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BMW Indoor Invitational powered by TrackMan moves to Valderrama
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BMW Indoor Invitational powered by TrackMan moves to Valderrama

The BMW Indoor Invitational powered by TrackMan returns this Saturday when a field of 38 European Tour players take on Real Club Valderrama in the fourth event in the series of virtual golf tournaments.

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        • 38 player field includes interactive feature group of home favourites Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello

        • European Tour players use TrackMan technology to compete over Real Club Valderrama from home

        • Winner will receive $10,000 to benefit a Coronavirus charity of his choice

        The BMW Indoor Invitational powered by TrackMan returns this Saturday when a field of 38 European Tour players take on Real Club Valderrama in the fourth event in the series of virtual golf tournaments.

        The interactive feature group this week includes Major Champion Sergio Garcia and Rolex Series winner Rafa Cabrera Bello, both set to make their debut in the BMW Indoor Invitational powered by Trackman, as they prepare to tee it up virtually in their home country of Spain.

        Garcia won the 2018 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation to become the first man since Colin Montgomerie to win the same tournament three times in a row in Europe, after Montgomerie won the BMW PGA Championship from 1998 to 2000.

        Former World Number One Martin Kaymer returns to action this week, while Belgian Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters makes his debut alongside countryman Nicolas Colsaerts.

        Week four of the initiative takes place at the world renowned Real Club Valderrama, the venue which famously hosted The 1997 Ryder Cup, as well as prestigious events including the Andalucía Masters, Open de España and WGC-American Express Championship (1999, 2000).

        Tournament footage will once again be shown on the European Tour’s social media channels and https://bmw.trackmaninvitational.com, with fans able to follow using #BMWTrackManInvitational. The winner will receive $10,000 to benefit a Coronavirus charity or relief fund of his choice.

        Garcia said: “I love Valderrama. Everyone knows it and I have always said it is my favourite golf course. I have been fortunate to do very well there. It is my idea of a golf course, not particularly long but narrow, dog-legs, trees, small greens and it is target golf. That is what I love bout Valderrama and one of the reasons it suits my game so well.

        “It is something that I am really excited for it. Obviously, it is something I have done before playing courses with Trackman, but I have not competed on a worldwide stage like this, so I am excited to see how it goes.

        “Personally, the time off from golf has been great. We had the birth of our son, our second child Enzo, and it has been nice to spend time with my wife Angela and the kids in these very difficult times. Here in Texas has been pretty good. I have been able to practise a little bit here and there which has been nice, but it has been hard. It has been really tough in Spain, my family are there, and fortunately have been able to stay home the most part, but it has been quite scary for a while.”

        Cabrera Bello added: “In the last week or so I have picked it up a bit, practising more seriously now and trying to get ready for when we start back. Valderrama is a great course, I love it and I always enjoy playing there. It is a really tough challenge.”

        Footage of the BMW Indoor Invitational powered by TrackMan will be shown from 11am BST on the European Tour’s social media channels (Twitter: @europeantour; Instagram: @europeantour; YouTube: EuropeanTour) and via https://bmw.trackmaninvitational.com.

        Real Club Valderrama (Saturday May 30) will be followed by the final event held at Wentworth Club (Saturday June 6).

        Week four field:

        Thomas Aiken

        Adri Arnaus

        Nino Bertasio

        Wil Besseling

        Lucas Bjerregaard

        Steven Brown

        Dean Burmester

        Rafa Cabrera Bello

        Laurie Canter

        Aaron Cockerill

        George Coetzee

        Nicolas Colsaerts

        Sebastian Garcia

        Sergio Garcia

        Julien Guerrier

        Joachim B Hansen

        Benjamin Hebert

        Sebastian Heisele

        Garrick Higgo

        Raphaël Jacquelin

        Liam Johnston

        Matthew Jordan

        Martin Kaymer

        Maximilian Kieffer

        Alexander Knappe

        Romain Langasque

        Taehee Lee

        Alexander Levy

        Zander Lombard

        Hurly Long

        Joost Luiten

        Kyongjun Moon

        Wilco Nienaber

        Damien Perrier

        Thomas Pieters

        Max Schmitt

        Marcel Schneider

        Jason Scrivener

        Martin Simonsen

        Jordan Smith

        Brandon Stone

        Connor Syme

        Nicolai Von Dellingshausen

        Paul Waring

        Marc Warren

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