THE WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

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Paula Martín became the sixth Spanish winner of the Women's Amateur Championship this Sunday, a prestigious tournament celebrating its 122nd edition at Nairn Golf Club in northern Scotland. The Madrid native, who played spectacularly throughout the week, defeated (2-1) American Farah O'Keefe, number 8 in the World Golf Ranking, in a hard-fought final.

The Spanish golfer, with her partner Paula Francisco in the bag, led for almost the entire 36-hole final, but her opponent never relinquished much ground. In fact, the scoreboard never showed more than a two-hole gap. The first 18 holes ended in a tie, with the Spaniard carding a 67, reflecting the high level of competition in the final.

The second set began with a bogey from Farah O'Keefe, putting the Spaniard ahead. O'Keefe then made a mistake on the 3rd hole, leveling the score again. The duel began to turn with three birdies in five holes (6, 7, and 10) from Paula Martín, but the American refused to give an inch. A string of seven consecutive pars from Martín and two bogeys from O'Keefe on the 13th and 14th holes definitively ended what had been a great final.

With this victory, Paula Martín, a player who has already been a European Under 18 champion with the National Teams and an NCAA champion with Stanford University, joins her name with those of Spanish golf legends such as Marta Prieto (2001), Elisa Serramiá (2003), Belén Mozo (2006), Carlota Ciganda (2007) and Azahara Muñoz (2009), all of whom later became professionals and winners on British soil.

Fratricidal duel and end for Paula Martín

Paula Martín secured her place in the final on Saturday, winning two more matches. In the morning session, she defeated Paula de Francisco (3/2) in a thrilling all-Spanish duel. Martín took control of the match on the 6th hole and dominated her friend from then on, who has had an outstanding week.

The final hurdle before the final, later in the afternoon, was Italy's Caterina Don, who began to lose ground on the first two holes after Paula Martín birdied them both on the tee. The Spaniard remained ahead throughout, until she sealed the victory on the 16th hole.

A triumphant Friday for the two Paulas

On Friday afternoon, Paula Francisco eliminated India's Manaat Bar on the 18th hole in a duel that she always had in her favor with minimal leads, while Paula Martín derailed American Morgan Miller also on the 18th hole with her only birdie of the afternoon.

In the morning, during the round of 32, the two Spanish players achieved even more epic victories. Paula de Francisco trailed American Jasmine Koo for almost the entire match, accumulating a four-hole deficit against the world number 9; however, she gave it her all to turn the tide, tying the score on the 18th with a birdie and winning on the 19th.

Equally epic was Paula Martín's victory over fellow American Megan Propeck, who led comfortably until the 14th hole, at which point the Madrid native reversed the momentum. A birdie on the 18th secured her passage to the round of 16.

Mixed joy on the first day

The first day of the knockout rounds ended with mixed results for the Spanish delegation. Paula Martín and Paula Francisco won their respective matches, while Balma Dávalos and Cayetana Fernández were eliminated from the competition after two very close defeats.

Paula Martín, the best of our players in the qualifying phase, beat England's Lucy Jamieson with a comfortable score (3/2), and even clearer was the victory (5/4) of Paula Francisco against Germany's Charlotte Back, a player in the world's Top 80.

The low point of the first round was the defeats of Cayetana Fernández against American Morgan Miller (1 up) and Balma Dávalos against England's Isla McDonald-O'Brien (H21). In both cases, the Spanish players lost after having leveled a losing streak.

It is worth remembering that Martina Navarro was the fifth Spanish player to make the cut at the end of the 36-hole Stroke Play, but she lost in the massive play-off (thirteen golfers for seven places) played on Wednesday afternoon.

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Paula Martín (ESP) defeats Farah O'Keefe (USA) 2-1