Irene Rollán, the only Spanish competitor in the 2026 European Women's Individual Mid Amateur Championship, finished in ninth place, coming close to the fifth place she achieved last year on the same course, Quinta do Peru Golf & Country Club, near Lisbon.

The Gipuzkoa native, the reigning Spanish Mid-Amateur champion, closed the tournament with a phenomenal 73—one of the best rounds of the day—for a total of +16. With this result, Rollán has salvaged a week in which she had accumulated rounds of 78 and 81.

On the other hand, the men's competition, which had the highest number of Spanish participants, saw Galician golfer Jacobo López as the best of the Spanish players. The A Coruña native, finishing 39th, ended with a total of +12 after two rounds of 74 strokes.

Meanwhile, Jaime Ravina from La Rioja (+14) and Manuel Gómez from Granada (+23) were left without a cut in Portugal.

Spaniards in the winners' list

The European Men's Mid Amateur Championship has been held annually since 1991, while the women's category has only had five editions held, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

In the first case, the list of winners includes Luis Gabarda (1992), Víctor Fernández (1998), José María Zamora (2005), and Carlos de Corral on two occasions (2017 and 2018). Jacobo Cestino, second in the 2010 and 2011 editions, also reached the podium, which was occupied by Luis Gabarda and Eduardo de la Riva in third place in 1994 and Eduardo Corsini in 2015.

Meanwhile, in the women's category, Spain's record includes Urchegui's great victory in 2022 in France, after winning in a playoff against local player Charlotte Guilleux. The Basque golfer herself finished third in the 2024 edition.

FINAL RESULTS

Male category

1.- Keijo Jaakola (FIN) 212 (73+69+70)

39.- Jacobo López (ESP) 228 (80+74+74)

Female category

1.- Pauline Stein (FRA) 216 (72+75+69)

9.- Irene Rollán (ESP) 232 (78+81+73)