The No. 29 amateur in the world, Bernat Escuder started the final round trailing by one stroke and was one-under on the day through her first seven holes. She then had back-to-back birdies, highlighted by an approach to inches on the par-4 ninth hole. After the tap-in birdie, she finished the first nine with a three-under 33 to take the outright lead for the first time at 11-under.

Bernat Escuder began the final nine with three consecutive pars and narrowly missed an eagle putt on No. 13, extending her lead to three strokes with five holes to play. After adding another birdie on No. 15, the Kansas State University senior found the bunker on No. 17 and dropped a shot, but outlasted a late charge from Asterisk Talley to secure victory with a two-putt for par on the final hole.

The 21-year-old joins Jennifer Kupcho, Tsubasa Kajitani, Anna Davis, Rose Zhang and Lottie Woad as Augusta National Women’s Amateur champions.

“I knew the tournament was going to start on No. 10 because I've watched all the Masters. As soon as I hit that second shot, I was like, 'Oh, I need to get it together and just get this par,' and I dug in, and I think that was the key," Bernat Escuder said.

“I cannot process that I won yet. I mean, it's really nice to see that after the cold winter that we had, and hard days going to the golf course and showing up, it means everything to win this tournament. It's also such an honor.

“I want more Spaniards to get here and keep pushing our country up and up. Yeah, hopefully I'm not the last one.

“I feel that I am pretty calm in hard, under-stress moments. I also really tried to enjoy this round with my coach because it's going to be the last one. I'm turning professional this next summer. I was really focused on smiling and just enjoying Augusta National because it's the best golf course in the world.”