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Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship 2026: The Road to the Ryder Cup Begins in Barcelona

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The DP World Tour arrives in Barcelona this May — and Spanish golf is ready to make some noise

Real Club de Golf El Prat Pink Course in Barcelona, host venue of the inaugural Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship 2026 DP World Tour event

Posted in Spain Golf | Events & Gastronomy  ·  April 2026

From 7–10 May 2026, the brand-new Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship tees off at the historic Real Club de Golf El Prat in Barcelona — the first stop on the European Swing of the DP World Tour and the official launch of the Road to the 2031 Ryder Cup. With Camiral confirmed as the Ryder Cup venue for 2031, Spain becomes the first continental European country to host golf’s greatest team event twice. This inaugural tournament is, quite literally, the opening tee shot. And if it has you thinking about a golf holiday on the Costa Brava, you are not alone.

A World-Class Venue

Real Club de Golf El Prat has been a cornerstone of Spanish golf since 1912, granted Royal status by King Alfonso XIII and host to over 250 top-level tournaments. The Championship will be played on the Club’s Pink Course — a Greg Norman design set within a stunning 518-acre estate just 30 minutes from central Barcelona. Ballesteros, Watson, Olazábal, Garcia and Fleetwood have all competed here. Now a new generation gets its turn.

Spanish Stars Ready to Shine

The home contingent is formidable. Pablo Larrazábal — nine-time DP World Tour winner and a Club member himself — headlines alongside Ángel Hidalgo, Eugenio Chacarra, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Adri Arnaus, Nacho Elvira, Ángel Ayora and Jorge Campillo. Barcelona will be loud, partisan, and thoroughly enjoyable.

150 Years of Estrella Damm

There is a pleasing symmetry here: the title sponsor is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026, having first brewed in Barcelona since 1876. Estrella Damm will also be the official beer of the 2031 Ryder Cup — a partnership that feels as natural as a cold pint after 18 holes on a warm May afternoon.

Tickets & Getting There

El Prat is a short drive from Barcelona Airport. Tickets are on sale now with worthwhile discounts: 25% off for RFEG members, 50% off for ages 13–17, and free entry for under-13s. Hospitality packages are also available.

Book at: estrelladammcatalunyachampionship.golf

With a legendary venue, a packed Spanish field and the Ryder Cup countdown well and truly underway, the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship has all the makings of a must-attend event. If someone offers you an ice-cold Estrella at the 18th — you would be foolish to say no.

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Spain golf – Real Club de Golf El Prat host of the Santander Golf Tour

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Real Club de Golf El Prat

Real Club de Golf El Prat

The Real Club de Golf El Prat has once again been selected to host a competition of the LET Access Series and the Santander Golf Tour. Together with the Real Club de Golf La Peñaza, they are the only golf courses in Spain to organize a tournament for the European circuit that brings great golfers not only from Europe but from the world. Under the name of Santander Golf Tour Barcelona, the tournament will be played from October 20 to 22 at the Real Club de Golf El Prat and will be the final of the circuit.

The RCGEP Pink Golf Course, the favourite of its designer Greg Norman, is prepared to offer to players greens that are as demanding as fun, very interesting and full of challenges.

In the first nine holes, the fairways are narrower and delimited by forest where the driver is not always the best option. Even so, the golf course is long and welcomes large and fast greens. The second round is demanding and requires a good strategy from the starting tee. On the other hand, recoveries will be the key for making a good result.

The Pink Golf Course is a very good choice for this event because it is one of the professional players’ favourites and this year some of the best golfers of the moment will participate.

The tournament will be the grand finale of the LET Access Series and offer a total of thirty-five thousand euros to be distributed among the players who manage to make the cut. In 2019, the Swedish Johanna Gustavsson was the champion of the event.

Tee Times Golf Agency congratulates the Royal Club de Golf El Prat for being chosen again for this prestigious tournament. Both of its Pink & Yellow championship golf courses are of unparalleled quality and with very attractive prices. Can be played in individual 18-holes rounds with or without buggy or included in the highly requested Barcelona Golf Passport for 3 or 5 rounds, to choose between Llavaneras Golf Course, Montanya Golf Course, Terramar Golf Course, Vallromanes Golf Course, Club Golf Barcelona.

To take part of this or other tournaments or just for a relaxing golf break, the near by hotels, Camiral at PGA Catalunya *****, Double Tree by Hilton Barcelona **** and Hotel Sant Cugat ****, as well as its San Cugat Golf Course will make the most memorable golf holidays.

Source: golfindustria.es

On Costa del Sol, golf is the star segment in the New Year 2021

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Finca Cortesin golf course

Costa del Sol

Costa del Sol continues to prioritize the golf segment in 2021, despite the situation that is being experienced by COVID-19, the golf courses are making an effort once again by launching a wide variety of special rates in which sport is combined with leisure and fun. Various golf courses have joined the initiative of offering to visitors the best promotions with all the necessary security measures.

Of the twenty actions programmed to carry out the promotion of the destination at end of 2020, the majority and the most important have been those aimed at golf, showing all the strengths and great potential of the Costa del Golf.

At Costa del Sol the golf offer is unbeatable. With more than seventy courses, it is the destination in Europe with the highest concentration of golf courses. Thus, the province of Malaga is the one with more courses in the whole country, and the third in golf licenses, after Madrid and Barcelona, representing 6.7% of the total number of federated, exceeding eighteen thousand players. The Costa del Golf accounts for 67% of the total number of golf courses in Andalusia, spread over sixteen municipalities.

From Tee Times’s Golf Agency point of view, the most popular golf courses in the region among our clients recommended also by us are: Cabopino, Rio Real, Golf Torrequebrada, Chaparral, Marbella Golf & Country Club, Mijas Golf – Los Olivos, La Quinta Golf Course, La Cala Europa, Finca Cortesin, Los Naranjos Golf, San Roque Cub Old Course, Calanova Golf Course.

Source: golfindustria.es