with the Valencian title in the Inter-Regional Under 18 Women's Championship of 2018, demonstrating that she is an excellent competitor in any modality and in any environment.
