Joaquín Castillo has been elected President of the European Golf Association (EGA) during the institution's Annual General Meeting held in the Netherlands.

Joaquín Castillo, who was part of the EGA Championships Committee for five years before joining the Executive Committee as President-Elect in 2023, becomes the thirty-ninth President of the European Golf Association.

The Spanish leader, who has been involved with the sport of golf throughout his life, succeeds the Dutchwoman Caroline Huyskes, who will continue to be part of the EGA Executive Committee for the next two years as outgoing President.

“It is a great honor and a privilege to be elected the new President of the European Golf Association,” Joaquín Castillo declared to the General Assembly after his election. “I assume this position with deep gratitude and enthusiasm. The trust you have placed in me is both a privilege and a responsibility, a responsibility that I embrace, as I have said, with great enthusiasm.”.

The newly elected EGA President brings vast knowledge as an executive leader with over 30 years of experience in the sports, tourism and event management fields, in both the public and private sectors. 

Joaquín Castillo, a member of the national golf teams on several occasions, both as a player and captain in the 1970s and 1980s, was manager of the Villa de Madrid Country Club for 10 years and later Director General of Tourism for the Community of Madrid.

Joaquín Castillo will serve as President of the EGA for a period of two years, until November 2027.