Carla Bernat

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| birth_place = Castellón de la Plana, Spain

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| college = Tulane University
Kansas State University

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Carla Bernat Escuder (born 2004) is a Spanish amateur golfer. She won the 2021 Spanish Ladies Amateur, 2024 Spirit International Amateur and 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur.

Early life

Bernat was born in Castellón de la Plana and initially was a tennis player, playing with neighbor Josele Ballester, before both switched to golf at a similar time.{{cite magazine |last=Hall |first=Mike |title=Carla Bernat Escuder Facts: 10 Things To Know About The College Golfer |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/carla-bernat-escuder-golfer-facts-bio-wins |access-date=21 May 2025 |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=5 April 2025}}

Amateur career

Bernat won the 2021 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, 2 and 1, in a final with compatriot Julia López Ramirez.{{cite web |title=Julia López Ramirez |url=https://www.anwagolf.com/en_US/players/player_103287.html?promo=bio_lb |publisher=Augusta National Women's Amateur |access-date=13 May 2024}} She reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Women's Amateur Championship at Hunstanton Golf Club.{{cite web |url=https://www.golfbox.dk/app_livescoring/tour/#/competition/2447234/matchplay |title=The Women's Amateur Championship 2021 |publisher=The R&A |access-date=24 June 2022}} At the 2023 European Ladies Amateur in Sweden, she finished runner-up two strokes behind Julia López Ramirez, and a stroke ahead of world number one Ingrid Lindblad in third.{{cite web |title=Julia Lopez Ramirez Crowned European Champion in Sweden |url=https://www.ega-golf.ch/content/julia-lopez-ramirez-crowned-european-champion-sweden |publisher=European Golf Association |access-date=13 May 2024 |date=29 July 2023}}

Bernat had success with the National Team. She played on the winning Spanish team at the 2023 European Ladies' Team Championship in Finland, and she finished 3rd at the 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy alongside Julia López Ramirez and Cayetana Fernández.{{cite news |title=Australia, Thailand jump six places to join leaders Spain in Espirito Santo Trophy |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/sports/australia-thailand-jump-six-places-to-join-leaders-spain-in-espirito-santo-trophy |newspaper=Khaleej Times |access-date=13 May 2024 |date=27 October 2023}}

Bernat attended Tulane University between 2021 and 2023, and played with the Tulane Green Wave women's golf team. She won three individual titles, and was named AAC Golfer of the Year as a sophomore.{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Carla Bernat |url=https://tulanegreenwave.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/carla-bernat/9603 |publisher=Tulane Green Wave |access-date=21 May 2025}} Ahead of her junior year she transferred to Kansas State University and the Kansas State Wildcats women's golf team, where she recorded five individual wins and was named All-American both seasons.{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Carla Bernat |url=https://www.kstatesports.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/carla-bernat/11304 |publisher=Kansas State University Sports |access-date=21 May 2025}}

In 2024, she won the women's individual title in the Spirit International Amateur in Texas, and tied for 14th at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, the Ladies European Tour season finale. She represented the International team in the Arnold Palmer Cup twice, and won the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur, a stroke ahead of Asterisk Talley. The win earned her exemptions into four of the LPGA Tour's five major championships.{{cite web |title=Spaniard Carla Bernat Escuder Earns Major Exemptions With 2025 ANWA Victory |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2025/spaniard-carla-bernat-escuder-earns-major-exemptions-with-2025-anwa-victory |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=21 May 2025}}

Amateur wins

2018 Campeonato de Castellon, Campeonato Absoluto de las Comunidad Valenciana
2019 Campeonato de Alicante, Copa de la Comunidad Valenciana, Copa Match Play Comunidad Valenciana
2020 Campeonato de Espana Amateur "II Memorial Emma Villacieros"
2021 Spanish Ladies Amateur
2022 Ron Moore Invitational, Jim West Challenge
2023 Tulane Classic, Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational
2024 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, The Powercat Invitational, Spirit International Amateur (Women's Individual Champion)
2025 Mountain View Collegiate, Augusta National Women's Amateur, NCAA Lexington Regional

Source:{{cite web |title=Carla Bernat Escuder |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/carla-bernat-escuder-29052 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=21 May 2024}}