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The final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur featured the best viewership since the inaugural edition in 2019. Saturday's dramatic back-nine action at Augusta National averaged 1.1 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, up 11 percent from 2025.
Colombia's Marie Jose Marin, the reigning NCAA champion from Arkansas, trailed Asterisk Talley by one after she left the par-3 12th hole. By the time she birdied the 13th, she was up by four after Talley made a disastrous quadruple-bogey 7 on the 12th.
While Talley endured heartbreak on Golden Bell, Marin benefited from what she called a miracle shot on the same hole when her ball stayed up on the bank, similar to Fred Couples in 1992. Couples actually talked to Marin for 15 minutes after she won.
"She's a sweetheart," he said. "I did see that. Then I told her the biggest thing she did, that little putt that everyone -- I said I don't know how you read that, but everyone misses it to the right. I'm tired of missing it to the right and you poured it right in the middle.
"She's adorable."
Meanwhile, Bryson DeChambeau was on hand to console Talley after her rough loss, delivering a hug when she walked off the 18th and a lengthy pep talk after she met with the media.
Years ago, the pair spent time together learning from instructor Mike Schy in his tent at Dragonfly Golf Club in Madera, California. DeChambeau had always admired the youngster’s tenacity.
“She’s going to be one of the best players in the world one day and she knows it," DeChambeau told a handful of reporters after the round. "I told her the most important thing is how you handle yourself, and how you showcase yourself to inspire others.”
On Wednesday, when Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley met with the press, he was asked for his reaction to hearing Rory McIlroy talk about watching the ANWA prior to his win last year, and facing a similar putt on 18 to the one Carla Bernat Escuder drained.
"I don't think I really imagined exactly how the Augusta National Women's Amateur was going to progress and grow," he said. "I'm not going to say it was beyond my wildest dreams, but it might have been beyond my expectations for this short of a period of time."
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Augusta Women's viewership averaged 1.1 million, highest since 2019
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Colombia's Marie Jose Marin, the reigning NCAA champion from Arkansas, trailed Asterisk Talley by one after she left the par-3 12th hole. By the time she birdied the 13th, she was up by four after Talley made a disastrous quadruple-bogey 7 on the 12th.
While Talley endured heartbreak on Golden Bell, Marin benefited from what she called a miracle shot on the same hole when her ball stayed up on the bank, similar to Fred Couples in 1992. Couples actually talked to Marin for 15 minutes after she won.
"She's a sweetheart," he said. "I did see that. Then I told her the biggest thing she did, that little putt that everyone -- I said I don't know how you read that, but everyone misses it to the right. I'm tired of missing it to the right and you poured it right in the middle.
"She's adorable."
Meanwhile, Bryson DeChambeau was on hand to console Talley after her rough loss, delivering a hug when she walked off the 18th and a lengthy pep talk after she met with the media.
Years ago, the pair spent time together learning from instructor Mike Schy in his tent at Dragonfly Golf Club in Madera, California. DeChambeau had always admired the youngster’s tenacity.
“She’s going to be one of the best players in the world one day and she knows it," DeChambeau told a handful of reporters after the round. "I told her the most important thing is how you handle yourself, and how you showcase yourself to inspire others.”
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On Wednesday, when Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley met with the press, he was asked for his reaction to hearing Rory McIlroy talk about watching the ANWA prior to his win last year, and facing a similar putt on 18 to the one Carla Bernat Escuder drained.
"I don't think I really imagined exactly how the Augusta National Women's Amateur was going to progress and grow," he said. "I'm not going to say it was beyond my wildest dreams, but it might have been beyond my expectations for this short of a period of time."
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Augusta Women's viewership averaged 1.1 million, highest since 2019
Continue reading...
