The Spanish Interclub Pitch & Putt Championship celebrates its tenth edition this weekend, September 25th and 26th, at the Cantabrian course of Petrium Golf Pedreña La Junquera (Pedreña), where the Mataleñas team aims to extend its magnificent streak: three titles in the last four editions.

And for this, he relies on his 'big three': Raúl Toca, Jaime Herrera – winners of the 2018 World Pitch & Putt Doubles Championship – and Carlos de Diego, key players in their victories in recent years. Vicente Obeso completes the team, taking the place of Felipe Gómez.

The Mataleñas team (accumulated exact handicap 3.7) is the main attraction in the preliminary rounds, although they are not the only ones who know what it's like to win this tournament. The Valencian team Escorpión (4.6) has also won it, and they arrive at the tournament with players like Pedro Betoret and Jorge de la Concepción.

The list of participating teams is completed by Pedreña (6), CC Villa de Madrid (7,8), La Junquera (9,6), La Moraleja (9,7), Paderne (13,4), Deva Golf (15,9), Las Palmeras (24,7), Guadalajara (47,3) and Club Deportivo 5y3 (54,6).

In total, 44 golfers will meet at the mountain course, including some who have excelled in national Pitch & Putt events in recent years, such as Rafael Santonja, Jorge Montesdeoca, and the Mata brothers, José and Fernando.

To add more appeal to the game, the tournament consists of three rounds with their own characteristics; the first is a fourball, the second a foursome and the third individual, counting only three of the four cards of each team.

Nine editions, three victories for Mataleñas

This is the ninth edition held since 2011 (the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the pandemic). The last two, in 2018 and 2019, resulted in clear and decisive victories for Mataleñas. They first won by ten strokes over Deva Golf and then by nineteen over Pedreña.

The 2017 edition saw the victory of the Escorpión Golf Club team with a total of 346 strokes and an advantage of eleven over Club de Campo Villa de Madrid and fourteen over the teams of Masía de las Estrellas and Mataleñas.

In 2016, the Mataleñas team itself triumphed at the Green Paddock Golf course in Madrid. Starting as the leader on the final day of individual play, the Cantabrian team turned in a combined score of 164 strokes, allowing them to finish with a total of 372 strokes, five ahead of Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

A year earlier, in 2015, the Masía de las Estrellas team won brilliantly on their home course. With a very young Thomas Artigas in their ranks, the Alicante club triumphed by 21 strokes over the runner-up, El Bosque.

In 2014, the Abra del Pas team was crowned champion at the Mataleñas course in Cantabria, finishing four strokes ahead of the host team. Both teams carded 169 strokes in the second and final round, finishing with 502 and 506 respectively, leaving La Junquera in third place with 510.

In 2013, the Costa Azahar Golf Club team defeated the Escorpión Golf Club team in the final held in Sierra Cortina (Alicante). The two teams were repeating their 2012 final victory, which the Castellón team also won.

In the inaugural edition, the Las Matas team was crowned champion at the High-Performance Center. The Madrid team defeated Jarama-RACE in the grand final.

This competition was created in 2011, backed by the extraordinary participation recorded in Pitch & Putt tournaments in Spain, and by the outstanding results of the National Teams in the various events in which they have taken part.

The Spanish Interclub Championship was created by the Pitch & Putt Committee of the RFEG (Royal Spanish Golf Federation) to further promote a discipline with great appeal among Spanish golfers. Since the committee's creation in 2006, Pitch & Putt competitions have multiplied in Spain, resulting in the emergence of a large number of high-level golfers. Consequently, Spain is one of the leading powers in the sport on the continent.

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