-This is the tenth edition of the Estrella Damm NA Andalucía Masters, a tournament whose first edition was played in 2010 and which is being held for the second time at the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande.

-Awards: Adrian Meronk (2023), Adrián Otaegui (2022), Matt Fitzpatrick (2021), John Catlin (2020), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2019), Sergio García (2011, 2017 and 2018) and Graeme McDowell (2010).

-The Estrella Damm NA Andalucía Masters brings together 126 participants and distributes $3,250,000 in prizes, 5,000 Race to Dubai points (835 for the winner) and 1,500 points for the European Ryder Cup team.

-The players belong to 24 different nationalities from the five continents: 100 from Europe, 9 from Africa, 7 from Asia, 2 from Oceania and 8 from America.

-The country with the most representation is Great Britain with 32 players (23 English, 7 Scottish, one Welsh and one Northern Irish), followed by Spain with 17, France with 11, Germany with 10 and South Africa with 9.

Leading the Spanish golfers is Jon Rahm, winner of two majors, champion of the 2019 Race to Dubai, and the highest-ranked Spanish player in the world (currently 13th). With ten wins in 75 tournaments played on the DP World Tour, Rahm has the second-best winning percentage on the circuit, second only to Tiger Woods.

-These are the other 16 Spaniards present in the tournament (in parentheses the number of titles in the DP World Tour): Pablo Larrazábal (9), Álvaro Quirós (7), Adrián Otaegui (5), Rafa Cabrera Bello (4), Jorge Campillo (3), Nacho Elvira (2), Adri Arnaus (1), Ángel Hidalgo (1), Alfredo García Heredia, David Puig, Eugenio Chacarra, Santiago Tarrío, Alejandro del Rey, Manuel Elvira, Iván Cantero and Sebastián García.

-The tournament will feature 10 players who have represented Europe in the Ryder Cup: Jon Rahm, Nicolai Højgaard, Thornbjørn Olesen, Soren Kjeldsen, Bernd Wiesberger, Ross Fisher, Edoardo Molinari, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Andy Sullivan and Oliver Wilson.

-The Real Club de Golf Sotogrande brings together 18 winners from the DP World Tour season: Thornbjørn Olesen (Ras Al Khaimah Championship), Rikuya Hoshino (Commercial Bank Qatar Masters), Darius van Driel (Magical Kenya Open), Jordan Gumberg (SDC Championship), Matteo Manassero (Jonsson Workwear Open), Jesper Svensson (Porsche Singapore Open), Adrián Otaegui (Volvo China Open), Nacho Elvira (Soudal Open), Laurie Canter (European Open), Marcel Siem (Italian Open), Ewen Ferguson (Porsche European Open), David Ravetto (D+D REAL Czech Masters), Frederic Lacroix (Danish Golf Championship), Niklas Nørgaard (Betfred British Masters), Matt Wallace (Omega European Masters), Rasmus Højgaard (Amgen Irish Open), Ángel Hidalgo (acciona Open de España) and Dan Bradbury (FedEx Open de France).

-If any of the Spanish players achieves victory, it will be Spain's 209th victory in the history of the circuit.

-Only two players have achieved a hole-in-one in the tournament's history: Oliver Wilson in 2011 and Lorenzo Gagli (2020). Both accomplished it on the 12th hole at Real Club Valderrama.

-In the nine editions held to date, only two albatrosses have been recorded. Joost Luiten achieved it in 2017 on the 11th hole and Haydn Porteous on the 17th hole during the 2019 edition, both at Real Club Valderrama.

This week, four winners of the Sotogrande Cup, a prestigious amateur competition hosted by the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande since 1970, will be competing in the Estrella Damm NA Andalucía Masters: Marcel Siem, Adrien Saddier, Todd Clements, and José María Zamora, the tournament director. In addition, four other players who were runners-up in the Sotogrande Cup will be competing: Jon Rahm, Romain Langasque, Lukas Nemecz, and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen.

-It is the 66th DP World Tour tournament held in Andalusia, including the 1997 Ryder Cup.

-The Real Club de Golf Sotogrande is a par 72 course measuring 6,493 meters.

-In the 2023 edition, the most difficult hole on the course was the 4th, a par 3 of 202 meters, with an average score of 3.26 strokes. Only 19 birdies were recorded on this hole throughout the week, compared to 106 bogeys and 6 double bogeys. The second most difficult hole was the 13th, a par 3 of 189 meters (with an average score of 3.24 strokes), and the third was the 9th, a par 4 of 385 meters (with an average score of 4.17 strokes).

-On the contrary, the easiest holes were the 14th, a par 5 of 483 meters, with an average of 4.44 strokes; the 17th, a par 5 of 484 meters, with an average of 4.6 strokes; and the 2nd, a par 5 of 514 meters, with an average of 4.66.