The Madrid natives Paula Martín, Carolina López-Chacarra and Cayetana Fernández constitute the strong and outstanding Spanish presence in the Vagliano Trophy, the now traditional duel between the European Continent's women's teams against Great Britain - Ireland, which on this occasion takes place at the Dutch Royal Hague course on June 27 and 28.
The current 2025 edition resumes the usual rhythm of this biennial competition, which had to be cancelled in 2021, resuming a huge competition very well reflected in the record, with 16 victories for the European Continent team and 15 for the Great Britain - Ireland team, also including a tie (1979) that confirms the equality of forces between both sides.
However, the European Continent team has accumulated a streak of eight consecutive victories, while the Great Britain-Ireland team has not achieved victory since 2005 in this veteran, biennial competition, which debuted in 1959.
The selection of the trio of Spanish golfers reflects the outstanding performance they have all displayed in recent months. This is the case for Paula Martín, whose prominence has risen considerably after winning the recent Women's Amateur Championship. Another victory in the US Collegiate League this year, the NCAA Team Final with Stanford in 2024, and the European Under-18 Team Championship with Spain in 2023 are all part of her impressive resume.
Carolina López-Chacarra, for her part, has accumulated several victories in the United States University League in recent years, with special mention for the 2023 Team Final, a year in which she also contributed to the victories in the Women's Absolute European Championship and the Women's Absolute Spanish Armed Forces Championship.
As for Cayetana Fernández, the Madrid native has repeatedly demonstrated her talent in both individual and team tournaments. Her individual achievements include a couple of recent NCAA victories, while her teamwork has contributed to wins at the Patky Hankings Trophy, the European Women's Team Championships, and the most recent edition of the Vagliano Trophy in 2023.
The Spanish trio is part of a team that also includes the French Sara Brentcheneff, Valentine Delon and Camille Min-Gaultier and the Danish Emma Dalgaard and Marie Madsen.
At the same time, the Junior Vagliano Trophy, reserved for Under 16 players, is being held, a competition in which there are three other Spanish representatives this time.
The competition format consists of four foursomes in the morning session followed by eight individual matches in the afternoon on each of the two days of the tournament.