Augusta, Ga. — Kansas Senior Carabernut Escader played the final round of Augusta National Women’s Amateurs on the world’s most famous golf course for the second time on Saturday.
But like many Spanish golfers before her, Burnat Escader felt she was at home while parking a 4-under 68 at Augusta National Golf Club.
Bernat Escuder finished a three-shot ahead of 16-year-old Asterisk Talley, who posted a 4-under 68 on Saturday, and a three-shot in front of Defending Champion’s Lottie Woad of Ingland.
Burnut Escader, 21, was leading the second No. 9 with up to three shots, but reduced Talley only once after her approach landed in the Greenside Bunker on the par 4 17th. She took her second bogey in the round twice.
But Burnut Escader turned the ship right to the right on the par 4 on the 18th, and then she made a five-foot downhill par putt to finish the biggest victory of her amateur career.
“Hopefully more Spaniards will come here and continue to raise our country, so that doesn’t stop like that,” Burnat Escader said. “Yeah, hopefully, I’m not the last one.”
Bernat Escuder launched the round trails Woad and Kiara Romero in one shot. She took a complete lead with a birdie in par 5 8th place, then made another tap-in birdie in the ninth, turning at 3 under 33.
Her biggest moment in the round may have come on the par 4 on the 10th when her approach shot was on the right side of the green. She somehow stood up for Parr to maintain momentum.
Bernat Escuder was the first golfer in ANWA history to score three rounds in the 60s. She also carded a 4-under 68 in the first two rounds at the Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans, near Evans, Georgia.
After the round, Burnat Escader was blessed by two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal, one of the four Spanish golfers who won the Green Jacket. Seve Ballesteros first performed 1980 and 1983, with Olazábal (1994, 1999), Sergio Garcia (2017), and Jon Rahm (2023) going his way.
“The way Burnat played was amazing, especially the back nine,” Olazabal said. “She really didn’t miss the shot. I was talking to her, and while obviously the adrenaline and nerves got her a bit of her in the last few holes, she handled the pressure really well for Spanish golf and women’s golf.”
Olazabal saw the second nine on television at Augusta National Clubhouse.
“I mean, obviously, this place has been special to us since Seve,” Olazabal said. “It’s a golf course that requires a lot of distance control with irons and good short games. And we generally think we could have had good hands.”
Garcia’s father, Victor, is the swing coach for Barnat Escader. She grew up in Castelón de la Planna in Spain and became the first Spanish golfer to win an American amateur in August. Arizona senior Barrester will make his Masters debut on Thursday.
Burnut Escoder played her first two seasons of college golf at Tulane, a 2023 American athletic conference women’s golfer. She was transferred to Kansas as a junior after Greenwave coach Stew Burk was hired by the Wildcats. She was a four-time winner in two seasons and the first golfer in the program’s history, and was named All-American.
“She played incredible,” said Andrea Revelta of Spain. “I didn’t miss a one-shot. She didn’t defensive. She played aggressively. She came in 13th in the (par 5) and 13th in the second innings, and hit an incredible shot on 18 holes.”
Barnat Escader wanted to stick to see her good friend Barrester play for the Masters. In terms of celebrating her historic victory, Burnat Escadar was already thinking about getting an Anwa logo tattoo.
“I was probably thinking of Augusta flowers, but I need to decide,” she said. “That’s a big decision.”