This weekend sees the start of the 2024 Spanish Men's Mid-Amateur Championship, the Marqués de Riscal Trophy, the third event counting towards the ranking for this category. The Real Club de Golf La Coruña is hosting the competition, which features 120 players from across the country.
The event brings together the elite of national Mid Am golf today, since the winners of the two qualifying events held to date are present: Jordi García-Pinto from Girona (exact handicap -6.1) and Íñigo Carmona from Madrid (-3.6), as well as the brand new winner of the Canary Islands Championship, Óscar Sánchez from the island (-3.4), who also serves as 'defending champion'.
This trio occupies a place among the main contenders for victory on the Galician course, a label they share with Top players such as the Asturian Miguel Díaz-Negrete (-5.1) -Spanish Mid Amateur champion of 2016 and 2019, among other merits-, Pablo Heredia (-3.2), Adrián Mata (-2.9), Andrés Freire (-2.7), Antonio Jover (-2.6) or Antonio Cruz-Conde (-2.4).
It's worth noting that this Spanish Men's Mid-Amateur Championship took over from the traditional Over-30 Championship in 2021. The record for most victories belongs to Miguel Preysler (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001), a true icon of Spanish amateur golf.
As a reminder, the competition is played over 54 holes of stroke play. At the end of the second round, a cut will be made, with only the top 60 players and those tied for 60th place advancing.
Next stop on the National Ranking, A Coruña
The 2024 Men's Mid Amateur Catalonia Cup inaugurated the National Ranking for the category in mid-March, a classification that will serve to select the national team that will participate in the Men's Mid Amateur European Championship, which will take place at the Jurmala Golf Club in Latvia from June 6 to 8, 2024.
The Madrid Championship was subsequently held with a victory by the aforementioned Íñigo Carmona, and the Andalusia Cup remains to be played (July 6 and 7, RCG Guadalhorce, Malaga).
See the list of participants and other additional information below, in the Related Links section.
