The Spaniards compete in different fields and very different: Kenya, Oman and Mexico

He DP World Tour (European Tour) arrived in Kenya this Thursday, with a lot of Spanish participation. The circuit makes its first visit of the year to Africa as the International Swing resumes after a week’s break. It is played on Magical Kenya Open in Nairobi (Muthaiga Golf Club)in the final stage of the International Swing, which has already spent five consecutive weeks in the Middle East and continues with three final events in Africa: The Magical Kenya Open, the SDC Championship and the Jonsson Workwear Open, these two in South Africa.

The Kenya Open includes a list of notable past champions, led by who else, Seve Ballesteros, winner in 1978; Ian Woosnamchampion in 1986, five years before the event became a full-length tournament on the European Challenge Tour in 1991. Ken Brown, Edoardo Molinari and Christy O’Connor Jnr are other past champions, along with Trevor Immelman.

The Spanish Jorge Campillo He had a major breakthrough in 2023, ending a three-year wait for his final DP World Tour title thanks to a final round of 66 that earned him a two-stroke victory over Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura. Without the Extremaduran on the run, Norba begins his adventure with PGA Tour with official circuit card (he is playing Mexico Open at Vidanta in Puerto Vallarta), the Spanish participation in the Kenyan capital consists of Lucas Vacarisas, Alejandro del Rey, Manuel Quirós, Joel Moscatel, Santi Tarrío, Nacho Elvira, Adrián Otaegui, Alfredo García Heredia, Sebastián García, Manuel Elvira, Iván Cantero and Ángel Hidalgo.

And this Thursday, forty years after Seve did, Campillo will make his debut as a member of the PGA Tour. It was at Vidanta Vallarta, on the first day of the México Open. The Extremadura native will officially become the tenth Spanish golfer playing on the PGA Tour as a member of the American tour’s 55-year history. In addition to Seve and Jorge, Miguel Ángel Martín He got his School card in 1988 and played on tour in 1989; Txema Olazábal, Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Sergio García They released their PGA Tour card in 2000. They had all played tournaments on this circuit, but that was the year they did it as members for the first time and it was officially recognized by the American tour. Then they came Alejandro Cañizares (card in 2007 and circuit in 2008), Gonzalo Fernández Castaño (2013), Jon Rahm (2016) and Rafa Cabrera (2017). Now, seven years after Rafa, another Spaniard is making his debut with a PGA Tour card in his pocket.

To date, Campillo has played a total of 14 official PGA Tour tournaments. Surprisingly, the first was also in Mexico, specifically at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in 2010. His best result to date was 27th place at the WGC Mexico Championship.

And finally, with the 21 players of LIV Golf, funded by Saudi Arabia, competing in the first rounds of the International Series of Asian Tour, Oman It stopped a week before LIV went to Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. A unique opportunity to earn world ranking points. The Catalan David Puig He earned a spot in the British Open last week by winning the Malaysia Open, which is part of the International Final Qualifying series. He is the third player to qualify for Royal Troon this summer through the series, following Joaquín Niemann (Australian Open) and Dean Burmester (Joburg Open). Puig is also in Oman this week, making it four games in a row. This is your best option for non-members of the European circuit.