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Camiral: The Course Booked for Golf’s Next Ryder Cup

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Catalonia’s two championship layouts, six years before the crowds arrive.

Camiral, in the Girona countryside an hour north of Barcelona, has just been named host of the 2031 Ryder Cup. It is only the second Spanish venue in the competition’s history, following Valderrama in 1997, and the decision changes what a round here means. The two championship courses have always been serious golf. Now they come with a deadline attached.

Golfer checking in a golf travel bag at airport departures before a golf holiday

A Second Ryder Cup for Spain

Ryder Cup Europe’s selection of Camiral makes Spain the first country on the continent to host the event twice, a decision framed by chief executive Guy Kinnings as recognition of Spanish golf’s long-standing contribution to the competition. Sergio García remains the Ryder Cup’s all-time points leader, and Jon Rahm has been one of Europe’s defining players across the last three editions. Camiral now carries that history forward. (ESPN)

Stadium and Tour — Two Different Tests

Camiral operates two courses, and they reward different games. The Camiral Stadium is the tougher of the pair, having hosted a DP World Tour event three times, most recently in 2022, and the European Tour’s Qualifying School Final Stage on seven occasions since 2008.

Camiral Stadium course fairway with the Girona countryside behind, Costa Brava
Next door, the Camiral Tour was built to the same standard but wider, with larger greens that give a broader range of handicaps a fair shot at scoring well. Both share ground that was originally earmarked for a Grand Prix circuit before Formula 1 relocated to Montmeló — golf got the better draw. Between now and 2031, the resort will also host the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship each year from 2028 to 2030, so the countdown is already on the calendar. (ESPN)

Camiral Tour course, the kinder option

Girona and the Costa Brava Table

The resort itself, now trading as Camiral after years as PGA Catalunya, sits a five-minute transfer from Girona airport. Girona itself is worth the detour on a rest day — a walled old town of stone stairways and a cathedral that climbs straight up from the Onyar river, with a market culture built on Catalan cooking rather than tourist menus. Barcelona is an hour away if the trip stretches to a long weekend either side of the golf. (The Independent)

Historic Old tow Girona

Play It Before 2031

Ryder Cup venues rarely get quieter as the event approaches. Valderrama’s profile only grew after 1997, and Camiral will follow the same curve — more attention, fuller tee sheets, and eventually a course that plays host to the loudest week in golf. Six years is not a long runway. The Stadium and Tour courses are booking-ready now, at a stage where a serious golfer can play the same fairways the world’s best will contest without the surrounding circus.

Camiral joins a shortlist of courses that will only get harder to book quietly. Browse Costa Brava golf holidays and get there ahead of 2031.

Spain Completes Historic Amateur Golf Treble in a Single Weekend

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Three teams. Three finals. Three European titles.

Victorious Spanish Amateur Golfers

Spanish amateur golf produced one of its finest weekends on record. Three national squads contested three separate European Team Championships, in three different countries, and all three returned home with gold. The wins span three generations of Spanish golfers — senior women, junior women, and junior men — and confirm the strength of a development system that keeps producing teams capable of winning at the highest level.

A Fourth Straight Podium for the Senior Women

A Fourth Straight Podium for the Senior Women

The Spanish women’s national team retained its European Team Championship title, beating Ireland and Finland before defeating France 5-2 in the final, played in Ireland. Andrea Revuelta, Paula Martín, Cayetana Fernández, Paula Francisco, Balma Dávalos and Paula Balanzategui made up the winning side. It is Spain’s third title in the last four editions, its eighth overall, and its twelfth podium finish in nineteen years, according to the Real Federación Española de Golf.

Back-to-Back Gold for the Under-18 Women

Repeat Champions, under 18 women

In Switzerland, the Spanish Under-18 women’s team topped qualifying, beat Sweden and the Czech Republic, then edged a tight final against England. Nagore Martínez, Adriana García Terol, Carolina Pérez-Tasso, Amanda Revuelta, Ángela Revuelta and Carlota López delivered Spain’s second consecutive gold in the category and its eleventh European title overall — the most of any nation in the competition’s history.

Home Advantage Delivers for the Under-18 Men

Under 18's also amongst the winners

The third title was won on home soil, at Montecastillo in Jerez de la Frontera. Gonzalo Baños, Nicolás Vidal, Mateo Hidalgo, Yago Horno, Raúl Gómez and Samuel Love led qualifying and beat England in the final, winning both the morning and afternoon foursomes sessions. A bunker shot from Gonzalo Baños on the 18th hole sealed the title in front of the home crowd — Spain’s eighth Under-18 men’s European title, placing the country level with England and Scotland at the top of the all-time standings.

A Result Built Beyond the Scorecard

Three titles, three generations, one weekend. Behind the results sit the players — but also the captains, coaches, physiotherapists, clubs, regional federations and families who support them year-round. Spanish amateur golf has rarely looked stronger. What comes next may be more exciting still.


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HotelPlanner Tour’s Grand Final Returns to Alcanada

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Mallorca’s north coast turns into the season’s biggest stage this autumn. Club de Golf Alcanada, tucked beside the lighthouse at Port d’Alcúdia, will host the Rolex Grand Final supported by The R&A from Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 2026 — the HotelPlanner Tour’s season-ending showpiece, and the sixth time this coastal test has closed out the Road to Mallorca.

A Course That Keeps Getting Asked Back

Coastal hole at Club de Golf Alcanada with the lighthouse visible, Mallorca

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr and opened in 2003, Alcanada is Mallorca’s only genuinely coastal course, its par-72 layout sloping down toward the Mediterranean and that lighthouse on the tiny island just offshore. This will be the fifth consecutive year — and sixth overall — that the club has staged the Grand Final, a run matched by very few venues on the European golf calendar. (Club de Golf Alcanada)

Fifteen Cards on the Line

Mediterranean view from Club de Golf Alcanada near Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca

The Grand Final caps a 28-tournament Road to Mallorca season spanning 19 countries and three continents, with a total prize fund of €9 million. This week alone carries €500,000 and 4,000 Race to Mallorca points — double the usual event — as the leading players chase one of 15 DP World Tour cards, down from 20 the year before. Graduates qualify for the DP World Tour’s Earnings Assurance Programme, guaranteeing $150,000 in minimum earnings for 2027, with the top five also receiving the John Jacobs Bursary. (Golf Business News)

Last Year’s Fairytale Sets the Bar

HotelPlanner Tour Grand Final trophy presentation, Mallorca

The 2025 edition is a hard act to follow. James Morrison, sitting 36th in the rankings and reportedly considering retirement, carded four rounds in the 60s and low 70s to win outright and reclaim his DP World Tour card twelve months after losing it. JC Ritchie, meanwhile, topped the season-long rankings on the back of three wins. Whoever tops the leaderboard at Alcanada this November will be writing the next chapter in a Grand Final story that rarely disappoints. (HotelPlanner Tour)

Alcanada’s coastal winds and exposed greens have a habit of deciding careers, and this year’s field will feel every gust of it. For golfers who’d rather play the course than just watch it on a leaderboard, Mallorca’s fairways are open well beyond tournament week. Browse our Balearic Islands golf holidays and put yourself on the same coastline.


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