2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur | Saturday updates

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It’s championship Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club. 32 golfers are competing to become the champion of the 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The first pairing teed off from No. 1 at 7:50 a.m.

Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain, a senior at Kansas State University, was three under par through her first nine holes on Saturday to surge to the lead at -11 as she made the turn.

Eila Galitsky of Thailand, one of the three University of South Carolina Gamecocks in the field to start the week, was five under-par through her first nine holes on Saturday, the best start to a final round in tournament history. She carded a 66 to finish -8.

Defending champion Lottie Woad of England, a junior at Florida State University, shared the 36-hole lead at -9. She began her round in the final pairing of the day with Kiara Romero of the United States, a sophomore at the University of Oregon at 10:20 a.m.

“Obviously I want to try and win, but I think just being in contention the last few holes would be a pretty good goal,” Woad said after her practice round at Augusta National on Friday.

“I know there’s a lot of us at the top of the leader board,” Romero said. “So I’m not really worried about that. I’m just kind of going out there to play my game and have fun out there.”

Behind Woad and Romero on the leaderboard are nine players within five shots of the lead, including first round leader Megha Ganne (-8), a junior from Stanford University making her fifth appearance in the tournament.

“It definitely doesn’t make it any less intimidating,” Ganne said Friday. “I definitely have more layers of knowledge than I do from prior years, so that’s cool. But still going to go into it with kind of the same eyes as usual (Saturday).

NBC is providing live coverage of Saturday’s championship round. For live scoring, click here.

This story will be updated throughout the day.