For the sixth Jacket and the thirtieth top 10

Spanish golfers will reach this week to reach the 87th Masters he 30th top 10 in our golf history since then Ramón Sota, uncle of Seve Ballesterosfinished sixth in the 1965 edition.

Fifteen years passed until the unforgettable and unlucky Seve donned his first green jacket, becoming the first European and second international (after Gary Player) to win at Augusta. In 1983 (Seve), 1994 (Txema Olazábal), 1999 (Olazábal) and 2017 (Sergio García) The other four Spanish victories came and post shots by Seve himself in 1985 and 1987, and by Olazabal in 1991, are also worth highlighting.

We should also highlight our participation in the edition of 2002, with the victory of Tiger Woods, and where up to three! members of the Navy made it into the top ten of the ranking: Txema Olazábal, Sergio García and Miguel A. Jiménez.

In total, there are 15 Spaniards who played the Masters at least once: in addition to the aforementioned Sota, Ballesteros, Olazábal, García and Jiménez, the brothers Ángel and Sebastián Miguel, Manuel Piñero, Antonio and Ignacio Garrido set foot in the Augusta Pambansa , Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Álvaro Quirós, Alex Larrazábal, Rafa Cabrera and Jon Rahm.

The list, in chronological order of appearance and the year of his debut: Ángel Miguel (1959), Sebastián Miguel (1961), Ramón Sota (1964), Severiano Ballesteros (1977), Manuel Piñero (1978), Antonio Garrido (1978). ), Txema Olazábal (1985), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1995), Ignacio Garrido (1998), Sergio García (1999), Alex Larrazábal (2003), Álvaro Quirós (2009), Gonzalo Fernández Castaño (2012), Rafa Cabrera (2016) and Jon Rahm (2017).

The 29 Spanish top ten at Augusta:

1965 Ramon Sota Sexto

1980 Seve Ballesteros CHAMPION

1982 Seve Ballesteros Third

1983 Seve Ballesteros CHAMPION

1985 Seve Ballesteros Second

1986 Seve Ballesteros Fourth

1987 Seve Ballesteros Second

1989 Seve Ballesteros Fifth

1989 Txema Olazabal Eighth

1990 Seve Ballesteros Seventh

1991 Txema Olazábal Second

1993 Txema Olazabal Seventh

1994 Txema Olazabal CHAMPION

1999 Txema Olazabal CHAMPION

2001 Miguel A. Jiménez Tenth

2002 Txema Olazabal Fourth

2002 Sergio Garcia Eighth

2002 Miguel A. Jiménez Ninth

2003 Txema Olazabal Eighth

2004 Sergio Garcia Fourth

2006 Txema Olazabal Third

2008 Miguel A. Jiménez Eighth

2013 Sergio Garcia Eighth

2014 Miguel A. Jimenez Cuarto

2017 Sergio Garcia CHAMPION

2018 Jon Rahm Fourth

2019 Jon Rahm 9th

2020 Jon Rahm Seventh

2021 Jon Rahm Fifth

Summary

8th of Seve

8 of Txema

Rahm’s 4

4 by Sergio

4 of Jimenez

1 of the Knave