After a week in Scotland, the DP World Tour heads to Spain for its final tournament of the year in Europe with the 99th edition of the Spanish Open.
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid will play host for the 12th time in tournament history. The historic Madrid track stretches to 7,112 yards and will play to a par 71.
Spain’s national open championship will feature European Ryder Cup stalwarts such as Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton, Ludvig Aberg, and Shane Lowry.
Below are more details to get you primed for this week’s Spanish Open (or Open de España).
The Skinny
Name: Spanish Open
Dates: Oct. 8-11, 2026
Course: Club de Campo Villa de Madrid
Where: Madrid, Spain
Stats: Par 71, 7112 yards
Debut Edition: 1912
Euro Tour Debut: 1972
Format: 144 Players, Stroke-play, 36-hole cut
Purse: $3.25 million
Win Share: $585k
2025 Winner: Marco Penge
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Spanish Open History
The Open de España (or the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. The tournament was founded in 1912 and has been part of the European Tour’s schedule since the inception of the tour in 1972.
For most of the tournament’s history, it was contested in April or May, other than a five-year period in the early 1980s. Starting with the 2019 edition, the tournament moved to the September/October as part of the DP World Tour’s fall swing of its signature European championships (British Masters, Swiss Masters, Irish Open, BMW PGA Championship, Spanish Open, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, French Open, and Andalucia Masters).
Former Spanish Open champions include all-time greats such as Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Jon Rahm.
Other historic names who’ve hoisted the trophy include Peter Allis, Sam Torrance, Peter Thomson, Colin Montgomerie, Pádraig Harrington, Thomas Bjørn, Sergio García, Charl Schwartzel, and Francesco Molinari, among others.
The tournament has been organized by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation. In April 2019, a partnership between the Royal Spanish Golf Federation, the European Tour, and Madrid Trophy Promotion (MTP) was announced. MTP is also the organizer of the Mutua Madrid Open, a professional tennis tournament.
The tournament’s maiden title sponsor was Benson & Hedges, which ran from 1980 to 1985. French car company Peugeot then titled the event for the next 15 editions (1986-2000).
Acciona, a Spanish multinational conglomerate dedicated to the development and management of infrastructure (construction, water, industrial and services) and renewable energy, held the title marquee from 2021 through 2025.
History: Records
Wins
5 – Ángel de la Torre (1916-17, 1919, 1923, 1925)
3 – Arnaud Massy (1912, 1927-28)
4 – Gabriel González (1932-33, 1940, 1942)
3 – Marcelino Morcillo (1946, 1948,-49)
3 – Max Faulkner (1952-53, 1957)
3 – Sebastián Miguel (1954, 1960, 1967)
3 – Seve Ballesteros (1981, 1985, 1995)
3 – Jon Rahm (2018-19, 2022)
Scoring
259 (−25) – Jon Rahm (2022)
Spanish Open Field
The field in Madrid is features four of Europe’s 2025 Ryder Cup teammates in Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton, Ludvig Aberg, and Shane Lowry.
Aberg is the strong betting favorite at 8-1 with Lowry next at 18-1. Young Spaniards Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (20-1) and David Puig (22-1), along with Patrick Reed (22-1), rounded out the top-five favorites.
Hatton and Fleetwood were next at 10-1 while Aaron Rai was 12-1. Lowry rounded out the top-5 betting favs at 16-1.
Other marquee names among the bookmakers’ top 10 include Alex Noren (28-1), Marco Penge (28-1), Angel Ayora (30-1), Tom McKibbin (30-1), and Hatton (30-1).
Top-5 Betting Favorites
Pos-Player (Odds)
1. Ludvig Aberg (8-1)
2. Shane Lowry (18-1)
3. Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (20-1)
4. David Puig (22-1)
4. Patrick Reed (22-1)
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