The Barcelona Championship 2021, held from 12th to 14th of February on the Pink Course of Real Club de Golf el Prat, allowed us to organize another expedition from the Barcelona Golf Academy with good participation. Three days on a spectacular course, and in another event valid for the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), where we displayed another great performance.
In the women’s event we enjoyed the leadership of our 2020 Catalonia champion, Alisa Khokhlova, during the first two rounds. A card of 74 shots on the first day placed her tied at the top of the leaderboard, and then with an outstanding game she scored a 71, the best round of the entire championship. The third round was not so good, with 84 shots, with which she settled for runner-up and 229 shots, four behind the champion Marina Joyce.
Alisa also has the great news that she has been elected to play the Copa de la Reina 2021, to be held at the Real Club Sevilla Golf from 3rd to 7th of March. Congratulations!
Our friend Daniela Campillo was with her, and showed all her potential in the first round, with 74 shots, and started with a tied leadership, to end the event fourth classified with 237 shots; and Valeria Biargé, who remained very consistantly and finished in the Top-10, ninth with 246 shots.
There was great rivalry in the men’s competition, with which the ninth place of Joan Panisello can be considered as a total success. With rounds of 75, 73 and 80, he started amongst the first places and finally he went into the Top-10, with 228 shots. Alex de Castro also played well, and managed to pass the cut with two rounds of 81 and 80, to finish 43rd with 246 shots. We were also accompanied by Jordan Schmid, who didn’t have a good second day and missed the cut. The champion was the local player Victor Garcia Broto, with 208 shots.
Keep going everyone, we are on the right path!