The team representing Real Club de Golf Puerta de Hierro will be aiming for Spain's second European Ladies Interclub Championship title from September 23-25 at the Corfu GC course in Greece. Only one Spanish team, RACE, has won this competition to date.
The Madrid team will consist of Macarena Campomanes, María Orueta and Catalina Castillejo, three players of recognized prestige and with extensive and long professional careers.
Puerta de Hierro owes its participation in the tournament to its victory in the Spanish Women's Interclub Championship held in April. Macarena Campomanes, María Orueta, and Catalina Castillejo dominated the competition from the first day, although Terramar managed to match their score on the second. On the third and decisive day, with the Madrid and Barcelona teams tied, María Orueta's 73 and Macarena Campomanes' 74, for a total of 147, secured the victory for their team.
Puerta de Hierro then secured its tenth title in the history of the Spanish Women's Interclub Championship. Now, its challenge is even greater: defeating the strongest clubs in Europe. Each team consists of three players, who will face the challenge of accumulating the fewest strokes possible over the three days of competition, played in stroke play format. Only the two best scores from each team count on each day.
Spanish golf has not won this tournament since the RACE trio of Adriana Zwanck, Carmen Alonso, and Marta Martín del Castillo took the victory in the inaugural edition. Since then, however, there have been several strong performances, but none have been rewarded with the top prize.
It is worth remembering that in 2003 Puerta de Hierro, the Spanish representative as on this occasion, finished in second position behind the German Bergisch Land, while in 2000 it was third, with another German team, St. Leon Roth, the defending champion in Corfu, winning the title.