May 4, 2026 – The DP World Tour is coming to Europe for the first time this season, with the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship taking place from May 7-10 at the Real Club de Golf El Prat (Barcelona). Tickets (with a 25% discount for federation members, 50% off for young people aged 13 to 17, and free entry for children under 13) can be purchased here or at El Prat ticket office throughout the tournament.

• This is the first edition of the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship, the tournament that kicks off the DP World Tour’s European Swing and marks the start of the Road to Ryder Cup 2031. The five editions of this tournament will serve as the ideal prelude to the 2031 Ryder Cup, to be held at the Camiral resort.
• The Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship brings together 156 participants and offers $2,750,000 in prize money and 3,500 Race to Dubai points (585 for the winner).
• The opening day of the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship, on 7 May, will coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of the passing of Severiano Ballesteros. On this date, tribute will be paid to Seve, an indispensable figure who transformed the history of golf. His passing also coincided with the 2011 Spanish Open at the Real Club de Golf El Prat.

The players will honour the ace from Pedreña by wearing navy blue and white, an outfit in which Ballesteros starred in some of the most memorable moments of his career, such as his victory at the 1984 Open Championship at St Andrews. Furthermore, before the first tee shot on Thursday, the starter will honor his memory.

The tribute to Seve will also be visible at various points around the course, with images displayed at the tee of the 1st hole, on the 18th green, in various strategic areas of the course and in the practice area. From Monday to Thursday, the flags on holes 9 and 18 will be dedicated to Seve and, from Thursday onwards, hole 5 will commemorate his Major victories: the Open Championship (1979, 1984 and 1988) and The Masters (1980 and 1983).

• The Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship kicks off on the Pink course at one of Spanish golf’s leading clubs: the Real Club de Golf El Prat. This Greg Norman-designed course is a par-72, 6,453-metre layout.
• With over a century of history and having hosted more than 250 amateur and professional tournaments, the Real Club de Golf El Prat, now firmly established as a European benchmark, once again welcomes the DP World Tour.

The El Prat facilities have hosted ten editions of the Spanish Open, with winners such as Peter Alliss (1956), Peter Thompson (1959), Guy Wolstenholme (1963), Dale Hayes (1971), Brian Barnes (1978), Severiano Ballesteros(1981), Thomas Bjørn (1998), Jarmo Sandelin (1999), Thomas Aiken (2011) y James Morrison (2015).

El Prat also held other international events featuring the best players of the time, such as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Tony Jacklin, Tom Watson and Severiano Ballesteros. Some of these events included the 1977 Barcelona Cup (won by Tom Watson) and the two editions of the Johnnie Walker Trophy invitational tournament, won by Lee Trevino and Peter Jacobsen in 1980 and 1982 respectively.

In the 1980s, the Real Club de Golf El Prat maintained a very prominent presence on the European Tour/DP World Tour calendar, thanks also to the Sanyo Open, held between 1983 and 1986, with Des Smyth, Sam Torrance, Severiano Ballesteros and José María Olazábal as winners; and the Torras Hostench Barcelona Open, won by David Whelan in 1988.

• Since 1972, the year the European Tour/DP World Tour was officially established, Catalonia has hosted a total of 28 tournaments, half of which have taken place in Barcelona.
• The 156 players come from 29 different countries across five continents: 108 from Europe, 18 from Africa, 12 from Asia, 11 from the Americas and 7 from Oceania.
• The country with the most players is Great Britain with 28 (19 from England and 9 from Scotland), followed by Spain with 24, South Africa with 17, France with 14, Sweden with 10 and Italy with 9.
• The following players stand out in the home squad, all of whom have won titles on the DP World Tour (the number of titles on the tour is shown in brackets): Pablo Larrazábal (9), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7), Adrián Otaegui (5), Rafa Cabrera Bello (4), Jorge Campillo (3), Nacho Elvira (3), Adri Arnaus (1), Ángel Hidalgo (1), Alejandro del Rey (1) and Eugenio Chacarra (1).
• Also worth noting is the presence of Ángel Ayora from Málaga, who has been outstanding in his short professional career. With ten top-10 finishes on the 2025 DP World Tour, Ayora finished second in the Sir Henry Cotton Award for the Rookie of the Year and ended the Race to Dubai as the highest-ranked Spaniard in 20th place.

• The field also includes the Spanish players Albert Boneta, Alfredo García-Heredia, Iván Cantero, Joel Moscatel, Jose María Serra, Manuel Elvira, Pablo Ereño, Quim Vidal, Rocco Repetto Taylor, Santiago Tarrío, Sebastián García, Vicente Mestre Carceller and Víctor Pastor.
• If any of the Spanish golfers were to win, it would be Spain’s 214th victory in the history of the DP World Tour.
• Five players who have represented Europe in the Ryder Cup will be competing in the tournament: Francesco Molinari, Bernd Wiesberger, Ross Fisher, Edoardo Molinari y Rafa Cabrera Bello.
• Five golfers who have won events on the Rolex Series are also competing in the tournament: Rafa Cabrera Bello(Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2017), Francesco Molinari (BMW PGA Championship 2018), Brandon Stone (Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2018), Bernd Wiesberger (Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, Italian Open 2019) y Paul Waring (Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2024).
• The Real Club de Golf El Prat is hosting six winners from this season’s DP World Tour: Jayden Schaper (Alfred Dunhill Championship y AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open), Nacho Elvira (Dubai Invitational), Freddy Schott (Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship), Dan Bradbury (Joburg Open), Bernd Wiesberger (Volvo China Open) and Mikael Lindberg (Turkish Airlines Open).
• The field for the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship includes 14 winners of European Tour/DP World Tour events held in Spain.

Richard Sterne (Open de Madrid 2004)
Ross Fisher (Volvo World Match Play Championship 2009)
Matteo Manassero (Castelló Masters Costa Azahar 2010)
Francesco Molinari (Reale Seguros Open de España 2012)
James Morrison (Open de España 2015)
Andrew Johnston (Real Club Valderrama Open de España 2016)
Rafa Cabrera Bello (Acciona Open de España 2021)
Jeff Winther (Mallorca Golf Open 2021)
Pablo Larrazábal (ISPS Handa Championship in Spain 2022)
Adri Arnaus (Catalunya Championship 2022)
Adrián Otaegui (Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters 2022)
Yannik Paul (Mallorca Golf Open)
Ángel Hidalgo (Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid 2024)
Julien Guerrier (Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters 2024)

• The tournament squad includes seven players who took part in the Seve Trophy, a team competition between Great Britain and Ireland and Continental Europe. They are Ross Fisher (2009, 2011), Scott Jamieson (2011, 2013), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (2007, 2009, 2013), Pablo Larrazábal (2011), Joost Luiten (2013), Matteo Manassero (2011, 2013) y Francesco Molinari (2009, 2011, 2013).
• The tournament features 70 players who have won DP World Tour events (number of wins in brackets).

Pablo Larrazábal (9), Bernd Wiesberger (9), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7), Francesco Molinari (6), Joost Luiten (6), Marcel Siem (6), Richard Sterne (6), Adrián Otaegui (5), Matteo Manassero (5), Ross Fisher (5), Alexander Levy (5), Rafa Cabrera Bello (4), Guido Migliozzi (4), Richie Ramsay (4), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (4), Jorge Campillo (3), Nacho Elvira (3), Edoardo Molinari (3), Ewen Ferguson (3), Antoine Rozner (3), Dan Bradbury (3), Dylan Frittelli (3), Brandon Stone (3), Daniel Gavins (2), Eddie Pepperell (2), Paul Waring (2), James Morrison (2), Renato Paratore (2), Grant Forrest (2), Johannes Veerman (2), Shubhankar Sharma (2), Lucas Bjerregaard (2), Fabrizio Zanotti (2), Jayden Schaper (2), Ockie Strydom (2), Shaun Norris (2), Adri Arnaus (1), Ángel Hidalgo (1), Alejandro del Rey (1), Eugenio Chacarra (1), Freddy Schott (1), Maximilian Kieffer (1), Nicolai Von Dellingshausen (1), Yannik Paul (1), Junghwan Lee (1), Jeff Winther (1), Niklas Nørgaard (1), David Law (1), Matthew Baldwin (1), Scott Jamieson (1), Ryggs Johnston (1), Sean Crocker (1), David Ravetto (1), Julien Guerrier (1), Martin Couvra (1), Romain Langasque (1), Andrew Johnston (1), Marcus Armitage (1), Todd Clements (1), Rikuya Hoshino (1), Yuto Katsuragawa (1), Darius Van Driel (1), Daniel Van Tonder (1), Dylan Naidoo (1), Jacques Kruyswijk (1), Joakim Lagergren (1), Marcus Kinhult (1), Mikael Lindberg (1), Sebastian Söderberg (1) and Simon Forsström (1).

• The Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship features one Major champion (Francesco Molinari, 2018 Open Championship) and two PGA Tour winners (Francesco Molinari himself, with three victories, and Luke List, with two).

Francesco Molinari (Quicken Loans National 2018, The Open Championship 2018, Arnold Palmer Invitational 2019).

Luke List (Farmers Insurance Open 2022, Sanderson Farms Championship 2023).

• This week, nine winners of elite tournaments (amateurs and professionals) will be competing in the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship at the Real Club de Golf El Prat: Pablo Larrazábal (2002 Barcelona Championship) Nacho Elvira (2007 Spanish Open), James Morrison (2015 Spanish Open), Iván Cantero (2016 Barcelona Championship and 2016 Inter-Regional Men’s Team Championship), Manuel Elvira (2016 Inter-Regional Men’s Team Championship), Joel Moscatel (2015 Barcelona Championship and 2020 Catalonia Open Championship), Ángel Hidalgo (2022 PGA Barcelona Open hosted by Pablo Larrazábal), Quim Vidal (2024 Catalonia Professional Championship) and Vicente Mestre (2024 Spanish Interclub Championship).
• In addition, six golfers who are members of the Real Club de Golf El Prat will be competing in the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship: Pablo Larrazábal, Quim Vidal, Joel Moscatel, Albert Boneta, Vicente Mestre Carceller and Josep Maria “Pep” Serra.

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The Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship, a DP World Tour tournament included in the Race to Dubai as the first event of the European Swing, is held thanks to the essential collaboration of the Real Club de Golf El Prat. It is sponsored by Estrella Damm and will kick off the Road to 2031 Ryder Cup, a journey that will end at the 2031 Ryder Cup to be held at Camiral.