Augusta, Georgia – Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain understood what is needed to win at the Masters house and delivered a gem on Saturday with a clutch flop store to start the nine and a 4 -foot putt at the end for a 4 bass 68 to win the fan of women of Augusta National Women.
Bernat Escuder, who grew in the same region as the champion of the teachers Sergio García and the champion of the United States, José Luis Ballester, achieved a two -shoot deficit against the defense champion Lottie Woad and held a late burden on Asterisk Talley.
“At this time, I don’t think my brain has prosecuted what I won,” said Bernat Escuder, a last year student at Kansas State.
He did it with a little help from his Spanish heritage. Garcia’s father, Victor, is one of his coaches and recently leaned on Ballester, have been friends since he was 7 years old, because he felt his short game was missing.
That was severely tested when Bernat Escuder started the nine behind. He left his bunker right to the right of the bunker, one of the toughest places to be, with the golf ball slightly above his feet. Bernat Escuder hit a wonderful flop at 12 feet and put the Putt pair.
“I knew that the tournament was going to start at number 10 because I have seen all teachers,” he said, a reference to the famous phrase that teachers do not start until Sunday. “As soon as I got to the second shot, I thought, ‘oh, I need to gather it and simply get this pair. And Cavo. And I think that was the key.”
His leadership was just an opportunity at that point, he left in 33, and that was about to change.
Woad was looking to become the first consecutive winner of the national female fans of Augusta. She was tied for leadership with Kiara Romero entering the final group, the first hole and led by two early.
But everything came undone on the 10th.
From the street, she was aggressive with her approach and pulled the shot to the left and on the Green, towards a bush. Woad had to take a penalty drop, turn off and lost the putt, giving him a double fogey and leaving his three shots.
“I put a good swing, it was just the wrong club,” said Woad, who was with an iron of 5. “I thought I was destined to be in the wind, and outside the descending slope, it came out too much flat, so I should probably have hit one less club. Then it put yourself in an unfortunate position, so it was probably always going to do 6 from there.”
He had to chase, as a year ago when he delivered a memorable position of nine positions. This time, he could only handle two Birdies and close with a 72 to finish third.
“Quite frustrated,” Woad said.
The position came from Talley, the runner -up of the female women of the United States and the United States, which began the final round when leaving the first street of Eagle.
When leaving a Birdie on the 16th to reach three shots, Talley reached a remarkable recovery from under the pines that remain on the 17th 17th street. The ball stayed under the limbs and rolled along the edge of the bunker, using the entire slope to reach about 18 feet behind the hole.
Instead of fighting for the pair, she went to the putt for Birdie to give an opportunity.
Talley, however, was too strong with his approach on 18, leaving the ball at the upper level with a hole about 40 feet away in his typical location of Masters Sunday. She did well in two putt for the pair and a 68.
“I was just trying to shoot my score and have fun,” Talley said.
In the group behind was Bernat Escuder, who was also in the trees on the 17th, put it in a bunker and made Fogey. That reduced its advantage to a shot with a hole to play.
The Spanish found the street, also hit the upper level and sailed through a 4 -foot putt to finish at 12 under 204 and affirm what has already become as prestigious as any female amateur event in the world.
Eila Galitsky started seven shots behind, fired 31 on the nine front and closed with the low round of the day to 66 to tie the fourth place with Catherine Park (67).
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