PORTUGAL WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL TEAM 2026.

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The women's golf calendar picks up pace this weekend with the start of what is traditionally the first major tournament outside of Spain, the Portugal International, which celebrates its 96th edition at the Penina Golf Resort in the Algarve region. Fourteen Spanish golfers are competing, led by Adriana García Terol and Nagore Martínez.

The Spanish team competing in the tournament from Wednesday, January 28th to Saturday, January 31st is led by five of the reigning European Under-18 champions: Liz Hao, Amanda Revuelta, Aroa González, and the aforementioned Adriana García Terol and Nagore Martínez, who are the current Spanish National Champion and Queen's Cup winner, respectively. Their proven track record in tournaments of this level is a guarantee of success.

This group is joined by a dozen Spanish golfers who have been making a name for themselves in recent years: Daniela Montolio, Cristina García, Chanya Huaysan, Ángela Revuelta, Carolina Pérez-Tasso, Carlota López, Marta Muñoz, María Carlón and Martina Navarro.

In total, ninety golfers are vying for the title at stake in southern Portugal. The field includes some of the best players on the international scene in recent months, such as last year's winner, Louise Uma Landgraf of France, Catherine Rao of the United States, and Judy Joo of South Korea.

This International of Portugal is played over four days, with the last one reserved for the golfers who finish the first 54 holes among the top 40 ranked and tied for this position.

Encouraging precedents for Spanish representation

The Portuguese tournament has historically yielded remarkable results for Spanish golf, the most recent being Rocío Tejedo's victory in 2023 in a hard-fought battle with Cayetana Fernández, Anna Cañadó's fifth place in 2022, and Andrea Revuelta's third place in 2021. In 2024, Balma Dávalos and Rocío Tejedo finished third and sixth, respectively, in an edition won by the German Helen Briem, by then a professional.

To find another Spanish victory, one has to go back to 2016, when María Parra triumphed at Montado Golf, delivering a golfing exhibition few players could match: she finished with -17, nine strokes ahead of second-place finisher Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland. Her rounds of 66, 68, 69, and 68 proved insurmountable for her rivals. Her score also set a new tournament record, surpassing the previous mark of -14 held by Ireland's Leona Maguire.

Previously, in 2014, on the same Montado course, Silvia Bañón claimed victory after a final day full of struggle, with a birdie and a par on the last two holes that gave her the victory by a single stroke over the British Gabriella Cowley.

The Spanish flag also flew in the 2013 edition, this time in honor of Madrid native Clara Baena, who won the title in a race that was reduced to three laps after the third day was suspended due to fog. The Spaniard started the final lap in third place and climbed to the lead after a thrilling duel with Germany's Karolin Lampert and Finland's Matilda Castren.

In 2010, Barcelona native Anna Arrese wrote one of the most exciting chapters in the tournament's history with an impressive comeback that denied Germany's Lara Katzy the victory. With a 67 on the final day, the former Blume National School player turned the standings around to finish one stroke ahead of the German.

It's no wonder this tournament is a favorite among Spanish players, who have won thirteen of the last twenty-seven editions. Before Anna Arrese's feat, the last Spanish player to win in Portugal was Carlota Ciganda from Navarre, who did so in 2008 at Benamor, with a spectacular performance that included a course record (63).

In addition, Macarena Campomanes (1984), Tania Abitbol (1985), María del Carmen Navarro (1986 and 1987), Sonia Navarro (1990), Laura Navarro (1992), Marina Arruti (1993), Dolores Cortezo (1995), Ana Belén Sánchez (1997), Nuria Clau (1999) and Marta Silva (2006) have also won.