Fleetwood shows how to get it done in a hurricane

Tournaments aren’t won on Thursdays but they can be lost with astonishing ease. When there are practically hurricane-force gales blowing like today, this old maxim is truer than ever. Tommy Fleetwood took one look at the weather and decided diplomacy was the best way to approach his day. Shane Lowry, who played alongside the Englishman
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Rahm has a mountain to climb in Madrid

Jon Rahm has now touched base at the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid. At 12:30 this afternoon, the Barrika native arrived at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. Straight from the airport. The Spaniard has come to Madrid immediately after the recent birth of his third child and will be vying for a
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Fleetwood, Lowry and Pavon grace the official presentation of a special tournament

“ The presentation of the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid took place this afternoon on the VIP terrace at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, seeing in the 96th edition of one of the most prestigious tournaments on the DP World Tour. Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood spoke about the significance of the event.
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The agony and the ecstasy of playing golf with a tour pro

“Golf is so difficult at every level that it’s scary”. These were the words of Englishman James Morrison (Open de España champion in 2015) after seven holes with two amateurs who recently took up the game, and with me, a humble hacker stuck with a handicap of 17 after years playing this impossible sport. “Seeing
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ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid will be the first sporting event with positive water and carbon footprints

The ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid, to be held in Madrid from the 26th to the 29th of September, will be the first sporting event in the world with a positive water and carbon footprint. In its 2023 edition, the tournament had an economic impact of €19.4 million in Madrid, according to a
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Spectacular tee times: Rahm squares off against the defending champ

The tee times have been announced and one match is bound to steal the limelight. Jon Rahm’s campaign to win a fourth crown at the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid and surpass Seve Ballesteros will kick off on Thursday at 14:00 on the first tee. Frenchman Matthieu Pavon, the tournament’s defending champion, and
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Something big is brewing at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid

A quick stroll around Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is enough to give you the feeling that a historic ACCIONA Open de España is on the horizon. You might bump into a Tommy Fleetwood, smiling from ear to ear as he gets his first taste of the course, or a Sepp Straka collecting a
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History in Madrid: 5 reasons you won’t want to miss the best edition of all time

Rahm bids for history Currently Spain’s best player, and one of the best three golfers in the world has a date with history. Rahm arrives in Madrid with one goal: to surpass Severiano Ballesteros. Going one better than his hero’s three titles has been near the top of the Barrika native’s to-do list ever since
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A radiant Pavon: “It’s the fruit of hard work. A massive achievement”

Matthieu Pavon arrived in the press conference room wearing a smile from ear to ear. After 185 tournaments, he is finally a DP World Tour champion. He took the lead on Thursday and never let it go. The first question he was asked was if he was nervous when Rahm stormed through his opening holes
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Rahm flirts with history and signs out with a masterclass

How can it be that for three days Rahm’s putter has kept him out of contention, and today the hole looked bigger than a bucket? Golf is a capricious animal. On Friday the gods of the game rejected twelve of Rahm’s birdie attempts and on Sunday he started his round by pouring in four of
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