Field in Focus at the Open de Espana
Ahead of the start of the Open de España, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field in residence at PGA Catalunya Resort in Girona this week...
In the field, there are:
156 players from 24 different countries including 28 Spaniards
77 European Tour winners with 261 European Tour victories between them
4 players who have won at PGA Catalunya before
Thomas Björn (1999 Subaru Sarazen World Open)
Thomas Levet (2009 Open de España)
Simon Wakefield (2010 Qualifying School Final)
Carlos Del Moral (2013 Qualifying School Final)
11 former winners of the Open de España competing
Thomas Björn (1998)
Jarmo Sandelin (1999)
Robert Karlsson (2001)
Sergio Garcia (2002)
Kenneth Ferrie (2003)
Niclas Fasth (2006)
Thomas Levet (2009)
Alvaro Quiros (2010)
Thomas Aiken (2011)
Francesco Molinari (2012)
Raphaël Jacquelin (2013)
2 Major Champions who have 3 Major victories between them
José Maria Olazábal
Paul Lawrie
1 European Tour Number One
Robert Karlsson
16 Ryder Cup players
2 Ryder Cup Captains
José Maria Olazábal (2012)
Paul McGinley (2014)
1 WGC winner
Francesco Molinari (2010 WGC-HSBC Champions)
3 BMW PGA Champions competing
José Maria Olazábal (1994)
Miguel Angel Jiménez (2008)
Matteo Manassero (2013)
13 of the 2014 European Tour winners competing
Felipe Aguilar
Thomas Aiken
Thomas Björn
Daniel Brooks
Alejandro Cañizares
George Coetzee
Marco Crespi
Ross Fisher
Sergio Garcia
Miguel Angel Jiménez
Pablo Larrazábal
Alexander Levy
Morten Ørum Madsen
