Rafa Cabrera: “Defending the title is something special”

Rafael Cabrerawinner of Spanish Golf Open in 2021declared this Tuesday during the presentation of the tournament that he came “with a smile” to this year’s edition, also to the Club de Campo de Madrid, and stressed that “defending the title of champion is special”

The Canarian golfer achieved success in 2021 after winning a playoff hole against adri arnaus. This year he defended the title in a championship he reached after “regaining the confidence” he needed.

“I come with a huge smile, because defending the title is always very special and more than a field that I like very much. For friends, family and the public in Madrid, with the permission of all my teammates, I’m going to make it as difficult as possible for them my rivals,” Cabrera said in Madrid’s city hall.

“Last year I felt more lost, I didn’t finish looking for good feelings, and I don’t understand how I found that bit of magic and regained the confidence I needed to get the trophy. . Now I came in good condition and I consider myself more prepared than last year. I’m calmer this week than last year,” he confessed.

The Canarian golfer has changed the way he plays after changing his training sessions and is more confident in the performance he is having.

“I’ve worked a lot on my game, I’ve changed things about the swing and I can see the results of it. Every day I play or practice I’m getting stronger, they’ve shown it in the last few weeks. Before, I had a difficult that time in the sense that we spend a lot of time and if you don’t see results, you create that frustration. There are countless hours of training to not find what you’re looking for,” he said.

Ryder is a target

“When you don’t understand or you can’t find the root of the problem, it becomes difficult, but professional sport is difficult. For hurting myself I will not tolerate those situations. If I try something and it’s not will work. , I switched to another one. Even if I didn’t enjoy the results, I wanted to enjoy the process to try to be the golfer I can be,” he said.

One of the goals of the season is to try to qualify for the Ryder Cup, something that “will not be easy”.

“Qualifying for the Ryder is one of the important goals. I know it will be difficult because the classification system has changed but I will try,” said Rafa, who “loves” Club de Campo de Madrid.

“I love this course. It doesn’t favor any particular type of player. Jon Rahm has the characteristics of hitting longer distances that most players don’t get but it’s a very diverse and a very balanced course. He never had an easy time or a very difficult one,” he concluded.