– Party at the DP World Tour. The Danish Golf Championship is being celebrated, a tournament that has earned a special place in the European circuit calendar due to the magnificent atmosphere that is breathed every year. However, this week it debuts a new venue. We’ll see if it’s as lively and fun as Himmerland. It’s not easy. The bar is set high.
– It’s played at the Lubker Golf Resort. In Aarhus. Tough. The players are cautious after the practice rounds. Narrow course, not much driver, with a lot of trouble on both sides, long, par 5s that are not a piece of cake, which can barely be reached in two and unstable weather… Wind and rain. The only thing in its favour is that the greens, due to the water that has fallen, are receptive. That, of course, and that they are very good…
– The forecast is that this week it’s not going to be won with -20, let alone. Probably not even with -15. You already know that the main objective of a prediction is to be wrong, but bet more on a winner around -10 or even a single digit. Unless they move the tees forward a lot, and that wouldn’t make much sense, it will be a week where the cut will go above par.
– Narrow courses, no need to take the driver too much… You know, tournament for players, for iron specialists, for those who miss little and put it in the right place. Adrián Otaegui? Yes, he appears in many pools.
– There are 13 Spaniards in the Danish Golf Championship: Alfredo García Heredia, Manu Elvira, Santi Tarrio, Nacho Elvira, Adri Arnaus, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Manuel Quirós, Jorge Campillo, Adrián Otaegui, Iván Cantero, Lucas Vacarisas, Joel Moscatel and Sebastián García Rodríguez.
– Many Challenge Tour players in this event. There are quite a few absences among the top players of the DP World Tour. Of the top 40 in the Race to Dubai, for example, there are only 13 players. Many have opted for rest to arrive fresh at the back nine.
– Two names to watch closely this week among the Spaniards: Jorge Campillo, who returns to the DP World Tour after the conclusion of the regular season of the PGA Tour, and Manuel Quirós, who plays his second tournament of the year on the European circuit. The man from Malaga always had it clear. He got a very conditioned card at school and decided that he would only play those weeks that suited him for some reason. If the man from Benahavís is sharp, this course is very much his.
– This week is the last tournament of the Closing Swing, just before the Back Nine. Robert MacIntyre has the victory in his pocket in this mini tour. Only David Ravetto can overtake him, although to do so he needs to win, yes, win for the second consecutive week. Difficult. By the way, MacIntyre has played a single tournament valid for the Closing Swing, the Scottish Open, and is going to win by a landslide… Maybe the scoring criteria should be reviewed to make it more exciting and meaningful.
