Carla Bernat (-12) is the champion of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur 2025 and becomes the first Spanish woman in history to win the prestigious women’s amateur tournament.
The golfer from Castellón de la Plana thus carves her small niche in the history of Spanish golf and joins the ranks of great legends such as Severiano Ballesteros, José María Olazábal, Sergio García, and Jon Rahm as the great winners at Augusta National.
Carla has done it in style, going all out and playing like an angel. She didn’t wait for her rivals to falter; she charged like a true champion pursuing history. Her nerves didn’t waver, not even on the 18th hole.
Playing in the penultimate group alongside her friend Andrea Revuelta (-8) and with all the pressure at its peak, she signed off with a round of 68 strokes to win the tournament by one stroke over Asterisk Talley (-11) and three over Lottie Woad (-9). Andrea ultimately secured a great fourth place, and Carolina López Chacarra (-6) finished ninth. An impressive performance by the Armada.
The World Number One and defending champion could do nothing against the impressive play of the Spaniard, who was a relentless force from the tee and putted excellently. She cemented her victory by taking advantage of each of the par fives on the legendary course. She is the first player in history to play below 70 in all three rounds of the tournament. A hat trick of rounds of 68 strokes. Only two bogeys in 54 holes.
Between holes eight and ten of this third day, the tournament’s key moment was experienced. The player from Kansas State University was one under par for the day after two birdies and a bogey, but in that stretch, she made her decisive move.
Carla snatched a birdie on the eighth flag thanks to two putts after reaching the green in two. On the ninth, she hit one of the shots of the day. A spectacular second shot from the fairway center, it bounced on the green above the flag and, with the slope leading to the hole, stopped just centimeters from making an eagle. On the 10th, however, it wasn’t a birdie that gave her the definitive boost but a six-meter par putt, which, combined with Lottie Woad’s double bogey on the same hole fifteen minutes later, gave her a two-stroke lead.
She then added two more birdies on the 13th and 15th. She narrowly missed on the 16th. She marched triumphantly towards victory, but she wasn’t going to win without some struggle, not at Augusta National. She got into trouble after the second shot from the right side of the 17th fairway, which sent her straight into the bunker. She couldn’t make the recovery and saw her lead reduced by a great Asterisk Talley, who, at 16 years old, completed an immense tournament.
At first glance, the golfer from Castellón de la Plana may seem somewhat shy, but her reactions throughout Augusta National have been a mirror. Nerves, joy, relief, shyness in the presence of a crowd that cheered her on relentlessly. The most evident moment was the smile of relief after hitting the driver on the 18th hole, a great shot to the center of the fairway in response to the bogey on the previous hole. The tensest moment of the day. She teed off with just a one-stroke lead and played an impressive hole. After the tee shot, she hit a second shot that went to the back of the green, needing two putts to avoid a playoff, and she made a great downhill putt with a very difficult read. She left the ball a meter away and holed the par putt right in the center. Carla Bernat is the ANWA champion.
In addition to Carla’s great victory and Andrea’s fourth place, there is another great name to highlight this 5th of April. Carolina López Chacarra gifted herself an immense final round of 68 strokes to finish in the top ten in her fifth and final participation in the tournament. She hadn’t made the cut in the previous four, and this time she bid farewell in style. Paula Martín (-1) also finished among the top twenty of the tournament after a final round of 74 strokes.
Asterisk Talley is another of the tournament’s great achievers. If she wasn’t on your radar, please take note of her name. At 16 years old, the world’s best junior finished second after a final round of 68 strokes. At her age, she has already been second in the US Women’s Open Amateur, the US Women’s Open Junior, and now in the ANWA. Impressive.
