Ángel Ayora (-15 overall) has won with tremendous authority for the first time on the Challenge Tour. At nineteen years old, the Cádiz native has…

Ángel Ayora (-15 overall) has won with tremendous authority for the first time on the Challenge Tour. At just nineteen years old, the Cádiz native triumphed at the Rosa Challenge Tour in Poland, managing his lead with composure throughout on a Sunday he will remember for the rest of his life.

Ayora started the day in the lead with a two-stroke advantage over Sweden's Jens Farhbring and Italy's Gregorio de Leo. Far from feeling the pressure, the former Blume National School golfer carded four birdies in the first ten holes to extend his lead and try to secure a comfortable finish—if that's even possible when your first professional victory is at stake.

His three bogeys in the final stretch of the day for a final par hardly troubled him; he ended up ahead of Englishman Dermot McElroy by three strokes.

Ángel Ayora's first three rounds were flawless: 66, 65, and 66 strokes. Suffice it to say that in those 54 holes he only made two bogeys and one double bogey. This minimal error was crucial in putting him in the best possible position to win on Sunday.

This is Ángel Ayora's first professional victory since turning professional at the end of a successful 2023 amateur season. That year, the player from La Cañada won the Puerta de Hierro National Cup, the Balearic Cup, and the Portugal International. An important statistic: in his first year on the Challenge Tour, Ayora has made seventeen cuts and achieved three Top 10 finishes.

Second place for Fatima Fernandez and sixth place for Jorge Campillo

It's been an incredibly fruitful week for Spanish golf. In addition to Ayora's victory, Fátima Fernández finished second at the Four Winds Invitational on the Epson Tour, and Jorge Campillo came in sixth at the Betfred British Masters, a DP World Tour event held in England.

The Galician golfer, with winning experience on this circuit, finished the tournament at -5, just one stroke behind China's Yahui Zhang, while the golfer from Cáceres finished at -9 thanks to a strong final round of 69. The victory went to Denmark's Niklas Norgaard (-16). Also noteworthy was Luna Sobrón's Top 20 finish (-9) at the KPMG Women's Irish Open, where she remained in contention for the win until the final round.

More positive news: Top 15 positions for new amateurs Marina Escobar (par) and Blanca Fernández (+2) at the Get Golfing Women's Golf Championship of the LET Access Series.

Tenth place for Carlota Ciganda

Another of Spain's hopes this Sunday was Carlota Ciganda, who entered the final round of the FM Championship, an LPGA Tour event, in third place, three strokes behind South Korea's Jin Young Ko. Two intermediate rounds of 67 strokes had propelled the Navarrese golfer into a strong position to pursue what would have been her third victory on the tour.

It wasn't to be, even though Ciganda played under par again (-1). In the end, the Spaniard finished in ninth place.

WEEK OF AUGUST 26 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

DP World Tour

Betfred British Masters (August 29 – September 1)

The Belfry (Sutton Coldfield, England)

Full results

Ladies European Tour

KPMG Women's Irish Open (August 29 – September 1)

Carton House (The O'Meara Course, Ireland)

Full results

PGA Tour

Tour Championship (August 29 – September 1)