The Basque, winner in 2018 and 2019, could add his third win and equal the legendary Severiano Ballesteros
MADRID, 5 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Spanish golfer Jon Rahm leads the ‘Armada’ chances of victory at the Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid, which takes place from Thursday to Sunday at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid and in which there could be a fourth national title after those of the Basque in 2018 and 2019 and the last of Rafa Cabrera-Cabello in 2021.
Álvaro Quirós (2010), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2014); Jon Rahm (2018 and 2019) and Rafael Cabrera-Bello (2021), current champion, are the last Spaniards to appear on the list of winners of the Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid, five wins in the last ten editions that highlight the leading role of Spanish golfers in the last stage of the history of this tournament.
The ‘Spanish Navy’, made up on this occasion by 29 representatives, attends with the intention of asserting its power for the fourth consecutive time, a succession of successes that has not occurred since Sebastián Miguel, Ángel Miguel, Ramón Sota and again Ángel Miguel They won consecutively between 1960 and 1964, with the parenthesis of the undisputed edition in 1962.
However, the history of national golf in the last 40 years is reduced to only ten wins, three of them by Severiano Ballesteros, the best in the 1981, 1985 and 1995 editions, this last victory accomplished precisely at the Villa Country Club Madrid, the challenge, three wins, pursued by the ‘ram’ of the Navy, Jon Rahm.
At his side are quality players such as Adri Arnaus, Pablo Larrazábal, Alejandro Cañizares, Jorge Campillo, Eduardo de la Riva, Samuel del Val, Pep Anglés, Sebastián García, Pedro Oriol, Carlos Pigem, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño and Álvaro Quirós. , with options along with the amateurs Luis Masaveu and Quim Vidal.
The traditional day of Pro Am has left striking images such as the game that Jon Rahm shared with José Luis Martínez-Almeida, mayor of the capital and who recognized on the green of the 18th that the experience had been “extremely interesting”.
Jon Rahm will share a match in his debut with the Spanish Adri Arnaus, second classified in 2021, and the Australian Min Woo early this Thursday. Later, at 2:00 p.m. Rafael Cabrera-Bello and the Englishmen Tommy Fleetwood and Oliver Wilson will take to the field.
Spanish golf could add its fifteenth victory of the season in the different professional circuits if a new victory is consummated in this Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid. This year began with the victories of Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and the Cologuard Classic, both belonging to the Champions Tour, before the ‘Pisha’ also won the Boeing Classic.
The list of Spanish triumphs this year, including those in the women’s category, is completed by Fátima Fernández (Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic – Epson Tour), Manuel Morugán (Abruzzo Alps Open – Alps Tour), Pablo Larrazábal (ISPS Handa Championship in Spain – DP World Tour), Adri Arnaus (Catalunya Championship – DP World Tour), Jon Rahm (Mexico Open – PGA Tour), Ana Peláez (Comunidad de Madrid Ladies Open – Ladies European Tour), Javier Sainz (Scottish Challenge – Challenge Tour), Carlota Ciganda (Estrella Damm Ladies Open), Alejandro del Rey (German Challenge) and Emilio Cuartero (Dormy Open – Challenge Tour).