The story of golf is told in a bright new Hall of Fame nestled amongst the trees in Pinehurst.
A short walk from the 18th green at Pinehurst No. 2 – where Payne Stewart, Martin Kaymer, Michelle Wie West, and Bryson DeChambeau won U.S. Open championships – the World Golf Hall of Fame reopened this summer.
Set among the North Carolina pines, the World Golf Hall of Fame houses an unparalleled collection of golf memorabilia and artifacts. If you want to learn about the history of the game or the men and women who have played the biggest roles in its growth over the past two centuries, this is the place to visit.
Compared to the recently closed World Golf Hall of Fame location in Florida, the Pinehurst setting feels more intimate and personal.
Warm wooden floors and soft lighting give the space a clean, modern aesthetic without feeling pretentious. Visitors to Pinehurst for golf can easily spend 45 minutes or an hour exploring the Hall while staying immersed in the game.
After walking into the World Gold Hall of Fame, visitors are greeted by an assembly of major championship trophies. (Gabe Gudgel/Golfweek)
Winged Foot, Seminole and Oakmont are known for their historic courses and locker rooms, but nothing compares to the “Member Locker Room” inside the Hall of Fame. Rather than being divided into separate rooms and hallways, the Hall is housed in a large, open space organized in rows by era. Each of the 170 inductees has a personal locker filled with memorabilia and information.
Jack Nicklaus’s iconic 1-iron, used on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach during the 1972 U.S. Open, leans against the left side of his locker. Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki’s locker holds a samurai sword, while Nancy Lopez’s Girl Scout sash, Babe Zaharias’s baseball glove, a model of Phil Mickelson’s private jet, and even Dan Jenkins’s typewriter are among the treasures on display.
Jack Nicklaus’s scorecard from the 1971 PGA Championship. (Gabe Gudgel/Golfweek)
At the end of the rows, touchscreens allow visitors to learn about Hall of Fame members, watch videos, and locate specific players’ lockers.
Michael Trostel, the Hall of Fame’s director, spoke with every living member in the months leading up to the reopening. Some lockers feature a small gold star, indicating places where visitors can use a free smartphone app to listen to inductees discuss the items in their displays.
The Hall of Fame honors more than just players. Legendary course architects like Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones, and A.W. Tillinghast have lockers, as do cultural figures like Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Clifford Roberts, one of Augusta National Golf Club’s founders and longtime chairmen.
The era of “The New Millenium” features players like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and others from the 2000s. (Gabe Gudgel/Golfweek)
Sprinkled among the filled lockers are spaces marked for future inductees, with room for about 30 years of new members. The most prized empty spot? Third from the end in the most recent era row, nestled between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and just before Davis Love III.
Golfweek had staff members on-site at all the major championships in 2024, reported from the NCAA Championships and was allowed inside factories where some of the finest equipment is made, but nothing was cooler than strolling the aisles at the World Golf Hall of Fame and having a chance to walk among the giants of golf.
“It was all based on competitive fairness as the north star,” USGA CEO Mike Whan told Golfweek.
The LPGA and U.S. Golf Association have announced changes to their transgender policies, effective for the 2025 season. The policies, which were announced in tandem on Wednesday, prohibit athletes who have experienced male puberty from competing in women’s events.
Hailey Davidson, a transgender athlete who competed in the second stage of LPGA Qualifying in October, fell short of an LPGA card but did earn limited Epson Tour status for 2025. She became the second transgender golfer to earn status on the developmental circuit. Bobbi Lancaster earned status in 2013 through Stage I of LPGA Q-School but never actually competed in an official event.
The LPGA’s new policy states that players whose sex assigned at birth is male must establish to the tour’s medical manager and expert panel that they have not experienced any part of male puberty, either beyond Tanner Stage 2 or after age 12 (whichever comes first). They must also maintain a concentration of testosterone in their serum below 2.5 nmol/L.
An LPGA statement read in part:
The policy—informed by a working group of top experts in medicine, science, sport physiology, golf performance and gender policy law—was developed with input from a broad array of stakeholders and prioritizes the competitive integrity of women’s professional tournaments and elite amateur competitions This working group has advised that the effects of male puberty confer competitive advantages in golf performance compared to players who have not undergone male puberty.
The LPGA’s updated Gender Policy extends to the Ladies European Tour, Epson Tour and any other elite LPGA competitions.
“Our policy is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach,” said outgoing LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan in a statement. “The policy represents our continued commitment to ensuring that all feel welcome within our organization, while preserving the fairness and competitive equity of our elite competitions.”
Under these updated guidelines, Davidson, who played men’s college golf at Wilmington University, an NCAA Division II school in Delaware, before transferring to the men’s team at Christopher Newport, an NCAA Division III school in Virginia, would be ineligible. Davidson began transitioning in 2015 and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2021.
In August, the Independent Women’s Forum sent a letter to the LPGA, USGA and IGF (International Golf Federation) signed by more than 275 female golfers that called for the organizations to repeal all policies and rules that allow biological males to compete in women’s events.
The USGA’s new policy, now called the Competitive Fairness Gender Policy, largely mirrors that of the LPGA with only minor differences.
Hailey Davidson poses with a trophy after winning on the NXXT. (courtesy Hailey Davidson)
Golf’s new transgender rules align with those of World Aquatics and the World Athletics Council, which oversees track and field. In June, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas lost a legal challenge against World Aquatics that argued its policies were discriminatory. In 2022, Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title.
“It was all based on competitive fairness as the north star,” USGA CEO Mike Whan told Golfweek of the process. “Right or wrong, let’s be able to look ourselves in the face and any competitor in one our women’s events in the face and say if you’re in this event, nobody has a competitive advantage relative to their gender.”
Recently retired LPGA player Amy Olson, a former USGA champion, has been one of the few publicly vocal players about the need for organizations to return to a female-at-birth policy. Olson told Golfweek in October that she was cautiously optimistic that the tour would do the right thing.
“I am very, very sad that women’s organizations have waited so long to change their gender policies,” said Olson.
“There are people, human beings in the middle of these situations that it effects. I wish that it could’ve been dealt with before there was a face and a name involved.”
Golf is a game of patience and depending on what course you play on, it can require more tolerance.
Golf is a game of patience and depending on what course you play on, it can require more tolerance.
A study from the United States Golf Association on more than 14,000 golf courses across America, revealed the average difficulty of the courses in every state.
According to the association’s methodology, the average “bogey rating” was calculated for all courses in each state, with states ranked from highest to lowest difficulty based on this rating.
The bogey rating indicates the course difficulty for a player with a handicap of around 20 for men or 24 for women, making it a good measure for amateur, hobby golfers. Additionally, the average “course rating” for each state was calculated, which measures difficulty for a scratch player — an elite-level golfer with a handicap of zero, a status achieved by less than 1% of golfers.
Being invited to the Walker Cup practice session does not guarantee a selection to the team.
The 50th edition of the Walker Cup is less than a year away, and those looking to earn a spot on the team have an excellent opportunity to impress captain Nathan Smith in December.
The U.S. Golf Association announced Monday that 16 players have been invited to a Walker Cup practice session next month in Florida. The golfers will attend a practice session from Dec. 14-16 at McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida, and The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Florida.
Smith, who will also captain the 2026 team at Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Ireland, won four U.S. Mid-Amateur (2003, 2009-10, 2012) and the inaugural 2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.
“The amateur golf talent in this country is impressive, and I’m thrilled to gather with this group for a practice session next month,” Smith said in a release. “We have a strong list of young men attending; a mixture of seasoned veterans as well as up-and-comers of the game. I’m excited to spend more time with this group.”
Highlighting the team is top-ranked amateur Luke Clanton, a junior at Florida State, as well as Jackson Koivun, a sophomore at Auburn who is the reigning consensus national Player of the Year. Also invited is four-time Walker Cup participant Stewart Hagestad and Ben James, a junior at Virginia who joins Hagestad as the only players invited to the session with Walker Cup experience.
The 16 players invited to the Walker Cup practice session are: Evan Beck, Parker Bell, Blades Brown, Luke Clanton, Ethan Fang, Stewart Hagestad, Max Herendeen, Ben James, Noah Kent, Jackson Koivun, Michael La Sasso, Bryan Lee, Tommy Morrison, Jase Summy, Brendan Valdes and Jackson Van Paris.
Being invited to the Walker Cup practice session does not guarantee a selection to the team. Players not invited will also be considered. Seven of the 16 players from the December 2022 Walker Cup practice session competed on the 2023 United States team, where it defeated Great Britain and Ireland, 14½-11½, at the Old Course at St. Andrews.
The 50th Walker Cup will be contested at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach, California, on Sept. 6-7, 2025. The Walker Cup is a two-day event with 18 singles matches and eight foursomes matches. The U.S. leads the overall series, 39-9-1, though its advantage is only 11-7 since 1989.
Each team is comprised of 10 players. The R&A selects members of the GB&I team.
She is survived by her two daughters, Robin Doctor and Cindy Molchany.
This story has been edited for clarity.
Susie Maxwell Berning, a 2021 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee who won three U.S. Women’s Opens, died Wednesday. She was 83.
Maxwell Berning won 11 times on the LPGA during her career, and she’s one of six women to win the U.S. Women’s Open at least three times, capturing the trophy in 1968, 1972 and 1973. She also won the Women’s Western Open in 1965 when it was considered a major championship.
The USGA confirmed Maxwell Berning’s passing in a release.
“Susie was a true trailblazer from the moment she picked up a golf club,” USGA CEO Mike Whan said in the release. “When I reflect on the incredibly short list of golfers – male or female – who have claimed three U.S. (Women’s) Open titles, alongside four major championships, it puts into perspective just how extraordinary her achievements were. Even more inspiring is the decision she made to step away from the competitive game to prioritize her family, a choice that resonates deeply with so many of us. Her legacy will forever be a source of admiration and respect.”
Born in Pasadena, California, on July 22, 1941, she spent her teenage years in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where her family rented a house across the street from a municipal golf facility, Lincoln Park, which remains open to this day.
In 1946, U.S. Women’s Open champion Patty Berg came to the course for a clinic, and that sparked Maxwell Berning’s interest in golf. She would go on to earn scholarship to Oklahoma City University, where she played on the men’s golf team. Two of her amateur rivals in Oklahoma, Beth Stone and Betsy Cullen, later joined the LPGA, and that inspired Maxwell Berning to turn pro.
In 1964, she was named LPGA’s Rookie of the Year. Four years later, she earned the first of her three U.S. Women’s Open titles. Her other two USWO wins came at Winged Foot Golf Club and the Country Club of Rochester.
In 1989, at the Konica San Jose Classic in California, Maxwell Berning and her daughter, Robin, became the first mother and daughter to compete in the same LPGA event. They did it again five years later at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA tourrnament.
After retiring from the LPGA in 1996, Maxwell Berning spent more than 20 years at The Reserve Club in Indian Wells, California, where she was made an honorary member.
She is survived by her two daughters, Robin Doctor and Cindy Molchany.
Last year, Evan Beck made it into the championship match of the U.S. Mid-Amateur but lost. This year, there was no doubt.
Beck, the 34-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia, topped Bobby Massa 9 and 8 on Thursday at Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia. He became the first medalist or co-medalist since 2014 to take home the title, and the victory comes with plenty of perks.
With the win, Beck earns an exemption into the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club and a likely invitation to the 2025 Masters. He also has an excellent opportunity to make the Walker Cup team for the 50th edition at Cypress Point in California, as well, as the top-ranked American mid-amateur in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
“It’s pretty sweet,” Beck said. “I’ve always dreamt of winning one of these. It’s incredible that it happened so close to home. To get all the way there and come up short (twice) is gut-wrenching. To be able to push through and prove that you can do it to yourself, more than anything, it’s pretty awesome.”
Beck took an 8-up lead into the 18-hole break over Massa, a quarterfinalist at last month’s U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National in Minnesota. He won nine holes in the morning session, and then won the 19th hole to go 9 up.
Evan Beck as seen with the Robert T. Jones Jr. Memorial Trophy after winning the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Logan Whitton/USGA)
Massa, a 36-year-old from Dallas who serves as the personal trainer for USGA president Fred Perpall, has ball speeds that reach into the 190s at points and is one of the longest hitters in the game.
However, Thursday belonged to Beck, who with his victory Thursday set up what’s bound to be an incredible year of golf in 2025.
Four previous USGA championship have been hosted at Erin Hills.
The U.S. Golf Association announced Wisconsin’s Erin Hills will host five USGA amateur championships over the next 15 years. This in addition to the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, scheduled for May 28-June 1.
The new slate of championships includes the following: 2027 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, 2030 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, 2033 U.S. Women’s Amateur, 2035 U.S. Amateur and 2039 U.S. Junior Amateur.
A general view of the 15th green during previews for the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills Golf Course on September 10, 2024 in Erin, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
Four previous USGA championship have been hosted at Erin Hills, including the 2017 U.S. Open won by Brooks Koepka.
Erin Hills, located in Erin, Wisconsin, 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee, was designed by Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Ron Whitten and opened in 2006. The daily-fee course joins a list of 13 others that have hosted or will host the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur.
The upcoming Four-Ball Championships and U.S. Women’s Amateur mark the first time these championships will be held in the Badger State.
“It doesn’t surprise me at all that she’s playing well and hitting the ball well.”
Sabrina Coffman of Toledo, Ohio, and Jacqueline Setas of East Lansing, Michigan, each finished the stroke-play portion of the 37th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at 3 over to tie for medalist honors.
They’re two of the 64 golfers who advanced to the match-play drama at Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Massachusetts.
Among those who made the Round of 64 is Alexandra Austin of Fairfax, Virginia, who is six months pregnant. She tied for third in stroke play and was the fourth seed for match play, where she won her Monday match against Olivia Herrick of Hugo, Minnesota, 4 and 3.
Austin was a quarterfinalist at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, earning her an exemption this year, and now she’s moving on to the Round of 32 in the 14th of 16 USGA championships in 2024.
“I’m not surprised that she’s playing well. When I was pregnant, I found it to be some of the best ballstriking I’ve ever had because of how your body is, and you have a good idea of where your center of gravity is. I wasn’t hitting it as far, but it was some of the best ballstriking, so it doesn’t surprise me at all that she’s playing well and hitting the ball well, and this is a course where you really need to do that,” said two-time champion Julia Potter-Bobb on Austin’s success in this year’s event.
The championship concludes Thursday with an 18-hole final.
The rising senior at Arizona State is ranked 10th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, and he had a stellar week in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Because of his stellar play, he’s not heading back to Tempe empty handed.
Ballester will receive a gold medal plus custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for one year. He’s also exempt into the next 10 U.S. Amateurs, but it’s unlikely he’ll play again since he’s almost done with his college career.
Perhaps the best benefits are the exemptions. Ballester has a spot in the field next year at the U.S. Open at Oakmont and the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. He also has a likely invitation to the Masters, where he’ll join his mentor and idol Sergio Garcia and fellow Spaniard (as well as former Sun Devil) Jon Rahm at Augusta National.
Being an amateur event, Ballester won’t receive money for his victory, but his elevated status as champion of the biggest amateur event in the world could lead to additional NIL deals or sponsorship opportunities.
Ballester is the first player from Spain to win the U.S. Amateur.
CHASKA, Minn. — Josele Ballester is like many Spanish golfers who have grown up idolizing the greats from their country.
On Sunday, Ballester did something none of those before him have been able to accomplish: win the U.S. Amateur.
Ballester, the rising senior at Arizona State, dominated throughout the day then held on late against Noah Kent to capture the Havemeyer Trophy at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Ballester led 4 up with six holes to play, but by the time he was on the 17th tee, his lead was down to 1. However, Ballester found a way to clinch his biggest victory yet, and it’s one that has given him a title no Spanish golfer has ever been able to achieve.
“I think I’m still not conscious of what just happened today,” Ballester said. “Super thankful to have the opportunity to live this moment. We have many great Spaniards, many great legends, and being able to add my name into that history, it’s pretty sweet.”
Jose Luis Ballester reacts to his putt on the 36th hole during the final match of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
He’s the fourth winner of the U.S. Amateur from Arizona State, joining Billy Mayfair (1987), Phil Mickelson (1990) and Jeff Quinney (2000).
Ballester’s journey to becoming a U.S. Amateur champion began long before he hoisted the trophy on the 18th green at Hazeltine on Sunday.
When Arizona State coach Matt Thurmond was recruiting the talented youngster, he and Washington coach Alan Murray were watching him when the latter quipped, “It’s just a man amongst boys. He’s just a big silverback gorilla, and all these are little cubs around him.”
It’s a phrase that has stuck with Ballester his entire career at Arizona State. Often overlooked on a talented roster, Ballester has always been the gorilla, an alpha who’s consistency shines through, even if the results didn’t show.
“He actually hasn’t won a college tournament,” Thurmond said, “yet he’s a three-time All-American. If it’s possible to be a top-10 amateur in the world and be under the radar, then he is.”
Ranked No. 10 in the world, Ballester, by ranking, was a heavy favorite against Kent, No. 560 and a rising sophomore at Iowa. However, the crowd at Hazeltine resembled the likes of one from the 2016 Ryder Cup at the same venue rather than a U.S. Amateur championship match.
Kent was a heavy, heavy fan favorite, and his following grew by the day. During the Round of 64, his family, girlfriend and a couple others were his only followers. On Sunday, more than 95 percent, if not more, of the crowd was pulling for Kent.
On Saturday night, after Ballester and Kent had secured their spots in the match, Kent remained at Hazeltine more than two hours after his semifinal victory celebrating his achievement, hanging out with friends and others on the clubhouse’s back patio.
Ballester retreated to his hotel, where he ate some sushi, played ping pong to get rid of his stress and had a phone call with one of his idols: Sergio Garcia.
The two texted throughout the week, but this conversation was more in-depth.
“The most important one was continue to be myself,” Ballester said of the advice Garcia shared. “That was key for today. And the other one was how to deal with the crowd, right? He’s been in that position multiple times, especially on this course, in the Ryder Cup 2016 playing against Phil, one of the best Ryder Cup matches ever. So he told me just stay patient in your game, and the best way to demonstrate to the other fans, it’s with your game.”
Ballester struggled to sleep Saturday night, waking up at 3:30 a.m. Sunday and not being able to fall back asleep. He got a workout in, headed to the course early, and at 6:30 a.m. as the sun rose over a fog-blanketed Hazeltine, Ballester was alone on the practice green, getting in some last-minute prep.
Jose Luis Ballester reacts after winning the final match of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
In the morning 18 holes, Ballester calmly took a 4-up lead into the break while Kent struggled with his game. Kent said he retreated to the locker room, where he had to reset.
“I sat in the shower for 20 minutes and kind of let all my thoughts come out, and then called Mr. (John) Harris for a while and called Brett McCabe, my sports psychologist, and called Claude (Harmon III) and kind of got some thoughts and opinions from them,” Kent said. “Mr. Harris just said be creative. So I got up there on the range. I was hitting slices. I was hitting soft shots. I was ripping them. I just wanted to have fun and give it a fight.”
And give it a fight Kent did.
The crowd, which quadrupled in size for the afternoon session, exploded on the first hole when Kent’s chip shot from beyond the hole slammed into the flag then dropped, shrinking his deficit right out of the gate. Ballester blasted a drive on the next hole, hit a brilliant wedge and got his 4-up lead back with a birdie, but Kent again responded, the crowd willing him to a birdie on the par-5 third.
“I knew it was going to be like that from yesterday,” Ballester said of the crowd. “Again, I kind of liked it a little bit. It’s true that, when the other guy is feeling it and he’s kind of grabbing that momentum and you see all the supporters that are going for him, it can be a little depressing. So it’s important to face it with a nice mindset, and I think I did.”
By the turn, Ballester’s lead was 2 up, but it quickly grew to 4 up with seven to go when he won Nos. 10-11. Both players missed birdie looks on the par-4 12th, and harnessing a 4 up lead with six to go, Ballester closed in on history.
But no champion is crowned without facing some adversity. Ballester’s started on the par-3 13th, when his tee shot drifted left and he made bogey.
3 up with five to play.
On the par-4 14th, both players missed the green, Ballester having the better lie from the fairway short than Kent did long. With a short game like Seve Ballesteros all week, it seemed as if Ballester would easily get it up and down.
He didn’t. Kent did. 2 up with four to play, and the pro-Kent crowd was raucous, doing anything it could to will a comeback.
Noah Kent plays his tee shot on the 15th hole during the final match of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
“It was awesome to have them here,” Kent said of the fans, admitting they fueled his late push.
On the par-5 15th, both players made birdie, with Ballester rolling in his putt and giving a strong fist pump as if he was his idol, Garcia, while yelling “Vamos!”
Come the 16th, Kent’s tee shot bounded through the fairway, but from a different tee than players had used all week, Ballester’s tee shot drifted right and got lucky to stay in bounds. He caught a putrid lie. His second shot barely came out, and it trickled into a penalty area, with fans cheering when the ball disappeared into the brush. He was able to find the ball and somehow hit it onto the green for his third, but with Kent having 15 feet for birdie, the lead was down to 1 with two holes to play.
The tees were moved forward on the par-3 17th, making it play closer to 145 yards. Kent’s shot landed on a ridge and rolled away from the front right hole location, and Ballester’s ball landed long and gave him a tricky downhiller.
“That pin, I’m not going to say anything, but it was pretty close to being illegal,” Ballester said. “It was super fast, couldn’t really touch the ball.
Again channeling his inner Sergio, Ballester gently lagged the ball to about 3 feet from the cup and confidently poured in the par putt, giving a subtle fist bump when it dropped. Kent also made par, and the duo marched between the thousands of fans scurrying up and along the 18th fairway.
On the 18th tee, Kent’s tee shot sailed long and into a fairway bunker, leaving the door open for what seemed like the first time in an hour for Ballester to be on offense. It was his chance to show he was a champion, and he capitalized.
Using his Jon Rahm-esque power off the tee, his drive found the center of the fairway, and then he perfectly placed his approach 20 feet from the hole. When Kent’s fairway bunker shot went long and left, Ballester and his caddie embraced walking up the 18th fairway.
“We just looked to each other and say, ‘OK, let’s enjoy this final walk,” Ballester did.
Jose Luis Ballester reacts after winning the final match of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
The same youngster that looked like a man amongst boys as a junior proved he was indeed an alpha on the biggest stage Sunday, even when everything was against him.
“The opportunities that are going to open up for him are amazing,” Thurmond said. “But the best part is, no matter what, he’s going to be an 80-year-old man on the southern coast of Spain, and they’re still going to be knowing him as the U.S. Amateur champion.”
Ballester channeled various elements of his Spanish idols in a victorious march around Hazeltine on Sunday.
Now, kids back in Spain will want to follow in the footsteps of the champion from Castellon de la Plana.
