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Angel Hidalgo tops Jon Rahm in playoff at 2024 Spanish Open

A spectator just a few years ago, Hidalgo hoisted the trophy on Sunday in Madrid.

Jon Rahm had a chance to win the 2024 Spanish Open – in what would’ve been his fourth victory in the event – with an eagle on the final hole.

He couldn’t pull it off but did get a birdie-birdie finish to shoot a final-round 68. But then Angel Hidalgo missed his putt on the last and off to a playoff they went, tied at 14 under at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain.

The duo were in an all-Spanish Sunday trio alongside David Puig, who, like Rahm, went to Arizona State, and like Rahm is a member of LIV Golf.

In the playoff Hidalgo and Rahm each made birdie on the first extra hole. On the second playoff hole, Hidalgo two-putted for the win. It wasn’t that long ago he was at the tournament as a fan.

“Two or three years ago, I was in the first tee, in the trees, supporting Jon [Rahm] without playing, I just come here to Madrid to see the tournament,” he said. “To be here and win the tournament is unreal. Oh, my gosh, it’s amazing.”

With Hidalgo in contention Saturday night, his family and friends hurried to be there for Sunday’s round.

“My best friend Paco and coach Jordi and my parents travelled this morning by train to be here for the tournament,” he said. “I wish my brother was here but I will make a video call now – probably he cries more than me, knowing him.”

Jon Rahm playing in first DP World Tour event since joining LIV to keep eligibility for Ryder Cup

While the Presidents Cup has taken center stage for many fans, the DP World Tour has a strong field.

Jon Rahm was late to the 2024 Spanish Open, missing the pro-am and arriving just a day before competition was to start at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

He had a good reason for his tardiness: he was in Scottsdale, Arizona, at home with his wife who just delivered the couple’s third child.

While the Presidents Cup has taken center stage this week for many fans, the DP World Tour has a strong field for its event, one that’s full of Ryder Cuppers and LIV players.

The last time we saw Rahm, he was pulling out of the LIV Golf Team Championship with the flu. And while he is seeking his fourth win in his native country’s open as one of 24 Spanish players in the field, he’s playing his first DP World Tour event since joining LIV Golf nine months ago. It’s the first of three events on the Euro circuit he’s planning to play in order to keep his Ryder Cup eligibility. He’s also appealing sanctions from the DP World Tour for his LIV participation, an appeal that’s on hold for now, allowing him to play this week.

That’s a lot of subplots for one man.

Joining Rahm in the Spanish Open is Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Patrick Reed, Aaron Rai, Sepp Straka and Matthieu Pavon, the event’s defending champion.

World No. 6 Jon Rahm fires third-round 65 to lead acciona Open de Espana

Rahm’s last win came at the Mexico Open in May.

Jon Rahm is the biggest star in this week’s field at the acciona Open de Espana, and so far he’s living up to that label.

After opening the tournament with a 64, Rahm has posted rounds of 68 and 65 around Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, to take a one-shot lead into the final 18.

On day three, Rahm was able to keep the bogeys off the card and took advantage of a wonderful drive down the par-4 18th, where his tee shot found the green. The eagle putt came within inches of finding the cup but the Spaniard settled for a closing birdie.

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Min Woo Lee fired a third-round 66 and is one back of Rahm entering the final round. There’s a six-way tie at 13 under for third while two are tied at 12 under for ninth to round out the top 10.

Rahm’s last win came at the Mexico Open on the PGA Tour in May.

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Watch: This pro followed up a quadruple bogey with an ace at DP World Tour’s acciona Open de Espana

The best way to rebound from an 8 is a 1. Literally.

It’s always a good thing when you can rebound with a good score after taking a few too many strokes on a hole.

And that’s what Daniel Gavins did Thursday at the acciona Open de Espana. He was 2 under after his first seven holes at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Spain when he found some trouble on the par-4 eighth.

His tee shot drifted left, so he had to pitch back into the fairway for his second. His third shot sailed over the green, and it took him three shots to get out of the rough and onto the putting surface. Two putts, and he marked an 8 on the card.

It took him seven fewer strokes to play the next hole, the 177-yard par-3 ninth.

The ace allowed Gavins to make the turn in even-par 36. The 31-year-old Englishman has one DP World Tour win in his career.

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Rafa Cabrera Bello outlasts fellow Spaniard Adri Arnaus to win Spanish Open

After slipping to 231st in the Official World Golf Ranking, Rafa Cabrera Bello wins his country’s national title.

It was an all-Spanish playoff on Sunday in the Spanish Open, with Rafa Cabrera Bello fending off Adri Arnaus on the first playoff hole at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain.

Bello drained a birdie putt and then thrust his fist in the air in celebration. He closed with a 69 while Arnaus shot a final-round 67 as the two finished regulation at 19 under.

Bello started the day with a two-shot lead, then saw it disappear with a double bogey on the first hole. He was then two shots back to Arnaus after nine holes but a clutch up-and-down from a bunker on the 18th hole forced a playoff.

Bello has now won four times on the Euro Tour but it’s his first win on the circuit in four years. He has slipped to 231st in the Official World Golf Ranking, but Bello now joins fellow Spaniards Seve Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia and Miguel Ángel Jiménez in winning their country’s national title.

“It was definitely one trophy that was on my bucket list,” Bello said. “To join my name to all those champions—Alvaro (Quiros) as well that I can think of—it’s very, very special.”

Grant Forrest, playing in the same group as Jon Rahm in the final round, missed the playoff by two shots but did close with a 28 on his back nine Sunday. He went par-par on Nos. 10 and 11 but then went six under on a five-hole stretch, going birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie on Nos. 12-16. He closed with a birdie on 18 to cap his day.

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