Santi Tarrio missed the cut in Abu Dhabi last Friday at the HotelPlanner Tour tournament. The next event of this circuit is not for another two weeks in Spain, and at the same time, he was tenth reserve for the Hainan Classic of the DP World Tour, which is played this week in China. He had to make a decision. Either he stayed a couple of days in the United Arab Emirates to wait and see if he got into the DP tournament or he returned to Spain. Of course, as a good follower of Murphy’s Law, he decided to return to Spain, and just as he landed, he received a message from the European circuit confirming that he had entered the Hainan Classic. Back he went.
He practically set foot in Spain and boarded another plane to fly to China. Considering the journey is much shorter from the Emirates, it could be said that the timing was not exactly ideal. Thus, between the trip from Abu Dhabi to Spain, with a flight error that forced him to spend 14 hours in the airport terminal, and the one from Spain to China, specifically to Hainan Island, which is even further away and requires another flight, the Galician golfer has spent a total of 51 hours between planes and airports in the last four days. More than two days enclosed.
Tarrio shared the story with his ‘parishioners’ (as he refers to his followers in the videos) on social media. A real ordeal, although always much more bearable with his usual irony and sense of humour. “Being on the 1st tee on Thursday will already be a victory, as the Puma of Laukariz says,” referring to the Basque professional Javier Sainz. He also suggested turning the story around. “I have no doubt it will be a great week after having planned this tournament so well, down to the millimetre,” he commented sarcastically.
Tarrio, who lost his DP World Tour card last year and was left with a category that only allows him to play some tournaments, is combining in 2025 the first division tournaments, those he can enter, with those of the HotelPlanner Tour. So far, he has played two DP tournaments, the Magical Kenya Open and the AfrAsia Mauritius Open, and he made the cut in both. Meanwhile, in the Challenge, he has played seven tournaments, made four cuts, and his best result was eleventh in India. He is playing well, but he needs to finish a complete week to be in contention for victories. Who knows if it will be in Hainan… What starts badly…
