Finally the European tour arrives on the continent and precisely in Terrassa, near Barcelona, for the Spanish Open, scheduled from today to Sunday. All the Italians who have the card for the circuit are in the race, starting with Francesco Molinari who won this trophy in 2012. Chicco now plays permanently on the American circuit and this is only his second stop on the European tour after sixth place in the 'Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa last December. This is an important test for the athlete, who returns to the field after a rest period due to a wrist injury.
The other six blues to follow are Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Marco Crespi, Renato Paratore, Andrea Pavan, Alessandro Tadini.
The challenge won't be easy because the Spaniards are determined to excel at home: from world number seven Sergio Garcia, co-star last week in The Players, a tournament won by Rickie Fowler in the playoffs: to reigning champion Miguel Angel Jimenez. The compatriots Alvaro Quiros, Pablo Larrazabal and Rafael Cabrera Bello complete an excellent field; the Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, the Danes Thomas Bjorn and Thorbjorn Olesen, the English Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Lewis and Simon Dyson, the Scot Richie Ramsay, the French Victor Dubuisson and Romain Wattel, the Swede Alex Noren. The course is the Real Club de Golf El Prat; up for grabs are 1,5 million euros with the first coin of 250 thousand euros.
Meanwhile, another great challenge is taking place on the Pga Tour from today to Sunday: the Wells Fargo Championship, where champions of the caliber of Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson, Adam Scott compete against each other. The track is the Quail Hollow Club, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Defends the title JB Holmes in a context that also includes Jim Furyk, Patrick Reed, Kevin Kisner, Hunter Mahan, Ernie Els, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen, Hideki Matsuyama, Angel Cabrera, Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington. The prize pool is $7,1 million (nearly $1,3 million for the winner).
Finally, a new tile on the private life of Tiger Woods: a deep throat has revealed that at the origin of the breakup with his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn there is a betrayal by the champion. In short, Tiger would have relapsed after his marriage failed for the same, or rather the same, numerous reasons.
