Ryder Cup officially returning to Spain in 2031
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Team Europe captain Luke Donald and his team pose with the trophy as they celebrate after winning the 2023 Ryder Cup.
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MADRID – Ryder Cup Europe confirmed on July 22 that the biennial event will return to Spain in 2031 at the Camiral Golf and Wellness Resort in Caldes de Malavella.
Located in the north-eastern part of Spain near Barcelona, the resort was formerly known as PGA Catalunya. It will be the second course in Spain to host a Ryder Cup, which was played at Valderrama Golf Club in 1997.
With Spain’s Seve Ballesteros as team captain, Europe retained their title 14½-13½.
“Today’s announcement not only recognises Camiral as one of Europe’s leading venues, but also the considerable contribution Spanish golf has made to the proud history of the Ryder Cup,” European Tour Group chief executive Guy Kinnings said in a statement.
According to Golf Digest, the resort’s Stadium course has hosted DP World Tour events several times, most recently in 2022, and was the final stage venue for the tour’s qualifying school from 2008 to 2016. It is also set to host the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship from 2028 to 2030.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia is the all-time Ryder Cup points leader with 28½, while countryman Jon Rahm has become one of the team’s stars over the past three iterations of the event.
The 2025 event will be contested in September at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, with Europe defending their 16½-11½ victory in Italy two years ago.
The event will be held at Ireland’s Adare Manor in 2027, followed by Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minnesota in 2029. After Camiral in 2031, the Ryder Cup will move to San Francisco’s Olympic Club in 2033.
Ballesteros, Garcia and Rahm are three of 11 Spaniards who have competed in the event.
The late Ballesteros and countryman Antonio Garrido were the first players from continental Europe in the 1979 Ryder Cup at the Greenbrier in West Virginia. There has been at least one Spaniard on the team in every Ryder Cup since.
“The Ryder Cup has grown significantly since Spain last hosted it in 1997,” Kinnings added. “It is one of the world’s leading sporting events, which brings significant economic benefits and global exposure to a host region and country, so we could not be happier to be taking it to Costa Brava and Barcelona for the first time.” REUTERS
