The time and day will be his forever. Also the number 395. His piece of history. This is Rocco Repetto Taylor. The time marked is 12.20 pm, east coast of Australia, nine hours less in his native Málaga. Thursday. 27 November. Early morning. The number will be linked to his life as a golfer until the end of time. It is the number of his debut. 394 Spaniards debuted before him on the European Tour. Golden baptism in the antipodes and on his 23rd birthday. It can’t be a coincidence. It’s a sign.
Seven Spaniards will play from this Thursday at the BMW Australian PGA Championship, the first tournament of the DP World Tour of the 2026 season. For all, it is a very important event. Each with their own particular goals, their aspirations. But without a doubt, it will be Repetto who experiences the most special moment. His first shot on the DP World Tour. He jokingly tells Ten Golf that the number 395 doesn’t mean much to him either. He doesn’t find any connection with anything that has happened in his life. Well, he better get used to it because that number is now with him.
Repetto will share his first match on the European circuit with Stefano Mazzoli and Michael Wright. A nice nod from the DP World Tour. It is probably a coincidence, but it doesn’t hurt to debut alongside an Italian, honouring his father’s ancestry. If they had put him with an Irishman, in homage to his mother, the picture would have been complete.
Rocco lands on the European circuit directly from the HotelPlanner Tour. His rise has been meteoric. A year ago, he had just earned his card for the Alps Tour through the qualifying school. The leap is gigantic, although he is not inclined to stop. He wants to keep growing and is not thinking about anything else. Even if it’s very fast, he hasn’t come this far to admire the scenery. He wants to keep making noise. From the start.
For now, the course has caught his eye. It’s his first time in Australia. He is the 39th Spaniard to play a DP World Tour tournament in these oceanic lands. Another good number. More coincidences. Debut 395. 39 in Australia. All very connected. Too much. It’s an open course where you have to hit the driver a lot and very hard. His element.
A curious fact. Repetto was born seven months after Rafa Cabrera Bello‘s debut on the DP World Tour. Another of the Spaniards present in Australia. The Armada passing the baton from generation to generation. The other five Spaniards are Josele Ballester, who comes from winning his first professional tournament in Saudi Arabia, David Puig, who is still chasing his first victory, Quim Vidal, who is debuting his circuit card, and Adri Arnaus and Sebas García, who return triumphantly to where they belong.
Be very careful with Australian schedules so we don’t get caught out. The first round, Spanish time, will start this Wednesday at nine in the evening. The first Spaniard to go out to play will be Quim Vidal at 22.50. Only one Spaniard has won a European circuit tournament in Australia. It was Miguel Ángel Martín in 1997. It’s been a long time. Too long, perhaps.
