Jacobo Cestino has successfully defended his title at the Spanish Senior Individual Championship, which he won last year, after a strong performance throughout the tournament, culminating in a superb final round of 66 (-5) for a total of 210 (-3). This marks Jacobo Cestino's fourth consecutive victory in the competition.

Full results

The Andalusian golfer was the only one of all the participants to finish with a total below par on the Valencian course of Golf Escorpión, and he was eight strokes ahead of the second-placed player, Iván San Félix, which shows his clear dominance over these three days on the Valencian course of Golf Escorpión.

The third place was finally shared by Ramón Luengo and Carlos Cendra, with a total of 220 strokes.

Jacobo Cestino crafted a flawless round in this final round, and with five birdies, achieved on holes 1, 3, 12 and 15, he left no chance for the rest of the contenders.

Three-way tie at the start of the test

The first day of the 2024 Spanish Senior Individual Championship was marked by great equality, so much so that it placed the Catalans Jorge Rubio and Bruno Rosal, and the Madrileño Ramón Luengo in first place on the leaderboard with identical rounds of 72 strokes (+1).

On a day with no under-par scores, these rounds were more than commendable, as was that of the defending champion and main contender, Jacobo Cestino from Andalusia, who carded a 73 (+2) that kept his hopes alive. An untimely double bogey on the 5th hole complicated his start, but he recovered with birdies on the 9th and 18th, both par 5s.

That same result, +2, was delivered by six other golfers: Juan Fernández, Iván San Félix, Alfonso del Moral, Alejandro Lafarga, Brian McCarthy and Daniel Catalán, highlighting the great parity of the day.

Carlos Cendra took the lead after the second round

The second day of the Spanish Senior Individual Championship placed Carlos Cendra as the sole leader.

The Madrid golfer earned that position after staging a great comeback of fifteen places thanks to a card of 68 strokes (-3), the best of the day.

Following Carlos Cendra, Jacobo Cestino, the defending champion, and Iván San Félix moved up two places in the standings. Both the Andalusian and the Madrileño carded rounds of 71, even par, and shared second place provisionally, one stroke behind the leader.

This 2024 Spanish Individual Senior Championship was played over three days under Stroke Play format, with a cut at the end of the second day at 60th place and ties, and after this, only one other tournament valid for the National Ranking of the category in 2024 will remain to be played: the Castilla La Mancha Senior Championship (June 1 and 2, CG Castilla la Mancha, Albacete).

Final results

1. Jacobo Cestino (73, 71, 66) 210 hits

2. Iván San Féxlix (73, 71, 74) 218 strokes

3. Ramón Luengo (72, 75, 73) 220 strokes

Carlos Cendra (75, 68, 77) 220 strokes

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