Welshman Ian Woosnam is one of the world's biggest golf stars who will compete in the European Legends Cup, which will be held from September 13 to 15 at Golf Almerimar, Almería, and will fight for what could be his third victory on Spanish soil.

Woosie is part of the "Big Five" group, five players of virtually the same age, who won Majors and made Europe competitive, especially in the Ryder Cup, with Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle.

His record is admirable, as is his captivating personality, which can be enjoyed once again in Spain, where he won two tournaments that were key to his golfing career. Winner of the Masters Tournament in Augusta in 1991 and a member of the Hall of Fame since 2017, he boasts 29 victories on the Tour.

In 1987, he won the Cepsa Madrid Open, held at the Real Club de Golf de Puerta de Hierro, leaving Seve Ballesteros in third place. That glorious year marked the first time he finished the season as number one on the Tour.

The second Spanish victory came in 1990, on the Andalusian course of Las Brisas, in the Mediterranean Open, leaving Miguel Ángel Martín in second position this time.

Although his most glorious year was 1991, when he was crowned world number 1 for 50 weeks (from April 1991 to March 1992), and that year he won the Masters, becoming the first Welshman to do so. That year, he relegated José María Olazábal to second place in the Masters, a player who would achieve his dream three years later.

With 29 titles to his name, eight Ryder Cups and after winning the Volvo PGA Championship in 1997, being the only player to win it in its three decades, Woosnam left the Tour and it was not until 2008, at 50 years old, that he joined the Legends Tour in style.

That year he achieved two victories that led him, once again, to be number 1 of the year, this time in the Legends Tour, being the only player to achieve being number 1 in the Tour, the Legends and the World.

Enjoying Woosnam at Golf Almerimar will be a historic moment, as he has not hesitated to participate in the first edition of the European Legends Cup, one of the tournaments of the year with the largest prize pool on the Legends Tour, amounting to €700,000.

The importance of this tournament and the privilege of having great names from the history of golf means that companies such as the Legends Tour, Staysure, the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation, the El Ejido City Council, Bodegas Juan Gil, Titleist, Aquadeus and TOA Shoes wanted to be present at this first edition of the European Legends Cup, which will be held from September 13 to 15, preceded by two Pro-Ams and organized by JGolf.

SOURCE: Tournament organizers.