The Real Club de Golf El Prat team is the new winner of the 2024 Spanish Interclub Men's Championship, which was held at the club's facilities, after defeating the Real Club de Golf Castiello team in the grand final by a score of 2-1.

SPANISH MEN'S INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

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The final match of this 2024 Spanish Interclub Men's Championship lived up to expectations and the final outcome was full of excitement and uncertainty, with Marcel Fonseca as the main protagonist, as the Catalan player achieved the decisive point for his team after defeating Pablo Alperi in an agonizing match that went to the eighth extra hole.

Much earlier, things went well for the Asturian team, as the duo of Alberto Fernández and Juan García-Ochoa defeated Xavi Yagüe and Vicente Mestre in the foursome match by a clear 5/3.

Then, in the individual matches, Juan Dalmau, from El Prat, saved the first “match ball” by defeating Miguel Díaz-Negrete on the first extra hole and gave his team the opportunity, as it turned out, to come back in the third and final match.

The remaining matches, important for finishing in the best possible position, left the Real Club de Golf de Cerdaña team in third place after beating Club de Golf Terramar (2.5-0.5); Club de Golf Escorpión finished fifth after beating Club de Golf Vallromanes (2-1); and Club de Golf San Cugat finished seventh after defeating Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf by the same score.

Alenda Golf Club, winner of Flight B

The so-called Flight B, made up of the teams that did not qualify in the Stroke Play round to fight for the title and which has made up the positions from ninth to sixteenth, has had the Alenda Golf Club team as the winner after defeating the Real Golf Club de Pedreña team by a clear 3-0.

Following Alicante and Cantabria, the Real Club de Golf La Herrería team has taken the top spot, winning their match against Real Club de Puerta de Hierro 2-1; the thirteenth place went to Club de Golf de Barcelona, after beating Golf Los Lagos (3-0); and Club de Campo Villa de Madrid completed the classification after beating Real Nuevo Club de Golf de San Sebastián Basozabal.

Sant Cugat, the best in the Stroke Play phase

The 2024 Spanish Interclub Men's Championship began with the first day of competition, a round played under Stroke Play format of vital importance, since it determined, taking into account only the three best cards of each team, the subsequent eliminations in the fight for the title.

Following this premise, the most inspired team in the first round was that of the San Cugat Golf Club, with a total of 220 strokes, four less than the Real Club de Golf de Castiello, second, and six less than the Real Club de Golf de Cerdaña and the Escorpión Golf Club, third and fourth respectively.

In this first round it was essential to finish among the top eight to qualify for the title playoffs, a mission achieved by four more teams in addition to those mentioned: Real Club de Golf El Prat (228 strokes), Club de Golf Vallromanes (228 strokes), Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf (229 strokes) and Club de Golf Terramar (230 strokes).

The teams that finished from ninth to sixteenth place and were therefore placed in Flight B were Alenda Golf Club (231 strokes), Club de Golf Barcelona (234 strokes), Real Club de Golf La Herrería (236 strokes), Golf Los Lagos (243 strokes), Real Club Puerta de Hierro (244 strokes), Club de Campo Villa de Madrid (246 strokes), Real Golf Club de Pedreña (247 strokes) and Real Nuevo Club San Sebastián Basozabal (256 strokes).

Surprise in the quarterfinals

The first round of Match Play matches of the 2024 Spanish Interclub Men's Championship brought the surprise of seeing how the Sant Cugat Golf Club team, first in the Stroke Play round, fell to the Terramar Golf Club team, eighth ranked, by 2-1.

The other three teams that also qualified for the semi-finals were Real Club de Golf El Prat, after defeating Club de Golf Escorpión by a clear 3-0; Real Club de Golf de Cerdaña, who got rid of Club de Golf Vallromanes by 2-1, and Real Club de Golf de Castiello signed the same result against Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf.

Flight B Quarter-Finals

The quarter-finals corresponding to the so-called Flight B, placed in the semi-finals the teams of Alenda Golf Club, after defeating Nuevo Club de Golf San Sebastián Basozabal by 3-0; Real Club de Pedreña, after winning against Club de Golf de Barcelona by 2-1, Real Club de Golf La Herrería, winner against Club de Campo Villa de Madrid by the same result of 2-1, and Real Club Puerta de Hierro, who prevailed against Golf Los Lagos by 3-0.

RCG El Prat and RCG Castiello, the best in the semifinals

The team from Real Club de Golf El Prat earned their place in the grand final after defeating the team from Club de Golf Terramar by a score of 2-1 in the first semi-final, and in the second, played by the team from Real Club de Golf de Cerdaña and Real Club de Golf de Castiello, it fell to the Asturians by the same result.

Flight B Semifinals

The other semi-final matches, corresponding to the so-called Flight B, set up the final with the teams of Alenda Golf Club and Real Golf Club de Pedreña, after the Alicante team defeated the Real Club Puerta de Hierro team by 2-1 and the Cantabrians did the same with the Real Club de Golf La Herrería team by 3-0.

FINAL RESULTS

1. Royal Golf Club of El Prat

2. Real Club de Golf de Castiello

3. Royal Golf Club of Cerdanya

4. Terramar Golf Club

5. Scorpion Golf Club

6. Vallromanes Golf Club

7. Sant Cugat Golf Club

8. Real Guadalhorce Golf Club

9. Alenda Golf Club

10. Real Golf Club de Pedreña

11. Real Club de Golf La Herrería

12. Royal Club of Puerta de Hierro

13. Barcelona Golf Club

14. Golf Los Lagos

15. Villa de Madrid Country Club

16. Real Nuevo Club San Sebastián Basozabal