Madrid Trophy Promotion, Ávoris, NH Collection Hotels and the Madrid City Council, unite to promote the city as a sports destination

Madrid Trophy Promotion, NH Collection Hotels & Resorts and Ávoris Corporación Empresarial have joined forces to sign a strategic agreement with the Madrid City Council that will boost the visibility and appeal of the Spanish capital as a sports destination for two of the biggest tennis and golf events of the world: the Mutua Madrid
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Matthieu Pavon goes wire-to-wire in Madrid

From start to finish. No concessions. No hesitation. Rock solid like a champion and as if he has been winning titles his whole life, France’s Pavon claimed the first victory of his career at ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid. He took the lead in round one and never let it slip from his
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Rahm flirts with history and signs out with a masterclass

How can it be that for three days Rahm’s putter has kept him out of contention, and today the hole looked bigger than a bucket? Golf is a capricious animal. On Friday the gods of the game rejected twelve of Rahm’s birdie attempts and on Sunday he started his round by pouring in four of
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Jon Rahm asks for the help of the fans: “Maybe the best is yet to come”

Jon Rahm’s game showed few signs of improvement in round three at the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid, but the world number 3 did manage to carve out a 67: “it’s been my worst ball-striking day and I’ve got a low score. The difference was holing a couple more putts, and those shots
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“I’m eight shots back and playing badly, I can eat into that easily”

You really will have to dig deep into the annals if you are to find a more frustrating day for Jon Rahm on the greens. The Barrika native was pulling his hair out, but nobody can say he did not keep trying until the end. “It’s not easy to hit the fairway on this course
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Rahm survives the cut after an inexplicable afternoon

“WHAT A DAY!!” In three words, Jon Rahm perfectly summed up his black afternoon at Club de Campo. The cry came on the 12th, after missing his nth fairway by mere centimetres. Golf is a capricious animal and while the Spaniard’s driver was purring yesterday, today he could not buy a fairway. Hole 1 proved
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Matthieu Pavon maintains lead after day two

Matthieu Pavon continued his impressive performance at the Acciona Open de Espana presented by Madrid, maintaining his spot at the top of the leaderboard for the second consecutive day. He currently holds a one-shot lead after two rounds at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. The Frenchman posted a three-under 69, featuring four birdies and
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Déjà vu at Club de Campo

Day two at the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid is a key day for the players to position themselves at the top of the leaderboard and, more importantly, to see who makes the cut and who will be saying goodbye to Madrid for another year. By the end of the day, we will
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Víctor García Broto, the pick of the Spaniards in the morning session

The first day of the ACCIONA Open de España presented by Madrid got underway on Thursday with all eyes on Jon Rahm, but the morning session provided an unexpected name towards the top of the leaderboard as he made his bow on the DP World Tour. Catalonian player Víctor García Broto could not have had
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Rahm, merciful on day one

Jon Rahm stepped onto the 10th tee looking serious, focused, and aware of the responsibility that rests on his shoulders. Just as Justin Rose said yesterday: “He flies the Spanish flag every week in the US, and playing here is like a hero coming home”. Even more so when you realise that today was the National
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