Carla Bernat | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Carla Bernat Escuder | ||
Born | 2004 (age 20–21) Castellón de la Plana, Spain | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Career | |||
College | Tulane University Kansas State University | ||
Turned professional | 2025 | ||
Professional wins | 1 | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
Chevron Championship | CUT: 2025 | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2025 | ||
Women's British Open | T58: 2025 | ||
Evian Championship | CUT: 2025 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Carla Bernat Escuder (born 2004) is a Spanish professional golfer. She won the 2021 Spanish Ladies Amateur, 2024 Spirit International Amateur and 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur.
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. [1]
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. [2] She reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Women's Amateur Championship at Hunstanton Golf Club. [3] 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. [4]
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. [5]
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. [6] 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. [7]
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. [1] The win earned her exemptions into four of the LPGA Tour's five major championships. [8]
Bernat turned professional in August 2025 and made her pro debut at the CPKC Women's Open on the LPGA Tour, where she made the cut. [9]
Source: [10]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 17 Jun 2021 | Santander Golf Tour Málaga (as an amateur) | 69-70=139 | −5 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Tournament | 2025 |
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Chevron Championship | CUT |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT |
Women's PGA Championship | |
The Evian Championship | CUT |
Women's British Open | T58 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Amateur
Source: [10]