ANWA winner Carla Bernat Escuder had funny moment with Masters champ
ANWA winner Carla Bernat Escuder had a hilarious moment with past Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal.
Moments after Carla Bernat Escuder walked off the 18th green at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Saturday, she spotted a familiar face standing in front of the scorers building.
Two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal, a fellow Spaniard, was there to offer a warm embrace.
“It means everything because he’s such a symbol for Spain,” said Bernat Escuder, who shot three consecutive rounds of 68 to clinch the sixth edition of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. “He was just saying, congratulations and that he watched some of the golf that I played today.”
Then the 21-year-old Kansas State senior admitted to a rather embarrassing moment last year at this event when she called him by the wrong last name.
“I said Larrazabal instead of Olazábal,” she said. “He’s like, ‘that’s not me.’ And I’m like, I’m sorry.”
Needless to say, she won’t make that mistake again, but it sure makes for a good story now.