Alejandro de Castro has become the new champion of the Puerta de Hierro Cup, held this year at the Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas, after clearly beating Luis de Miñón, as shown by the final score of 5/3.

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The Catalan player took the lead on the scoreboard on the very first hole and never relinquished his privileged position, maintaining and even increasing his advantage to 6 holes in the middle of the match, which as usual was played over 36 holes.

Faced with such a whirlwind of play, Luis de Miñón could do little. However, the Andalusian player never gave up and tried to turn the situation around by all means, until he finally succumbed with three holes to play.

A first day of Match Play with surprises

The first day of the Match Play phase of the 106th Puerta de Hierro Cup produced a good number of thrilling matches and in one of them Óscar Sánchez, the best player of the first phase, was taken out of play.

Óscar Sánchez lost by a clear 4/3 to another golfer from the Canary Islands, Juan Luis de Bethencourt, a player with a Blume past and currently playing in the United States. Bethencourt was the one who eliminated Álvaro Gómez de Linares (1 up) in the first round.

The day also saw the elimination of other golfers who arrived with the label of serious contenders, such as Iván Enguita (at the hands of Rafael González, 5/4), Pablo García Terol (against Pablo Alperi, 4/2), Jan Farré (also against Rafael González, 1up) or Marcel Fonseca, at the hands of Javier de Bethencourt (1up), brother of Juan Luis.

The Puerta de Hierro National Cup, which counts towards the World Ranking, is one of the most important events on the Spanish amateur men's golf calendar of the year due to its long-standing tradition, since, with the exception of the years in which the civil war took place, it has been played uninterruptedly since 1915 on the course to which the last winner belongs.

Alejandro de Castro and Luís de Miñón, brand new finalists

The Puerta de Hierro Cup 2024 reached its climactic match with Alejandro de Castro and Luis de Miñón as the main protagonists.

Both players earned their place in the grand final of this prestigious tournament after being the most convincing in the two qualifying rounds that were played successively on the Gran Canaria course.

In the quarterfinals, both golfers achieved the most resounding results, demonstrating the great form they were in at these final rounds.

Thus, Luis de Miñón gave Rafael González no chance, winning by a clear 6/4, while Alejandro de Castro came close to equaling that score by defeating Juan Luis de Bethencourt by 5/4.

The other golfers who made it to the semifinals were Javier de Bethencourt, brother of Juan Luis, and Pablo Alperi, who both scored 1 Up to eliminate Iván Ponsdomenech and Pelayo Fernández respectively.

Next, the semi-final matches pitted Alejandro de Castro against Javier de Bethencourt and Luis de Miñón against Pablo Alperi.

In the first match, Alejandro de Castro managed to turn around a game in which he was always trailing, even falling three holes behind on the 13th hole. However, from that moment on he won three holes in a row to tie the game on the 16th hole and finish it off in the final stretch.

In the other semifinal, Luis de Miñón emerged victorious, although Pablo Alperi took the lead on the first hole. After an initial back-and-forth, the match remained tied for most of the game, and it was on the 16th and 17th holes that Luis de Miñón secured his win.

Next year the tournament will travel to Barcelona

The Puerta de Hierro National Cup, which counts towards the World Ranking, is one of the most important events on the Spanish amateur men's golf calendar of the year due to its long-standing tradition, since, with the exception of the years in which the civil war took place, it has been played uninterruptedly since 1915 on the course to which the last winner belongs.

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