Spanish Rydercup Players Head Strong Contingent
Four former Ryder Cup players, Jose Maria Canizares
, Antonio Garrido, Manuel Pinero and Jose Rivero, will head a strong Spanish contingent when the European Senior Tour visits Mallorca for the first Son Gual Mallorca Senior Open next month.
Garrido, along with Seve Ballesteros, was the first continental golfer to be selected for The Ryder Cup in 1979, two years after the pair won the World Cup for Spain in the Philippines.
Garrido, now 65, has won two Senior Tour titles - the Scottish Seniors Open in 1994 and the Lawrence Batley Seniors in 1997 - as well as five European Tour titles, including the Spanish Open in 1972 and the Madrid Open in his home town in 1977.
Pinero played in The Ryder Cup in 1981 and was part of the winning European Team at The Belfry in 1985, where he teamed up with Ballesteros to win two foursomes and one fourball match before maintaining his 100 per cent singles record by defeating Lanny Wadkins 3 and 2.
The 56 year old has yet to win a Senior Tour title - his best finish being runner up in the Digicel Jamaica Classic in 2003 - but he is a nine time winner on The European Tour and lifted the World Cup twice, in 1976 and 1982.
Compatriot Rivero was part of the winning European Ryder Cup Teams in 1985 and 1987 and has three Senior Tour titles to his name, winning both the DGM Barbados Open and the Wales Senior Open in 2006 en route to finishing third in the Order of Merit, and the Scottish Seniors Open in 2007.
The 53 year old, who has also won four European Tour titles, finished 19th on the 2008 Order of Merit, with his best placing coming in the season ending OKI Castelln Open Espana - Senior Tour Championship where he tied for fourth behind Sam Torrance.
Canizares, who won the World Cup for Spain in 1984 partnering Rivero, also heads to Mallorca searching for his first Senior Tour title after winning six times on The European Tour.
The quartet will be joined in Mallorca from May 8 to 10 by former Ryder Cup captains Ian Woosnam, Mark James and Sam Torrance at the Euro 300,000 event at Son Gual Golf, in Palma, which has a first prize of Euro 45,000.
Woosnam, who was a member of eight consecutive Ryder Cup teams from 1983 to 1997, works closely with Forgan of St Andrews to ensure that the company remains at the cutting edge of golf club technology. His expertise also ensures that Forgan's online custom fitting service gives golfers of all standards clubs built to their exact specifications.
Woosnam also endorses the Stowamatic Titanium GT golf trolley which he helped to design.
The Stowamatic Titanium GT is manufactured by Sports HQ, based at Alvechurch near Birmingham, and can be ordered direct from the manufacturer for just Euro 199.99, the lowest possible factory-direct price and a saving of Euro 300 on the RRP.
by: Sarfaraz Khan
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