The Spanish golfers reached this week in the 87th Masters to reach the thirty top 10 in the history of our golf since Ramón Sota, the blood uncle of Seve Ballesteros, finished sixth in the 1965 edition. And thanks to Jon Rahm the sixth green jacket of Spanish golf and the top ten number 30.
Fifteen years passed from Sota until the unforgettable and unlucky Seve wore his first green jacket, as 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) came the other four Spanish victories and the post shots by Seve himself in 1985 and 1987, and by Olazábal in 1991 is also worth highlighting. This Sunday, Rahm turned the sextet into a stellar plan. He is the only Spaniard with a Masters and US Open.
We must also highlight our participation in the 2002 edition, with the victory of Tiger Woods, and where up to three! members of the Navy are among the top ten in 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 30 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
2023 Jon Rahm CHAMPION
Summary
8th of Seve
8 of Txema
Rahm’s 5
4 by Sergio
4 of Jimenez
1 of the Knave
Source: La Verdad
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