Paula MartÃÂn Sampedro (born 2 September 2005) is a Spanish amateur golfer and Stanford Cardinal player. She won the 2022 Junior Golf World Cup, 2022 World Junior Girls Golf Championship, the 2024 NCAA Team Championship, 2025 Women's Amateur Championship, and 2025 European Ladies Amateur Championship.
In 2021, MartÃÂn won the Spanish International Stroke Play Championship and was runner-up at the Spanish U16 Championship, Spanish U18 Championship and the French International Ladies Championship, behind Elena Moosmann.
In 2022, MartÃÂn lost the final of the Internationaux de France U21 â Trophée Esmond to Amalie Leth-Nissen, and was runner-up at the European Nations Cup - Copa Sotogrande. She also made two Ladies European Tour starts, and tied for 16th at the Madrid Ladies Open and 19th at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, the LET season finale.
MartÃÂn finished third at the 2023 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, a stroke behind RocÃÂo Tejedo and Cayetana Fernández GarcÃÂa-Poggio. She qualified for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open at The Olympic Club.
MartÃÂn had success with the National Team. She played on the winning Spanish team at the European Ladies' Team Championship twice. In 2022, she won the Junior Golf World Cup and World Junior Girls Golf Championship with Andrea Revuelta and Cayetana Fernández, and finished 5th with the team and 7th individually at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy. She had the second best individual score at the 2024 European Ladies' Team Championship.
At the 2025 AIG Women's Open, MartÃÂn started the final round in 36th place at even. After shooting a 38 on the front nine, she was at +2 for the championship. However, MartÃÂn shot a 30 on the back nine with 6 birdies to finish the tournament at âÂÂ4 in a three-way tie for 8th place, easily winning low amateur honors. Additionally, with the top-10 finish, MartÃÂn will automatically qualify for the 2026 AIG Women's Open.
MartÃÂn enrolled at Stanford University in 2023. Playing with the Stanford Cardinal women's golf team, she was named WGCA First Team All-American, WGCA Freshman of the Year, and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Golfer of the Year.
MartÃÂn won the 2024 NCAA Championship with Stanford and finished third individually, behind Adéla Cernousek and Lottie Woad. She finished fourth individually at the 2025 NCAA Championship, as Stanford lost the final to Northwestern.
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CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> T = tied
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