Pedro Oriol from Madrid upheld the tradition that points to the Biarritz Cup as a tournament especially favorable to Spanish golfers and won the title in the men's category after a close duel with Jesús Legarrea from Navarre and Jorge Campillo from Cáceres.

Pedro Oriol, recent gold medalist in the European Junior Team Championship, was the best throughout the four days of the competition, held at the Biarritz Golf Club.

His 64 strokes on the first day and the 65 he made on the second allowed him to face the last 36 holes with clear options to take a victory that serves to round off a very favorable season for his interests.

Finally, and despite the good play of Jesús Legarrea and Jorge Campillo, and the start of the tournament by the Frenchman Adrien Bernabet – author of a card of 62 strokes – the Madrid native from Puerta de Hierro took the victory.

The strong performance of the local golfers prevented a Spanish one-two finish, as happened in 2005 when Álvaro Velasco and Tania Elósegui took home the titles in both categories. Carolina Afonso won the women's competition by one stroke over her compatriot Camilla Fallay.

However, Pedro Oriol and Jorge Campillo did secure a second victory for Spanish golf by winning the Nations Cup. With 327 strokes, they finished six ahead of the Dutch duo of Taco Remkes and Jan-Willem Van-Hoof.

FINAL MEN'S CLASSIFICATION
1.- Pedro Oriol (ESP) 263 (64+65+67+67)
2.- Jesús Legarrea (ESP) 266 (66+68+67+65)
3.- Jorge Campillo (ESP) 268 (67+68+63+70)
+.- Adrien Bernabet (ESP) 268 (62+70+66+70)

FINAL WOMEN'S CLASSIFICATION
1.- Caroline Afonso (FRA) 278 (71+65+70+72)
2.- Camille Fallay (FRA) 279 (73+69+71+66)
3.- Valentine Derrey (FRA) 282 (68+71+72+71)