The Estrella Damm NA Andalucía Masters, a DP World Tour tournament that will be played from now until Sunday, October 20 at the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande (Cádiz), celebrates its tenth edition and stops for the second time on the Robert Trent Jones route, in next to nearby Valderrama. He also does so with a big incentive in the presence of Jon Rahm, in his second Spanish appearance last month (he was 2nd at the Spanish Open in Madrid)
Adrian Meronk (2023), Adrián Otaegui (2022), Matt Fitzpatrick (2021), John Catlin (2020), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2019), Sergio García (2011, 2017 and 2018) and Graeme McDowell (2010) became champions . .
The Estrella Damm NA Andalucía Masters brings together 126 golfers and distributes $3,250,000 in prizes, 5,000 Race to Dubai points (835 for the winner) and 1,500 points for the European Ryder Cup teams competing from five continents . The country with the most representation is Great Britain: 32 players, followed by Spain with 17.
Leading the Spanish golfers is Jon Rahm, winner of two majors (Open USA and Masters), champion of the Race to Dubai 2019 and the best Spanish player in the world ranking (currently ranked 13th). With ten victories in 75 tournaments played on the DP World Tour, Rahm is the second player with the best winning percentage on tour behind only Tiger Woods.
The other 16 Spaniards present at the tournament (number of DP World Tour titles in parentheses) are: Pablo Larrazábal (9), Álvaro Quirós (7), Adrián Otaegui (5), Rafa Cabrera (4), Jorge Campillo (3), Nacho Elvira (2), Adri Arnaus (1), Ángel Hidalgo (1), Alfredo García Heredia, David Puig, Eugenio López Chacarra, Santi Tarrío, Alex del Rey, Manuel Elvira, Iván Cantero and Sebastián García . If one of them wins, it will be victory No. 209 in the history of the European Tour since its inception in 1972.
10 players who have defended European colors in the Ryder Cup are competing in the tournament: Rahm, Nicolai Højgaard, Thornbjørn Olesen, Soren Kjeldsen, Bernd Wiesberger, Ross Fisher, Edoardo Molinari, Rafa Cabrera, Andy Sullivan and Oliver Wilson.
Finally, Real Club de Golf Sotogrande brings together 18 winners of the DP World Tour season.
Source: La Verdad
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