Six years after the jump to professionalism, Alejandro del Rey finally raised a tournament he had imagined. He won the Kaimah Championship in Ras, scoring for the DP World Tour, the European Tour of a lifetime that had Antonio Garrido in 1972 as the first Spanish winner. Of the king is the last in a list of 34.
It was an incontestable victory (-22, 4 advantage strokes). On a splendid day in the Emirate, more than 20 degrees, Sun Day, without strong winds, the Spanish gave no option to anyone. On Saturday he had summarized the tournament to him and the English Marcus Armitage, which he distanced in two blows before the last round. Playing the same game, of the king crushed him from the beginning.
Two superb irons in the first two holes, one meter and a span, respectively, doubled the distance. He still added another success to expand the difference to five. The first third of Sunday had been fulfilled and had more than turned the tournament. The golfer who last year, many times for bad drivers, the stick that drives like a mace, made too many bulk mistakes that were transformed into double bogeys, dominated with iron fist.
It was about maintaining the composure. Armitage, 37 years old, was not a golfer accustomed to looking up. If the king relaxes a vapeman, the Englishman was distracted on Saturday with a documentary of World War II. Armitage has only won a tournament in the circuit. Taking streets could be worth. Without the regularity he would have desired, the King endured the guy. He had only been like this in the 2023 Singapore Open when he was leading and finished third. This time he could raise the trophy.
The triumph certifies the talent of a guy who was able to throw 58 blows, 14 under par, in the 2021 Switzerland challenge, one of the 2017 Amateur European champions, a team in which Adri Arnaus, Ángel Hidalgo, which premiered in September in the Open Open of Spain, and Manuel Elvira. After passing through Arizona State, such as Rahm, Puig, Ballester …, the campus that polishes Spanish diamonds, began the climbing that has now made the first summit.
The Al Hamra field was not only magical to Del Rey. Dario Puig, the best on the last tour (-7), signed a great weekend with third place (-15) and Iván Cantero was fifth (-12).
