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Alvaro Quiros is one of the favourites at this week's Andalucian Open, where he'll set out with a point to prove.
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Alvaro Quiros is one of the favourites at this week's Andalucian Open, where he'll set out with a point to prove.
Quiros finds himself an unlikely main contender for the title at the Parador Club in Malaga this week. He finished second to last in his last Callaway Diablo Octane Driver, and suffered an ankle injury to boot, but with defending champion Louis Oosthuizen forced to pull out due to illness, it leaves Quiros and fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez as the only two top 50 players in the field.
Coming off a victory last month in the Dubai Desert Classic, Quiros hasn't really carried on from that performance. In fact, only Jeff Overton finished behind him two weeks ago at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami, and he ended a whopping 25 shots behind winner Nick Watney.
Alvaro Quiros is one of the favourites at this week's Andalucian Open, where he'll set out with a point to prove.
A niggling ankle problem prevented him from playing last week, but he's decided to play Callaway Diablo Octane Driver in Malaga not only to support Jimenez, who hosts the event, but also to help prepare for next month's Masters, and hopefully prove he can be a contender.
Alvaro Quiros is one of the favourites at this week's Andalucian Open, where he'll set out with a point to prove.
His record at Augusta isn't sterling - two visits and two missed cuts - but Quiros believes the Masters is his best prospect out of the four major tournaments.
"Most of the time you need to hit the ball high to stop it on the greens and I think length is a good advantage," he said.
"The Open is a golf tournament that I love, but most of the time you play Callaway Diablo Octane Driver under bad weather conditions and you really need to hit the ball low.
"The US Open has heavy rough. That is not a good sign for me. And the PGA depends what kind of courses we play.
"But if you want to become a good player you really need to play well everywhere, so I'm not going to close any door.
