Spain is to host the Ryder Cup for the second time within the historical past of the biennial matches after it emerged that Camiral Golf & Wellness, the Costa Brava resort previously referred to as PGA Catalunya, has been chosen to host the occasion in 2031.
Though an official announcement is anticipated within the new few days, sources have confirmed that the venue, which has hosted quite a few European Tour occasions through the years, together with Ultimate Qualifying College, is the popular option to host the matches in seven years’ time.
The resort, which is situated 10 miles from the town of Girona on Spain’s northeast coast, was initially constructed with the intention of internet hosting the 1997 Ryder Cup earlier than delays to its development meant that the occasion needed to be transferred to Valderrama.
Opened in 1999 as PGA Catalunya, the upmarket resort boasts two championship 18-hole layouts, the Stadium course and the Tour course, and it’s understood that the 2031 Ryder Cup can be staged on a composite course combining each. This was the popular choice to constructing a 3rd course.
One of many shedding bidders for the 2023 Ryder Cup, which went to Marco Simone in Rome, Camiral is owned by Irish businessman Denis O’Brien, who purchased the venue in 2007 and has since invested many hundreds of thousands of euros in upgrading the amenities, with a brand new resort, eating places, spa, and an expansive residential property growth.
It modified its identify to Camiral Golf & Wellness in 2022 as a part of a post-Covid transfer to rebrand the venue as an all-round well being resort, with an upgraded spa, strolling trails, pilates studios, a cryotherapy chamber and different health-focused amenities.
Spain’s win is England’s loss, with bids from Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire and the London Golf Membership in Kent, and the yet-to-be-built course at Hulton Park in Bolton, being parked in favour of the Catalan venue, that means that will probably be a minimum of 11 years on the earliest earlier than the Ryder Cup might doubtlessly return to UK shores in 2035.
