They add almost 120 victories in the main professional golf circuits, represent up to three different generations of Spanish golf and for the first time coincide in the same golf course, in the same tournament. The 33 Spaniards are the great claim of the Mutuactivos Open de España de golf that starts this Thursday at the Club de Campo Villa in Madrid. It is one of the oldest tournaments in the Old Continent - it began in 1912 - but it starts a new era under the organization of Madrid Trophy Promotions, authors of the miracle of the Tennis Masters of Madrid, which the golf sector has received with Great expectation

The spearhead of one of the most talented generations of Spanish golf is Sergio García , Jon Rahm and Rafa Cabrera-Bello . Rahm defends the title and changed the history of the Open forever with his tremendous victory last year at the National Golf Center before 50,000 spectators. Although he arrives as number two of the Race to Dubai, the Barrika player has very clear priorities: "I'd rather win this week here than in Dubai," he admitted sharply in the spectacular presentation of the event where the three Spanish stars threw the ball into the center from the Wanda Metropolitano camp.

Rahm's commitment to the tournament and his country is enormous: "It is a pride for me to be here. I hope we have great rivalry and that fans enjoy." The only not-so-positive aspect of a week competing at home is the amount of commitments and distractions that arise to the players: "I come to defend the title and people have to understand that I cannot attend the entire audience or grant all interviews they ask me, "he concluded only one hour before his departure on the tee of the 10th Country Club (9:30 am with Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Adriá Arnaus ).

Garcia, in the afternoon shift

Sergio García comes from winning in Holland and changing the course of his season. His debut at the Spanish Open was as an amateur in 1995, coinciding with the last professional victory of Seve Ballesteros in the Country Club itself. "Since then, a lot of good things have happened to me. I have not played for a long time in Madrid and that is why I am looking forward to it. The field is fantastic and the tournament will be a success." Sergio will star in the stellar game of the afternoon from 2:00 pm on the tee of hole 10 together to Jorge Campillo and the Chinese player Haotong Li .

Rafa Cabrera-Bello is the only one of the trident of stars who has not yet written his name in the Vallejo Cup that will be delivered to the champion on Sunday. "It is one of my great illusions. I have won championships in Spain from the Benjamin category to absolute, but I am missing this one," he acknowledged. The motivations are different on the side of the most veteran, José María Olazábal arrives at the Spanish Open in his last year of exemption from the European Circuit. The winner of two green jackets has said goodbye to tournaments as emblematic as Wentworth a couple of weeks ago: "I don't know if I will play many more Opens, but this will undoubtedly be emotional," he acknowledged. And also for Miguel Ángel Jiménez , who returns to the Spanish Open for the first time since 2015. On that last occasion he finished second.

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