{"id":564797,"date":"2026-04-04T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564797\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:57:08","slug":"maria-jose-marin-wins-augusta-national-womens-am-as-12th-hole-turns-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564797\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Jose Marin wins Augusta National Women’s Am as 12th hole turns tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The par-3 12th hole \u2013 as it often does \u2013 played a pivotal role in the final round at Augusta National Golf Club.<\/p>\n

A bit of good luck for Maria Jose Marin and a heavy dose of misfortune for Asterisk Talley altered the script of the seventh annual Augusta National Women\u2019s Amateur, catapulting the former to victory.<\/p>\n

Marin, a 19-year-old junior at Arkansas, shot 4-under 68 Saturday to finish at 14 under par, four clear of Stanford sophomore Andrea Revuelta (68). The Colombian\u2019s 54-hole total established a tournament record by two shots. Korea\u2019s Soomin Oh (68) finished solo third at 9 under.<\/p>\n

Marin was greeted by jubilant friends, family and teammates upon winning, including Maria Fassi, a fellow Razorback who nearly won the inaugural Augusta title.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think walking up 18, I pictured it in my mind, what it was going to be the moment like,\u201d Marin said. \u201cHaving Maria there, she inspired me so, so much when she played with Jennifer Kupcho [in 2019], and I think I\u2019ve said it a lot of times, but that was truly inspiring for me, and yeah, just to get it done in front of them, yeah, it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A look at all the players who have won the Augusta National Women\u2019s Amateur including 2026 champ Maria Jose Marin.<\/p>\n

Talley closed in 3-over 75, thanks to a second-nine 42 and a round that came unraveled in swift, biting fashion. She tied for fourth at 8 under alongside world No. 1 amateur Kiara Romero (68), Yunseo Yang (68), Raegan Denton (69) and Meja \u00d6rtengren (74).<\/p>\n

Talley, the 36-hole leader, was one up on Marin when the 17-year-old Stanford commit made her first bogey of the championship at the par-4 11th. Playing in the group ahead, Marin\u2019s tee shot on the par-3 12th landed short of the green and started to trickle towards the water before stopping on the bank. The reigning NCAA champion got up and down, converting a 6-footer for par to remain in a share of the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just didn\u2019t think that was going to be my position from the tee box,\u201d said Talley, who added she was trying to play an 8-iron about 155 yards. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I would have to be in that situation at all. It shows how hard that hole is and how much it has messed up other people as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Marin crossing the Nelson Bridge on her way to the par-5 13th, Talley played the 12th and flew her tee shot into the trees behind the green. The ball kicked out into the back bunker \u2014 seemingly a good break \u2014 but Talley then hit a low-runner into Rae\u2019s Creek. Following the penalty stroke, and opting to play from the same spot, she got the same result \u2014 a too-thin racer into the water hazard. After another penalty, she played her sixth shot from the opposite side of the creek and eventually made quadruple-bogey 7.<\/p>\n

With Marin making birdie at the 13th, Talley, in a matter of minutes, went from in control to into a five-shot deficit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just a little emotional, not only because I didn\u2019t get it done today, but also just everyone is so supportive,\u201d Talley said after the round. \u201cIt\u2019s hard when they have to watch that and see you not do well or not accomplish what you wanted. I still played fine today even though that one hole just kind of got me. Other than that, it doesn\u2019t define me as a golfer. I know what kind of player I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marin\u2019s primary challenger was playing competitor Revuelta, who got within three shots through 15 holes but no closer.<\/p>\n

This was Marin\u2019s fourth appearance at the Augusta National Women\u2019s Amateur. She had never shot better than 76 at ANGC in her two previous made cuts.<\/p>\n

Marin is the third player \u2014 Jennifer Kupcho (2019), Rose Zhang (2023) \u2014 to win at Augusta the year following an individual NCAA title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The par-3 12th hole \u2013 as it often does \u2013 played a pivotal role in the final round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-564797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}