Golf Villa de El Escorial has become the first winner of the Spanish Cup of Rustic Courses, a competition that has debuted on the Spanish amateur calendar and which has been held at the facilities of the Escorial club, with the presence during the awards ceremony of the mayors of El Escorial and San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Antonio Vicente and Carlota López, respectively.

The host club team, made up of Juan Antonio Jiménez, Félix José Millán, Félix Piñuela and Óscar Luís Rodríguez, has made good use of its eight-stroke advantage, achieved after the first day, and with a result of 215 strokes in this second round, it has been more than enough to take the victory, with a total of 414 strokes.

Golf Villa de El Escorial finished second, while Golf Hierro 3 moved up one place from the first day. The team from León posted a score of 209, a shared best of the day, for a total of 425 strokes, eleven behind the winners.

The Golf Béjar la Cerrallana team completed the podium of this Spanish Cup of Rustic Courses, also the author of the best result of the day with 209 strokes, which earned them that third position with a total of 432 strokes.

José Miguel Miralles, individual winner

The good performance of the Requena team in the second and final day of the tournament has also been rewarded in the individual classification, where one of its members, José Miguel Miralles, has achieved individual victory with a round of 60 strokes for a total of 126 strokes.

They were followed in the classification by Miguel Pontón and Juan Antonio Jiménez, the latter from the winning team, Golf Villa de El Escorial, who shared second place with a total of 128 strokes.

Initial domain of Golf Villa de El Escorial

Golf Villa de El Escorial made the most of the "course factor" on the first day of the Spanish Cup of Rustic Courses, which began at the facilities of the Madrid club, and took the lead in the standings with a total of 199 strokes.

The Escorial team, in turn, achieved an eight-stroke advantage over the second-placed team, Golf Pozuelo, who finished the day with a total of 208 strokes, while the Golf Hierro 3 team achieved the third provisional position with a total of 216 strokes.

This Spanish Cup of Rustic Courses is newly created and offers players who are members or subscribers of these clubs, as well as the clubs themselves, the possibility of competing in a prestigious competition, in this case, on the course of the Villa de El Escorial Golf Association (Madrid).

One tournament, two rankings

This first Spanish Cup of Rustic Courses was played over 36 holes of Stroke Play, generating two classifications: one by teams, in which the three best scores of the day were counted, and another individual one.

The teams representing Golf Pozuelo (cumulative handicap 37), Golf Villa del Escorial (38), Golf Béjar La Cerrallana (38.2), Golf Bocigas (44.8), Golf Hierro 3 (52.8), Golf Requena (57.9), Golf La Vereda (72.1), Golf Cuesta Blanca (72.5), Golf El Espinar (82.4), and Golf Navarrevisca (89.1) participated in the competition. All of these teams consisted of four golfers.

In addition, the list of participants included another forty-two golfers who only competed in the individual event. Thus, the total number of players who gathered this weekend in El Escorial rose to eighty-two.

Final Results

Teams

1. Golf Villa de El Escorial (199, 215) 414 strokes

2. Golf Iron 3 (216, 209) 425 strokes

3. Golf Béjar la Cerrallana (223, 209) 432 strokes

Individual

1. José Miguel Miralles - Golf Béjar la Cerrallana - (66, 60) 126 strokes

2. Miguel Pontón (60, 68) 128 strokes

Juan Antonio Jiménez - Golf Villa de El Escorial - (65, 63) 128 strokes

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