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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Five years, and it seems like it was yesterday…

This year’s ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid will be the fifth edition of the revamped event. Since Madrid Trophy Promotion took the reins of the tournament in 2019, one of the DP World Tour’s classic tournaments has enjoyed a new lease of life. In recent years, some of the best players in the
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“Winning in Madrid was a dream come true”

Matthieu Pavon is currently at the centre of one of those stories that make golf such a special sport. A year ago he arrived in Madrid without having tasted glory in  his 185 appearances on the DP World Tour. In Madrid, it all seemed to click into place, everything changed and his career would never
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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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Jon Rahm in the field for the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid

Jon Rahm, Spanish golf’s iconic flag bearer, who currently occupies number 14 in the World Ranking, has signed up to play the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid, which takes place at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid from 26 to 29 September. A three-time winner of the event (2018, 2019 and 2022), Jon
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Madrid Trophy Promotion, Ávoris, NH Collection Hotels and the Madrid City Council, unite to promote the city as a sports destination

Madrid Trophy Promotion, NH Collection Hotels & Resorts and Ávoris Corporación Empresarial have joined forces to sign a strategic agreement with the Madrid City Council that will boost the visibility and appeal of the Spanish capital as a sports destination for two of the biggest tennis and golf events of the world: the Mutua Madrid
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Matthieu Pavon goes wire-to-wire in Madrid

From start to finish. No concessions. No hesitation. Rock solid like a champion and as if he has been winning titles his whole life, France’s Pavon claimed the first victory of his career at ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid. He took the lead in round one and never let it slip from his
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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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Jon Rahm asks for the help of the fans: “Maybe the best is yet to come”

Jon Rahm’s game showed few signs of improvement in round three at the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid, but the world number 3 did manage to carve out a 67: “it’s been my worst ball-striking day and I’ve got a low score. The difference was holing a couple more putts, and those shots
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“I’m eight shots back and playing badly, I can eat into that easily”

You really will have to dig deep into the annals if you are to find a more frustrating day for Jon Rahm on the greens. The Barrika native was pulling his hair out, but nobody can say he did not keep trying until the end. “It’s not easy to hit the fairway on this course
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