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Tag: ryder cupRyder Cup 2031 in Camiral, Costa Brava: It’s Official!
After a long negotiation process, it’s finally official: the 2031 Ryder Cup will be held at Camiral, on the Costa Brava, near Barcelona. This is a significant achievement for the region and a recognition of Spain’s strong golfing tradition.
This will mark the second time Spain hosts this prestigious tournament, 34 years after Seve Ballesteros led Europe to victory in Valderrama in 1997. This makes Spain the first country in continental Europe to host the event twice, highlighting the substantial contribution of Spanish golf to the Ryder Cup’s history.
Hosting the Ryder Cup at Camiral and on the Costa Brava not only solidifies the region’s position as a premier golf destination, but is also expected to generate significant economic and tourism impact. The Costa Brava and Barcelona are already renowned for their ability to host major international sporting events, from the 1992 Olympic Games to regular Formula 1 and MotoGP fixtures, ensuring top-tier infrastructure and organizational expertise.
This global event will attract visitors from around the world, boosting golf and leisure tourism. It represents a unique opportunity to position Catalonia on the global map of sport and quality tourism, projecting its image to millions of spectators and leaving a lasting legacy in the region.
Olazabal officially appointed Ryder Cup captain
Jose María Olazabal was officially appointed today in Abu Dhabi as the next European team Ryder Cup captain for 2012.
The Spaniard, who is trying to return to the competition once again, said he has accepted the captain position but would still try to gain a place as a player during this season if he’s health problem allow him to.
David Love III is likely to be announced tomorrow as USA team captain.
Ryder hype runneth over
We thought this was the perfect time to reproduce, courtesy of An Oz in Spain, the vision of an Australian about the Ryder Cup.
What the other 89 per cent think…
By PEDRO BOLICHERO of OzinSpain.com
IT’S MID-AUTUMN – an even year – and that means billions of golf fans around the universe are sitting in front of their TV screens, enthralled by the action in the “third biggest sporting event in the world”. Yeah, sure.
There is no doubt the Ryder Cup is a fascinating sporting spectacle, providing spectators with exceptional golf from many of the world’s finest players – gripping matches where the determination and passion to win is patent (just check out any old news reel of Severiano Ballesteros).
But for the organisers and jingoistic media commentators and press to continue harping on about the Cup only being surpassed by the Olympics and soccer World Cup in status is nonsense and an insult to the vast majority of the world’s population who have no “nationalist” interest in the event.
In fact, golf fans outside Europe and the US would, in the main, be more inclined to rate the four majors as the premier golf events, ahead of the Ryder Cup and, certainly, the Presidents Cup, which pits the US against a Rest of the World combination (minus the Europeans) in every non-Ryder Cup year.
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Ryder Cup 97 moments
This was the very first years of GolfinSpain.com and we managed to transmit live from Valderrama the event with a great success, including a collapse of two hours of one of our servers in USA. Obviously digital cameras at the time… were not what they are today so excuse the quality of the pictures.
