Maria Jose Marin becomes first Colombian to win Augusta National Women's Amateur after missing cut a year ago

Maria Jose Marin started the day one back of the lead in the Augusta National Women's Amateur and finished it winning by four. The 19-year-old Arkansas junior from Cali, Colombia was firmly in the mix as the final two pairings teed off at Augusta National Golf Club, but it was 17-year-old Asterisk Talley getting the winner's edit entering Saturday. After two rounds at Champions Retreat Golf Club, Talley was bogey free.

She was the runner-up in 2025, and it seemed like it was finally the Stanford commit's time in her third appearance. But after three birdies in the first nine holes, Talley's bogey-free streak unraveled in devastating fashion. The bogey at the par-4 11th was manageable – it could easily be made up with two more par 5s to go – but the quadruple bogey at the par-3 12th?

Dropping to 9 under? Nearly impossible to come back from. Marin wasn't waiting in the wings for Talley to mess up, she just played good, clean golf for two rounds and came to Augusta National with a plan.

An early bogey could have derailed her, but she followed with five birdies to only one more bogey. Part of that plan also included opting for an Augusta National Caddie – something the other two leaders entering the day did not do. The result was a 4-under 68 in the final round and 14-under overall – after two rounds at Champions Retreat and one at Augusta National.