The great world competition of golf will return to Spain 34 years later. It will be held in the field of PGA of Catalunya, today called Camiraral Golf, in Caldes de Malavella, in Girona, and will take over the only time when the tournament has tried so far Spanish soil, in Valderrama 1997 (also the first time that the appointment left the British islands when it should be played in continental terrain). This has advanced The avant -garde And the country has confirmed after the negotiations have prolonged over the past two years.
He to avoid auctions in the style of the Olympic Games and large expenses by candidacies that finally ended in broken bag. Since then it is Ryder Cup Europe, a body dependent on the European circuit, who directly designates a candidate whenever he meets all economic and infrastructure requirements. Madrid and Cataluña had already competed in the last designations, but their projects were frozen or sorry in different sections of the road and the winners of the last designations were Paris 2018 and Rome 2023. The next European station will be Ireland, already designated by 2027 (by the US are New York this September 2025 and Minnesota in 2029), and the dance was open for 2031 until the final election of Girona that will be Announced next Tuesday, July 22, after the British Open. The Madrid and even Bilbao options were also on the table although with much less weight.
ELA signing the necessary agreements for public investment for this Ryder. The CSD promised to “the promotion of golf in Spain during the previous seven years and five after the event”, and the Government to promote the designation of the tournament as “event of exceptional public interest.” “This competition allows a present and future economic return that makes the required investment sustainable and profitable,” said the Council of Ministers. The last edition, in Rome (European Victoria), left an impact of about 1,000 million euros in the Italian capital and its surroundings. In Spain, 1.2 million tourists attracted by golf practice come every year.
Girona will take over from the magical edition of Valderrama. The thrust and leadership of Severiano Ballesteros were decisive not only for the inclusion of the rest of continental golfers in a duel that until 1979 only played the players of Great Britain against the United States, but for the celebration on Spanish soil of that Ryder of 1997. winner of 10 of the last 14 editions. Sergio García has become the maximum historical scorer of the tournament (28.5 points) and Jon Rahm in the great European leader with Rory Mcilroy. Europe faces this September a challenge of Aúpa: defending the crown of Rome in the Bethpage field, in New York, in the middle of an environment that is expected very ignited.
