The Real Club Valderrama Open de España-Fundación Sergio García will bring together next week an excellent group of international champions led by Martin Kaymer, winner of two Majors, the US Open 2014 and the PGA Championship 2010. Victor Dubuisson, Andy Sullivan and Søren Kjeldsen did not want to miss the return of the San Roque course to the European Tour.
German Martin Kaymer is one of the great attractions of the Spanish Open at the Real Club Valderrama, with Sergio Garcia as host. Kaymer has won 11 titles on the European Tour, including the two Majors. His performance in the 2012 Ryder Cup is especially remembered by fans, as he holed the putt that made the Miracle of Medinah possible, when the Europeans, captained by José Mari Olazábal, staged a comeback that seemed impossible to win the cup.
Other players ranked among the top 50 in the world who have confirmed their presence at Real Club Valderrama, in addition to Kaymer, are the Englishmen Andy Sullivan and Chris Wood, the Frenchman Victor Dubuisson and the Dane Søren Kjeldsen, winner of the Volvo Masters 2008 and the Open de Andalucía 2009 in our country, as well as the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles 2003 and Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by the Rory Foundation 2015.
Defending the title will be Englishman James Morrison, winner last year at the R.C.G. El Prat. Next to him will be his compatriot Ross Fisher, who has five victories on the European Tour including the one he won at Finca Cortesin in the Volvo World Match Play 2009.
The Spanish Open will also feature three players who have already won a tournament this season. They are the South Africans Brandon Stone and Haydn Porteous, who triumphed in the BMW SA Open and Joburg Open, respectively; as well as SSP Chawrasia who won the Indian Open.
Other names on the Tour include Thomas Pieters, Thorbjorn Olesen, Nicolas Colsaerts, Matteo Manassero, Paul McGinley and the winners of past editions of the Spanish Open, Thomas Levet, Raphaël Jacquelin, Niclas Fast, Peter Hanson, Kenneth Ferrie and Jarmo Sandelin.
Søren Kjeldsen: “I am delighted to play the Spanish Open at Valderrama. I’ve been second, first and second the last three times I’ve played there, so coming back is a dream come true. I really like the course and the strategy that Valderrama demands, you have to go straight even though it is usually windy and that suits my game very well. I have very special memories of my victory there in the Volvo Masters. I’m delighted to be back.
The Real Club Valderrama Open de España-Fundación Sergio García, promoted by the European Tour, has the support of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation and the Consejo Superior de Deportes, as well as the sponsorship of several companies that make its celebration possible: Reale, Rolex, Avis, Canon, Heineken, Osborne, Solán de Cabras and Volvo.
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