Spanish golfers had within their reach this week at the 87th Masters to reach the thirty top 10 in the history of our golf since Ramón Sota, Seve Ballesteros’ uncle by blood, finished sixth in the 1965 edition. And thanks to Jon Rahm the sixth green jacket of Spanish golf and the top ten number 30.
Fifteen years passed from Sota until the unforgettable and ill-fated Seve put on his first green jacket, being the first European and second international (after Gary Player) to win in Augusta. In 1983 (Seve), 1994 (Txema Olazábal), 1999 (Olazábal) and 2017 (Sergio García) came the other four Spanish victories and the post shots by Seve himself in 1985 and 1987, and by Olazábal in 1991 also deserve to be highlighted. This Sunday Rahm did the sextet in a stellar plan. He is the only Spaniard who has Masters and US Open.
We must also highlight the participation of ours in the 2002 edition, with the triumph of Tiger Woods, and where up to three! members of the Navy were among the top ten in the ranking: Txema Olazábal, Sergio García and Miguel A. Jiménez.
In total there have been 15 Spaniards who have played the Masters at least once: in addition to the aforementioned Sota, Ballesteros, Olazábal, García and Jiménez, the brothers Ángel and Sebastián Miguel, Manuel Piñero, Antonio and Ignacio Garrido have stepped on the Augusta National , Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Álvaro Quirós, Alex Larrazábal, Rafa Cabrera and Jon Rahm.
The list, in chronological order of appearance and with the year of his debut: Ángel Miguel (1959), Sebastián Miguel (1961), Ramón Sota (1964), Severiano Ballesteros (1977), Manuel Piñero (1978), Antonio Garrido (1978 ), Txema Olazábal (1985), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1995), Ignacio Garrido (1998), Sergio García (1999), Alex Larrazábal (2003), Álvaro Quirós (2009), Gonzalo Fernández Castaño (2012), Rafa Cabrera (2016 ) and Jon Rahm (2017).
The 30 Spanish top ten in Augusta:
1965 Ramon Sota Sixth
1980 Seve Ballesteros CHAMPION
1982 Seve Ballesteros Third
1983 Seve Ballesteros CHAMPION
1985 Seve Ballesteros Second
1986 Seve Ballesteros Fourth
1987 Seve Ballesteros Second
1989 Seve Ballesteros Quinto
1989 Txema Olazabal Eighth
1990 Seve Ballesteros Seventh
1991 Txema Olazábal Segundo
1993 Txema Olazabal Seventh
1994 Txema Olazabal CHAMPION
1999 Txema Olazabal CHAMPION
2001 Miguel A. Jiménez Tenth
2002 Txema Olazabal Fourth
2002 Sergio Garcia Eighth
2002 Miguel A. Jiménez Ninth
2003 Txema Olazabal Eighth
2004 Sergio Garcia Fourth
2006 Txema Olazábal Third
2008 Miguel A. Jiménez Octavo
2013 Sergio Garcia Eighth
2014 Miguel A. Jimenez Cuarto
2017 Sergio Garcia CHAMPION
2018 Jon Rahm Cuarto
2019 Jon Rahm Noveno
2020 Jon Rahm Seventh
2021 Jon Rahm Fifth
2023 Jon Rahm CHAMPION
Summary
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8 of Txema
5 by Rahm
4 of Sergio
4 of Jimenez
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