Open de Espana: How to watch, TV channel, course details and more

The Open de Espana is an historic event, first played in 1912, with the latest edition starting at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid on Thursday.

How to watch the Open de Espana and TV channel

The Open de Espana will be shown live on the Sky Sports Golf television channel and can also be followed for free on bet365's Live Golf Tracker.

Open de Espana dates and times

The Open de Espana starts at 07:30 BST on Thursday 26th September 2024, with the first round.

The second round will be on Friday, the third round will be on Saturday, then the final round will be on Sunday 29th September. DP World Tour events are always 72-hole contests.

Open de Espana course details and venue

Club de Campo Villa de Madrid has hosted numerous DP World Tour events, including the last four renewals of this event.

The average winning score has been 22.25 under par in the last four editions, with Jon Rahm reaching 25 under par in 2022. Tree-lined fairways and small greens are a feature of this course.

Open de Espana stats and past winners

Seve Ballesteros won the Open de Espana three times. Rahm has won three of the last five editions of the tournament, so is hoping to overtake his hero as the most prolific Open de Espana champion in history.

Open de Espana notable players

Rahm will be the centre of attention in this tournament again. The star attraction and hot 3/1 favourite has twice triumphed at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

His wife has just given birth to their first daughter, but he left Arizona for Madrid on Tuesday and is set to take his place in the field.

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