(Golf European Tour/Text) From April 28 to May 1, Beijing time, the DP World Tour Catalan Championship will be contested.
Following last week’s Handa Championship, the DP World Tour continues its own journey to Spain. This time the game came to Girona, also in Catalonia. Fifty years ago, the DP World Tour set sail from Girona and traveled the world.
China’s Li Haotong and Wu Ashun will participate in this week’s Catalan Championships. In addition, the Handa Championship champion Spanish player Pablo Larazabao, England star Richard Brand, Danish twin stars Nicky Hager and Rasmus Hager and other famous players will also participate. The intensity of the competition for the championship is predictable.
At the Handa Championship that ended last weekend, Li Haotong was in excellent form. He had the possibility of competing for the championship in the fourth round. In the end, he won the sixth place. After the race, he moved up 18 places to 41st in the Dubai Race standings. This time in Girona, whether Li Haotong can continue the good state of last weekend is full of expectations.
Another Chinese player, Wu Ashun, had a poor hand at last week’s Handa Championship, after the first two rounds, he failed to advance to the mobile day event with a score of +2. What kind of performance Wu Ashun will show at the Catalan Championship a week later is very interesting.
At 14:35 on April 28, Beijing time, Li Haotong will start from the 10th hole; Wu Ashun will start his journey from the 1st hole at 19:35 on the same day.
A number of players compete for the championship
This week’s Catalan Championship is full of great players. Among the top 10 players in the Dubai competition standings, including Wu Ashun, 5 players will appear this week.
(Lala Zabao, who celebrated his victory last week)
Local player Lara Zabao, who won the Handa Championship last week, continues to play this week. The title of the previous race lifted him to fourth place in the race standings in Dubai, and he also joined the likes of Sévi Valles de ros, Miguel Simeonese and others as the single best player in the competition. Spanish player who has won at least two DP World Tour titles in a season. Whether he can continue his previous hot touch this week is very exciting.
(Brand in the game)
England veteran Richard Brand, currently fifth in the race standings in Dubai, will compete in the Catalan Championship. His most recent appearance on the DP World Tour was at the My Golf Life Open in March (ranked T28). Brand will return to England next week to participate in the British Masters at home, and his performance in the Catalan Championship will be a vane of his personal recent state.
(Rasmus Hagrid in the game)
England’s Jordan Smith (now ranked 7th in the Dubai competition standings), India’s Subanka Sharma (now ranked 8th in the Dubai competition standings) and the well-regarded Danish twins Nikolai Haig and Rasmus Hagrid has a chance to compete for the championship.
stadium pitch
The stadium course, with a total length of 7353 yards and a par of 72.
(Stadium Field)
This year’s Catalan Championships will be held for the first time on the stadium course owned by the PGA Catalan Golf and Fitness Club. The course has just undergone a major upgrade.
The stadium was upgraded and renovated with the Augusta National Golf Club as a reference. The positions of the holes, fairways and obstacles were changed on the 6th hole; a right-to-left dogleg was added on the 10th hole.
In addition, the stadium has also made key upgrades in terms of ecology. The reconstructed stadium will save 25% of water consumption than before, and will also use recycled water to contribute to the local environmental protection cause.
The longest hole on the course is the par-5 No. 7 hole, which is 585 yards long; the shortest hole is the par-3 hole No. 11, which is 188 yards long.Return to Sohu, see more