Course designed by Jose Maria Olazabal will be tough venue for the Spanish Open
Jose Maria Olazabal, who designed the Spanish Open site, the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla course, has said that the course is tougher and more attractive than most of the venues.
This will be the third year for the European Tour event, scheduled to be held at the Olazabal designed golf course in Seville, Spain.
The Spanish Open is scheduled from May 3 to 6, 2012.
On the other hand, this will be the 100th edition of the Spanish Open and the European Tour is also completing its 40 years.
Ireland's Peter Lawrie recorded the first win of the event in 2008, on the same Spanish site.
The tournament again returned to the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla in 2010 and Alvaro Quiros was the winner.
Now, the honour has once again been given to the par 72 and 7,134 yards golf course to host the 100 years' old Spanish Open again.
The golf course has several water hazards, tough greens, appealing fairways and trees to distract the golfers.
Olazabal spoke about his course last week, saying that the course is tough for many professionals.
The Spanish Open will be tougher in the current year and will entertain the spectators throughout the four days.
“I didn’t realize I was building such a difficult course,” Olazabal said. “The course is in good shape but soft after two weeks of heavy rain, so conditions will be easier on the greens. The rough is extremely penal, therefore it will be vital to keep it
on the fairway”.
He added:
“All the par fives are reachable, but the winner of this tournament will have to hit many fairways, and it will be consistent players like Jiménez or Luke Donald who hit many fairways and many greens are always favourites on this type of course. Long hitters
are going to struggle this week if they don’t keep it straight”.
Thomas Aiken was the proud winner in 2011. He scored a 10-under 278 and won by two strokes. Such a massive score took him to the top of the leaderboard.
All the Spaniards are seeking to do their best in the prestigious event. They all desire to keep the title within their country. Analysts said that the key to success at the Open will consistency.
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