Marta Muñoz has become the fifth Spanish golfer to win the Girls Amateur Championship, one of the most prestigious events on the international amateur calendar whose first edition dates back to 1919, which on this occasion has experienced a historic milestone with two Spanish players contesting the final. It was played at Craigielaw.
The Madrid player defeated the Barcelona player Adriana García Terol 3/2 in a vibrant and spectacular contest throughout, with alternating dominance by both in each of the 18-hole rounds that made up the final of this tournament reserved for under-18s.
In what is her first international triumph —and what a triumph!—, Marta Muñoz follows on the Spanish roll of honour from the Canarian María Beautell, winner in 1998; the Málaga native Azahara Muñoz, champion in 2004; the Cádiz-born Belén Mozo, best in 2006; and the Asturian Alejandra Pasarín, who prevailed in 2014.
Both Marta Muñoz and Adriana García Terol overcame all prior obstacles with great brilliance, once again demonstrating Spanish dominance in these categories, further enhanced this year by a major title after the gold medals in the European Senior and Under-18 Women’s Team Championships and in the European Under-18 Men’s Team Championship, as well as the silver in the European Under-16 Team Championship and the individual silver and bronze medals in the European Under-16 taken by Javier de la Riva and Rut Díaz.
On her way to the final, Marta Muñoz, exuberant at all times and dominating her rivals with great force, finished the qualifying stage in 14th place before successively eliminating the English Lottie Woodham 4/2 in the 1/32 final; the Chinese Sabrina Wong 5/4 in the 1/16 final; the German Yoona Bae 5/4 in the round of 16; the French Salomé Lumbaca 5/4; and the South African Lisa Coetzer 4/3 in the semi-finals.
Marta Muñoz’s grit and Adriana García Terol’s experience and resilience —shown as a major asset many times throughout the tournament— came to the fore early in the final, played over 36 holes, which was convincingly dominated by the Barcelona player in the first nine holes, who took advantage of five consecutive bogeys from Marta Muñoz to lead by 3 holes at the 7th
The lead began to unravel through small errors by Adriana García Terol and timely successes from Marta Muñoz, a high-voltage duel that brought both back to square one with the match level at the 18th hole.
Two consecutive birdies from the Barcelona player in the opening holes of the second round put Adriana García Terol ahead again, but she could not offset the long yet decisive run of pars —eight in a row between holes 20 and 27— that put Marta Muñoz back in front.
The tension, building throughout, reached its peak at the 28th hole, when a timely birdie from Marta Muñoz put the Madrid player 3 holes up with 8 theoretical holes remaining.
In practice, it was unnecessary to reach the last hole of the course because, although Adriana García Terol again demonstrated her resilience by reducing the deficit to 2 holes at the 30th and the 33rd, Marta Muñoz in turn showed that unrelenting fighting spirit that had taken her, with a birdie included, to emphatic wins over all her opponents in the earlier match-play rounds and to victory over Adriana García Terol in a historic final, the fifth Spanish triumph in the prestigious Girl’s Amateur Championship, whose final was contested for the first time in history by two battling Spanish players
Two bright careers full of promise
Marta Muñoz’s record also includes the Copa de Cataluña 2025 and the runner-up position in the Spanish Under-16 Championship 2025, as well as contributing to Madrid’s victory in the 2025 Spanish Under-16 Regional Teams Championship for Women.
For her part, the sporting CV of Adriana García Terol, more extensive, includes, among others, victories at the England Under-16 International 2023, the Spanish Senior and Under-16 Championships 2025 and gold medals in the European Under-18 Team Championships 2025 and 2026, alongside runner-up finishes in the Spanish Girls’ Championship 2023 and the Under-16 in 2024 and the silver medal in the 2025 Women’s Under-18 World Team Championship.
