Carla Bernat Escuder (born 2004) is a Spanish amateur golfer. She won the 2021

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, 2024

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and 2025

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Early life

Bernat was born in

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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

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at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, 2 and 1, in a final with compatriot

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

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. 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

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in third. Bernat had success with the National Team. She played on the winning Spanish team at the

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in Finland, and she finished 3rd at the

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alongside Julia López Ramirez and Cayetana Fernández. Bernat attended

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between 2021 and 2023, and played with the Tulane Green Wave women's golf team. She won three individual titles, and was named

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Golfer of the Year as a sophomore. Ahead of her junior year she transferred to

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and the

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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

in Texas, and tied for 14th at the

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, the

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season finale. She represented the International team in the

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twice, and won the 2025

, a stroke ahead of

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. The win earned her exemptions into four of the

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's five major championships.

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

*2022 Ron Moore Invitational, Jim West Challenge *2023 Tulane Classic, Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational *2024 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, The Powercat Invitational,

(Women's Individual Champion) *2025 Mountain View Collegiate,

, NCAA Lexington Regional Source:

Professional wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain): 2020 *

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(representing Spain):

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(winners),

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(representing Spain):

(representing International team): 2023, 2024, 2025 (winners) *

(representing Spain): 2024 Source:

References

External links

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