France’s Valentine Delon meets Spain’s Andrea Revuelta in Saturday’s 36-hole final of the Women’s Amateur Championship after a dramatic day of quarter-final and semi-final action at Muirfield

Valentine Delon and Andrea Revuelta will contest the final of the 123rd Women’s Amateur Championship at Muirfield on Saturday, after both came through a testing day of quarter-final and semi-final golf in wind and rain on the East Lothian links.

Play was suspended for 45 minutes in the morning due to thunderstorms before resuming at 10.30am. By the afternoon, with the wind picking up sharply, Muirfield was giving the remaining players everything it had.

Delon never behind all day

Delon, France, was the steadier of the two finalists throughout. She was never behind across her 36 holes of play, beating Sweden’s Matilda Bjorkman 2&1 in the quarter-finals before defeating Belgium’s Savannah De Bock in the semi-finals.

The key moment in both matches was the par-3 16th. A stunning tee shot in the morning proved decisive in her quarter-final win over Bjorkman. In the afternoon, against De Bock, she struck a hybrid to the same spot to set up the par that sealed victory.

“On the 16th hole yesterday, I won my match. This morning and this afternoon, again two amazing shots — yes, this 16th hole is something I will remember,” she said.

Delon was helped by a surprise appearance from her parents, who arrived at Muirfield unannounced. “They usually come at a good moment and in good tournaments,” she said.

De Bock had also needed to fight hard to reach the last four, overcoming compatriot Camille Min Gaultier in the quarter-finals after trailing by two through five holes before closing out a 3&2 win on the 16th.

Revuelta edges O’Keefe in semi-final battle

Revuelta’s route to the final was harder. After seeing off fellow Spaniard Cayetana Fernandez at the 18th in the quarter-finals, she faced American world number three Farah O’Keefe in the semi-finals — last year’s beaten finalist and the week’s highest-ranked player still in the draw after defending champion Paula Martín Sampedro’s earlier exit.

The match was close throughout, never going beyond one hole in either direction. O’Keefe had beaten compatriot Morgan Ketchum 2&1 in the quarter-finals, a long birdie on the 16th proving the decisive moment.
Against Revuelta, the par count was high in the difficult conditions, but the Spaniard found a decisive birdie on the 17th and held on for a one-up win at the last.

“I feel like I kept trusting myself until the last putt,” said Revuelta. “Farah’s a great player and I knew it was going to take my all to win this. The match never went beyond one-up or one-down — it was an incredible match.”

O’Keefe, who lost to Martín Sampedro 2&1 in last year’s final at Nairn, goes home again without the title. The American had been one of the standout performers of the week, having won all five of her matches at the Curtis Cup in Los Angeles a fortnight earlier.

What’s at stake on Saturday

The winner of the 123rd Women’s Amateur Championship earns exemptions into four major championships: the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes later this summer, the Amundi Evian Championship, the Chevron Championship and the US Women’s Open in 2027.

By tradition, the champion also receives an invitation to next year’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The runner-up gains a place in Final Qualifying for the AIG Women’s Open.

Saturday’s final is free to attend, with live coverage on R&A TV, The R&A’s YouTube channel and Sky Sports.