Santiago Luna (above picture) defends his victory from the last year at the European Tour Q2 at Arcos Gardens. A steady round of 70 shots during the last day kept Santiago two shots ahead of Rory Hie (INA). An interesting note is that Santiago has now played 8 tournament rounds in Arcos Gardens and in all of them he has managed to play under par. Arcos Gardens can also report that Santiago is not only a fantastic player, he is also a true gentleman and a great ambassador for golf.

Final results where top 19 players are directly qualified to next weeks Final Qualifying Stage in PGA Catalunya-

Pos Player Country R1 R2 R3 R4 Agg Par Euro Sterling
1 Santiago LUNA ESP 66 69 71 70 276 -12
2 Rory HIE INA 69 75 70 64 278 -10
3 Michiel BOTHMA RSA 68 65 73 74 280 -8
4 Victor ALMSTROM SWE 70 70 70 71 281 -7
Nicolas MEITINGER GER 69 71 72 69 281 -7
6 Matthew BLISS CAN 70 68 74 70 282 -6
George MURRAY SCO 70 71 72 69 282 -6
Tony CAROLAN AUS 69 73 74 66 282 -6
Wil BESSELING NED 68 70 71 73 282 -6
10 Oliver WHITELEY ENG 65 72 72 74 283 -5
Thomas FEYRSINGER AUT 70 73 72 68 283 -5
Julio ZAPATA ARG 72 71 71 69 283 -5

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Moving Day (day 3) of the Europan Tour Q2 at Arcos Gardens turned out to be a tough day for the players, only 4 players managed to play better than 70 shots. Michiel Bothma (on picture) from South Africa managed to keep the lead from the second day but he is now sharing it with Santiago Luna (Spain), both players on 10 under par.

Top 10 results after Day 3 at Arcos Gardens-

Pos - Name - Country - To Par - R1 - R2 - R3 - Total
1 BOTHMA Michiel RSA -10 68 65 73 206
LUNA Santiago ESP -10 66 69 71 206
3 BESSELING Wil NED -7 68 70 71 209
WHITELEY Oliver ENG -7 65 72 72 209
5 ALMSTROM Victor SWE -6 70 70 70 210
6 KENNEDY Lloyd ENG -5 70 69 72 211
7 BLISS Matthew CAN -4 70 68 74 212
HUTCHEON Greig SCO -4 72 69 71 212
MEITINGER Nicolas GER -4 69 71 72 212
MOUL Jamie ENG -4 67 71 74 212
POVEY Graham ENG -4 71 66 75 212

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Day two of the European Tour Q2 at Arcos Gardens was a good challenge for the players due to the wind that took up during the night. Some players were struggling out there which can be noticed on the scores from the second round.

Michiel Bothma shoot a seven under 65 for taking over the lead after half way through the tournament. Noticable is that las years winner at Arcos Gardens, Santiago Luna is situated in second place after shooting 66 and 69 which is exactley the same scores he had during last years win.

Top 10 results after two days-

Pos - Name - Country - To Par - R1 - R2 - Total
1 BOTHMA Michiel RSA -11 68 65 133
2 LUNA Santiago ESP -9 66 69 135
3 POVEY Graham ENG -7 71 66 137
WHITELEY Oliver ENG -7 65 72 137
5 BESSELING Wil NED -6 68 70 138
BLISS Matthew CAN -6 70 68 138
ETCHART Borja ESP -6 70 68 138
MOUL Jamie ENG -6 67 71 138
9 KENNEDY Lloyd ENG -5 70 69 139
10 ALMSTROM Victor SWE -4 70 70 140
KEENAN Ian ENG -4 70 70 140
MEITINGER Nicolas GER -4 69 71 140

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The European Tour Qualifying Stage 2 has returned to Arcos Gardens for the third consecutive year. The Second Qualifying Stage is played 20th to 23rd of November 2009 on 4 different golf courses in South Spain, 77 players are competing at Arcos Gardens in hope to reach the final qualifying stage situated in Barcelona (PGA Catalunya).

Below follows the top 10 results from the first day at Arcos Gardens-

Pos - Name - Country - To Par - R1
1 WHITELEY Oliver ENG -7 65
2 LUNA Santiago ESP -6 66
3 MOUL Jamie ENG -5 67
4 BESSELING Wil NED -4 68
BOTHMA Michiel RSA -4 68
SJÖBERG Raimo SWE -4 68
7 CAROLAN Tony AUS -3 69
DOHERTY Sean ENG -3 69
HIE Rory INA -3 69
MEITINGER Nicolas GER -3 69
SLABE Gregor SLO -3 69

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Madrid Golf 2009 concludes with a reamrkable success of visitors and trade activity. The show grows to currently become one of the golf meeting points in Europe and the number of visitors increases compared to the 2008 venue. This success confirms the quality and the comprehemsive rage of exhibitors that attended the fair.
Madrid Golf 09 has become the reference for the golf industry in Spain and Europe, and therefore the "meeting point" for the golf sector. This explains how the fair counted on the presence of Gurus like Don Ross and Simon Holmes, as well as the Moon Masters School, attending all visitors' requests.

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