Player statements<\/strong> \u201cValderrama is one of the three courses I like the most in the world. If the tournament wasn\u2019t played at Valderrama, I probably wouldn\u2019t have come to Spain. It is a very special place for me. I\u2019ve always wanted to win here, and I take every opportunity I get to come and compete on this course.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe great asset of this golf course is that you don\u2019t need to make four or five under par every day. You have to keep the ball in play and par is a very good score. You don\u2019t have to put pressure on yourself to make five or six birdies a day.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a golf course where you have to hit the ball well, not a putting contest. You have to move the ball with all the spin, so it\u2019s more playing golf than attacking. That\u2019s what I like most about the course.\u201d<\/p>\n Rasmus H\u00f8jgaard: \u201cI feel great. It was great to get my second win and it was all very quick. It\u2019s going to take a while to sink in. It\u2019s hard for me to identify the key. I\u2019ve been at a very good level since the British Masters and I\u2019ve been patient. That\u2019s probably the key to my success on the UK tour.<\/p>\n \u201c(Valderrama) is amazing. It\u2019s an impressive course, with great maintenance. You have to hit the ball very well to get a result. It\u2019s a wonderful place.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you play well you can gain a lot of ground in the standings. I\u2019ve seen the winning scores over the last few years and you don\u2019t beat -15 or -18, you beat around -10. If you get under par in a round you\u2019ve done really well.\u201d<\/p>\n Thomas Bj\u00f8rn: \u201cMy most outstanding memory of Valderrama is being on the practice range during the opening ceremony of the 1997 Ryder Cup. The King of Spain came, Seve was captain and being part of that team will always be unforgettable for me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s how my wonderful relationship with the Ryder Cup began. Sharing a team with my heroes was very special to me.\u201d<\/p>\n The Estrella Damm N.A. Andaluc\u00eda Masters, a European Tour tournament valid for the Race to Dubai that is held thanks to the essential collaboration of the Real Club Valderrama, is sponsored by Estrella Damm and the Ministry of Tourism, Regeneration, Justice and Local Administration of the Andalusian Regional Government, as well as being co-financed with European funds, declared an Event of Exceptional Public Interest by the Spanish Government, and supported by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation and the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Martin Kaymer, bolstered by his recent performances, is looking forward to this week\u2019s challenge at Real Club Valderrama in the Estrella Damm N.A. Andaluc\u00eda Masters. The former world number one has always made it clear how much he loves the 1997 Ryder Cup venue and comes into this event with renewed confidence after battling for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Martin Kaymer: \u201cI\u2019m confident. Certainly more so than last week, although it was disappointing to hit the 17th tee. I was surprised because it was the most accessible tee for me. I didn\u2019t take advantage of the opportunity that came my way and that disappointed me, but I have to make a lot of positive readings from what happened last week.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/images\/Jugadores\/thomas-bjorn.jpeg-WEB.jpg\")
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