Spain Completes Historic Amateur Golf Treble in a Single Weekend

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

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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Chacarra Goes Back-to-Back — and Lands an Open Debut

Two DP World Tour titles in two weeks, and a PGA Tour card now firmly in his sights

Eugenio Chacarra closed out the Italian Open on Sunday with a bogey-free 64, winning by five shots at Circolo Golf Torino. It was the 26-year-old Spaniard’s second DP World Tour title in as many weeks, following his win at the KLM Open earlier in June. Both the manner and the timing matter.

A flawless Sunday in Turin

A victorious Eugenio Chacarra waves to the crowd

Chacarra reached 24-under for the week, five clear of England’s Matt Wallace, with Chile’s Joaquín Niemann a further shot back in third. The closing round was the work of a player in full control — five birdies in his first ten holes, then an eagle at the par-five 15th to settle the matter. He never looked troubled. (ESPN)

A ticket to Royal Birkdale

The victory carried a significant reward beyond the trophy. Chacarra secured the final Open Championship place available to unexempt players through the Open Qualifying Series, booking his debut at Royal Birkdale next month. For a player who has watched the game’s oldest major on television since boyhood, it is a milestone moment.

The bigger prize in sight

The win lifted Chacarra to third in the Race to Dubai, behind only Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy, and put him top of the standings for the ten PGA Tour cards awarded to leading non-exempt players at season’s end. It marks a notable turnaround. A former LIV Golf player whose contract with Sergio García’s Fireballs was not renewed after 2024, Chacarra returned to the DP World Tour and won the Hero Indian Open in March 2025. Three titles in fifteen months later, the PGA Tour card he has chased since childhood is within reach.

Eugenio Chacarra with the Italian Open Trophy

A summer for Spanish golf

Chacarra’s form is part of a strong season for Spanish golf, and a reminder of the depth the country continues to produce. For anyone inspired to play where the Spanish game is at its finest, the courses of the Costa del Sol — championship layouts, reliable sunshine, and the kind of post-round dining that makes an evening — are hard to beat.

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