Otaegui ‘The Pirate’, no pressure but bags of determination 

Adrián Otaegui arrives at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid this week two years after his last visit. Since then, he has enjoyed a very positive season, and his first impressions of this week’s course could not be better: “The course really is in very good condition, the greens are a bit softer than expected,
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A huge Spanish contingent bids to dethrone Rahm

The photo of the Spanish players on the 18th green at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid informs us that the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid is just around the corner. As you would expect, the Spaniards are well represented in the field. 22 home players will be trying to get their hands
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Prep continues for Rahm

Today was Jon Rahm’s second practice day at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. While the Barrika native played the back nine of Javier Arana’s Black Course yesterday, on Tuesday he teed it up on the front and completed his round. Over these two days we have witnessed a Rahm who is clearly still riding
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An Englishman looking to make a name for himself

Fitzpatrick. You may have heard the surname. Thanks to his mathematical and millimetric approach to the game, a certain Matthew Fitzpatrick won his first major, the 2022 US Open at The Country Club, where he saw off Will Zalatoris and the current world number one, Scottie Scheffler. However, today we’re talking about the other Fitzpatrick.
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Two amateurs in very good hands

Monday morning at this year’s ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid provided an intriguing practice match that brought together the present and future of Spanish golf. Its stars were Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Borja Virto, and the two amateur players in this week’s field: Luis Masaveu and Ángel Ayora. The match up was no coincidence, Fernández-Castaño
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Jon Rahm, staring down Tiger Woods

Four wins, two second places, ten Top-10 finishes and just one missed cut in twenty tournaments played. Victory at Augusta and second in The Open. Today, only the Spaniard can boast such stratospheric results. The magnitude of what Jon Rahm is doing will only become clear with time. So accustomed are we to seeing the
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Beware Club de Campo’s most iconic hole

The majestic 1st hole at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is something of an emblem of golf in the Spanish capital. A genuine treat for all the senses, it is one of the moments visitors to the iconic club most look forward to. At just a few paces from the stunning clubhouse, it is
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Rahm teed it up this morning at Club de Campo

Jon Rahm is here. With four titles under his belt in 2023, including the US Masters, and having recently won the Ryder Cup with team Europe, the Spaniard was practising this morning at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. Eight days after the stunning victory in Italy, the man from Barrika is back in the
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Madrid, rich hunting ground for a perfect ten?

The Spanish contingent at this year’s ACCIONA Open de España goes far deeper than their superstar Jon Rahm, and one player in particular is enjoying something of a rebirth in 2023; none other than Pablo Larrazábal. With two wins so far this year, at the Korea Championship and the KLM Open in April and May,
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From Rome’s Colosseum to Club de Campo Villa de Madrid

The 2023 Ryder Cup has already gone down in the annals of European golf. The victory of the team captained by Luke Donald will remain etched in the minds of golf fans for many decades to come. The match ended 16.5 – 11.5 in a year in which the home team came flying out of
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