Carla Bernat


Carla Bernat Escuder is a Spanish professional 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.

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. She reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Women's Amateur Championship at Hunstanton Golf Club. 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.
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.
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. 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.
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.

Professional career

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.

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
  • 2025 Mountain View Collegiate, Augusta National Women's Amateur, NCAA Lexington Regional
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Professional wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur
  • European Girls' Team Championship : 2020
  • European Ladies' Team Championship : 2021, 2023, 2024
  • Espirito Santo Trophy : 2023
  • Arnold Palmer Cup : 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Spirit International Amateur : 2024
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