The Almería course of Aguilón Golf hosts the celebration of the Alps of Andalusia, where 144 players participate, of which 59 are Spanish and, among them, 18 Andalusians who are looking for their way to the Challenge Tour.

With only five tournaments left before the final, including the Alps de Andalucía, each week becomes a fight to occupy those top five positions that open the doors to the Challenge Tour, and in the fight among the top 25 ranked there are three Spaniards: Eduard Rousaud, member of the ProSpain of the RFEG, Mario Galiano and Borja Martín, who have the power to climb positions to get those coveted cards for the Tour.

Mario Galiano is from Andalusia, specifically from Cadiz, and at Aguilón Golf he will fight for, as he says, "the much-desired Alps of Andalusia".

“I’ve been playing well since the beginning of the year,” Galiano says. “I feel very comfortable with myself, much more confident in what I have to do. It’s true that there are still some moments during the rounds when I need a little more confidence and to dare to hit good shots, and that’s been the theme this year.”. 

Right now I'm playing at a pretty good level, I'm hitting the ball well, but I'm missing those moments where I need to trust myself more to make a good round really good.

The level is extremely high; we're seeing that either you have very low rounds or you're nowhere near winning, and that's what I'm lacking. I'm playing very well, but I need to have confidence in myself so that it's reflected in my game.

I don't know the course yet, but I've heard great things about it. I hope to make good decisions and, given how I'm playing and putting, I can give myself a chance to win, and hopefully it will happen. My previous goal was to have a good tournament, to get into the competition, and now the goal is one hundred percent victory, and nothing else matters.

I'm really looking forward to winning the coveted Alps de Andalucía in my home region.".

A title that will be hotly contested by the season's winners, the defending champion José Manuel Pardo, as well as the young professionals and the invited amateurs who will be experiencing an Alps Tour tournament for the first time at Aguilón Golf.

The Alps de Andalucía will be played over three days; after the second round, the cut will be made in the classification, with the top 40 players and ties advancing to the final day on Friday, where the 12th winner of the Alps de Andalucía will be decided. The tournament is sponsored by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation with Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation, and supported by the Higher Sports Council, the Alps Tour, Kyocera, Mahou San Miguel and Solán de Cabras, and organized by JGolf.

SOURCE: Tournament Organization