After the Open de Espana, the DP World Tour remains in Spain for the Andalucia Masters, which, this year, will take place at a new venue, Real Club de Golf Sotogrande.
That’s because Valderrama, which had been the regular host of the event, is now home to LIV Golf Andalucia.
Last year, Adrian Otaegui delighted home fans by cruising to a historic victory in the tournament, with a six shot win over Joakim Lagergren when he finished on a record 19 under par for the event. Given that emphatic success, it is hardly surprising that the Spaniard is once again in the field to defend his title, along with the player he beat last year.
Another Spaniard who will be hoping to take advantage of a tournament in his homeland is Rafa Cabrero-Bello. His most recent DP World Tour victory came in Madrid in the 2021 Open de Espana. Can he claim his second win in Spain here? Pablo Larrazabal and Adri Arnaus are among the other Spaniards keen to perform well this week.
Matthieu Pavon won the first of the Spanish swing tournaments for his maiden DP World Tour win last week, and he plays here too, hoping to make it two in a row.
The highest-ranked player in the field is World No.10 Wyndham Clark, who makes his maiden appearance on the DP World Tour.
Following the announcement that the US Open champion would appear, he said: “I’ve never played in Spain before so it’s something I’m really excited about. I’ve seen some pictures of the course and it looks amazing. It’ll be really cool to go and play there and I’m also looking forward to experiencing what Spain has to offer.”
Wyndham Clark makes his DP World Tour bow in the Andalucia Masters
This will be Clark’s first appearance since his debut in the Ryder Cup for the US at Marco Simone ended in defeat. He’ll confident of bouncing back with his first win since June's Major.
Another high-profile player competing in Spain for the first time is Matt Kuchar who, as well as four Ryder Cup appearances, has 12 top 10 finishes in Majors. The 45-year-old is going in search of his first professional win since the SMBC Singapore Open on the Japan Golf Tour.
New Zealander Ryan Fox, whose most recent win came in September’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, also plays.
Other players to look out for include Alex Fitzpatrick, whose growing reputation was further enhanced by a T20 in last week’s tournament. Marcus Armitage, who finished runner-up to Alex’s brother, Matt, in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, also plays, along with Pole Adrian Meronk, who can count himself unlucky that he missed out on Luke Donald’s European Ryder Cup team.
One player who was in that team, Robert MacIntryre, also appears, along with Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship winner Victor Perez.
Players are competing for a purse of $3.75m. The winner receives $637,500.
Below is the full prize money breakdown and field for the Andalucia Masters at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande.
Andalucia Masters Prize Money
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1st | $637,500 |
| 2nd | $412,500 |
| 3rd | $236,250 |
| 4th | $187,500 |
| 5th | $159,000 |
| 6th | $131,250 |
| 7th | $112,500 |
| 8th | $93,750 |
| 9th | $84,000 |
| 10th | $75,000 |
| 11th | $69,000 |
| 12th | $64,500 |
| 13th | $60,375 |
| 14th | $57,375 |
| 15th | $55,125 |
| 16th | $52,875 |
| 17th | $50,625 |
| 18th | $48,375 |
| 19th | $46,500 |
| 20th | $45,000 |
| 21st | $43.500 |
| 22nd | $42,625 |
| 23rd | $41,250 |
| 24th | $40,125 |
| 25th | $39,000 |
| 26th | $37,875 |
| 27th | $36,750 |
| 28th | $35,625 |
| 29th | $34,500 |
| 30th | $33,375 |
| 31st | $32,250 |
| 32nd | $31,125 |
| 33rd | $30,000 |
| 34th | $28,875 |
| 35th | $27,750 |
| 36th | $26.625 |
| 37th | $25,875 |
| 38th | $25,125 |
| 39th | $24,375 |
| 40th | $23,625 |
| 41st | $22,875 |
| 42nd | $22,125 |
| 43rd | $21,375 |
| 44th | $20,625 |
| 45th | $19,875 |
| 46th | $19,125 |
| 47th | $18,375 |
| 48th | $17,625 |
| 49th | $16,875 |
| 50th | $16,125 |
| 51st | $15,375 |
| 52nd | $14,625 |
| 53rd | $13,875 |
| 54th | $13,125 |
| 55th | $12.750 |
| 56th | $12,375 |
| 57th | $12,000 |
| 58th | $11,625 |
| 59th | $11,250 |
| 60th | $8,700 |
| 61st | $10,500 |
| 62nd | $10,125 |
| 63rd | $9,750 |
| 64th | $9,456 |
| 65th | $9,000 |
| 66th | $8,625 |
| 67th | $8,250 |
| 68th | $7,875 |
| 69th | $7,500 |
| 70th | $7,125 |
Andalucia Masters Field
- Marcus Armitage
- Adri Arnaus
- Nick Bachem
- Matthew Baldwin
- Oliver Bekker
- Wil Besseling
- Alexander Björk
- Thomas Bjørn
- Dan Bradbury
- Daniel Brown
- Julien Brun
- Rafa Cabrera Bello
- Jorge Campillo
- John Catlin
- Wyndham Clark
- Todd Clements
- Aaron Cockerill
- Sean Crocker
- Jens Dantorp
- Louis De Jager
- Jamie Donaldson
- Hennie Du Plessis
- Bryce Easton
- Nacho Elvira
- Ewen Ferguson
- Ross Fisher
- Alex Fitzpatrick
- Grant Forrest
- Simon Forsstrom
- Ryan Fox
- Jeremy Freiburghaus
- Manu Gandas
- Sebastian Garcia
- Alfredo Garcia-Heredia
- Daniel Gavins
- Deon Germishuys
- Gavin Green
- Julien Guerrier
- Chase Hanna
- Marcus Helligkilde
- Angel Hidalgo
- Kazuki Higa
- Calum Hill
- Daniel Hillier
- Rasmus Hojgaard
- Daan Huizing
- Oliver Hundebøll
- Scott Jamieson
- Jazz Janewattananond
- Kristian Krogh Johannessen
- Matthew Jordan
- Maximilian Kieffer
- Nathan Kimsey
- Marcus Kinhult
- Soren Kjeldsen
- Alexander Knappe
- Jeong weon Ko
- Matt Kuchar
- Joakim Lagergren
- Romain Langasque
- Pablo Larrazábal
- David Law
- Thriston Lawrence
- Alexander Levy
- Mikael Lindberg
- Zander Lombard
- Hurly Long
- Mike Lorenzo-Vera
- Joost Luiten
- Robert MacIntyre
- Richard Mansell
- Tom McKibbin
- Adrian Meronk
- Guido Migliozzi
- Francesco Molinari
- Edoardo Molinari
- Jaime Montojo
- James Morrison
- Lukas Nemecz
- Niklas Norgaard
- Thorbjorn Olesen
- Adrian Otaegui
- John Parry
- Matthieu Pavon
- Eddie Pepperell
- Victor Perez
- Tapio Pulkkanen
- Richie Ramsay
- JC Ritchie
- Kalle Samooja
- Matti Schmid
- Marcel Schneider
- Freddy Schott
- Robin Sciot-Siegrist
- Jason Scrivener
- Shubhankhar Sharma
- Callum Shinkwin
- Marcel Siem
- Martin Simonsen
- Jordan Smith
- Sebastian Söderberg
- Clement Sordet
- Matthew Southgate
- Ockie Strydom
- Andy Sullivan
- Connor Syme
- Santiago Tarrio
- Sami Välimäki
- Darius Van Driel
- Daniel Van Tonder
- Johannes Veerman
- Nicolai Von Dellingshausen
- Justin Walters
- Jeunghun Wang
- Paul Waring
- Marc Warren
- Dale Whitnell
- Oliver Wilson
- Jeff Winther
- Fabrizio Zanotti
Where Is The Andalucia Masters?
The home of the Andalucia Masters had been Valderrama, but that is now part of the LIV Golf League meaning that it is now held at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, which was designed by Robert Trent Jones Senior in 1964.
Who Won The 2022 Andalucia Masters?
In 2022, Spaniard Adrian Otaegui cruised to a six shot win in the Andalucia Masters when he finished on a record 19-under for the tournament, beating Joakim Lagergren into second place.
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