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Kruyswijk and the six percent fist

Alejandro Rodríguez — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:59:22 +0000

– Including the Magical Kenya Open which concluded this Sunday at the Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi, a total of 10,262 different players have participated in at least one DP World Tour tournament throughout history. Among them, Jacques Kruyswijk (-18) had the honour today at the age of 32 of becoming the 605th player to […]

A Boneta no one has to tell him what it feels like

Alejandro Rodríguez — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:35 +0000

The second day of the Magical Kenya Open has been twisted, especially for the afternoon shift. The wind, today indeed, has blown quite strongly. Fallen leaves from the trees crossed the narrow greens of the Muthaiga Golf Club like tumbleweeds in an old American western town just before a duel. At full speed and with […]

The Fridays of Jorge Campillo are no joke

Alejandro Rodríguez — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:03:27 +0000

Benjamin Hebert (-13) has put some distance at the Magical Kenya Open. The Frenchman has capitalised on the great round of 63 he shot on Thursday afternoon with another notable performance this Friday morning. He shot 66, five under, and for now, he already has a five-shot lead over the second player who played in […]

An afternoon of golf with the crazy Chinese

Alejandro Rodríguez — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:32:32 +0000

A veteran journalist from Seville, known for his football coverage, used to say years ago that he didn’t need a radio in the car (imagine how long ago that was) whenever he shared the road with another colleague. It was his way of saying that his colleague wouldn’t stop talking, not even during the bumps. […]

A Frankenstein golf bag 24 hours before starting

Alejandro Rodríguez — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:35:07 +0000

It is not the first time it has happened, nor the second, nor the third, nor the fourth, and of course, it won’t be the last. In fact, it practically happens every week. For example, it happened to Mario Galiano in Egypt, for the season debut of the Alps Tour. Well, the latest victim has […]

Hamlet playing golf

Alejandro Rodríguez — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:54 +0000

The strategy is a fundamental part of preparing for a golf tournament. We’re not reinventing the wheel. There are courses that are trickier than others, offering different options that require you to rack your brains and make decisions. A good part of success lies precisely in the attack plan that is designed in mutual agreement […]

In Kenya, any goal seems possible and even likely…

Silvia Pereira — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:24:24 +0000

The Magical Kenya Open celebrates its sixth edition this week since it joined the DP World Tour calendar in 2019 (it was not played in 2020 due to the pandemic). In the previous five editions, there has always been a notable presence of a Spanish player in the fight for victory, including, of course, Jorge […]

Nobody is taking this away from the Elvira brothers anymore

Silvia Pereira — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:51:34 +0000

What will be will be, but this is something that no one can take away from the two Elvira brothers, Manu and Nacho. One, Manu, the youngest, co-leader of the Magical Kenya Open after 54 holes with a cumulative -10 and, of course, an obligatory member of the star match on Sunday alongside the Dutchman […]

A simple (and even crude) rule of three to drive us all crazy with the Kenya Open

Silvia Pereira — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:09:52 +0000

The second day of the Magical Kenya Open has ended without the afternoon round of play substantially changing what the morning round had already left us, although we have three co-leaders, as the Scotsman Connor Syme (-7) has also climbed to the top, along with Tapio Pulkkanen (-7) and Darius Van Driel (-7). The tournament […]

Someone will have to step up to take over from Campillo in Kenya…

Silvia Pereira — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:32:33 +0000

In a few hours, the 55th edition of the Kenya Open begins, which will be the fifth since this tournament belongs to the DP World Tour. This year, as is well known, the defending champion will not appear, who was none other than the Spaniard Jorge Campillo, ready to start this very week in Mexico […]