International Open Pairs
The 2018 Catalan International Pairs tournament was staged at Sant Cebria course near St. Pol de Mar, Catalonia from 13th/14th October 2018. Final Leaderboard Photo album
Amador Rodriguez and John Evans (Catalonia) fired a superb 40 in Sunday's fourball betterball to clinch the title with an impressive 33 under par 54 hole aggregate of 129. Rodriguez and Evans won by nine strokes from 2016 winners Tommy Hanley and Kieran Earls (Ireland). Hanley and Earls scored 42 in the Sunday fourball for their 138 tally. Two Catalan partnerships finished on 22 under par 140 - Manuel Amor and Carlos Vilardell just edging out their youthful counterparts Ivan Ponsdemenech and Alex Albinana on the tiebreaker. Fifth place went to another Catalan combination Fidel Soler and Sergi Arisa. Soler and Arisa took fifth slot on the final eighteen from another two Catalan teams - Jaume Vidal and Enric Sanz and early leaders Xavi Ponsdemenech and Jose Lopes. Holders Rinus Huberts and Rolf Kwant were thirteenth on 150 after a closing 47.
Drawn in the afternoon session on Saturday, Amador Rodriguez and John Evans produced a phenomenal greensomes score of 41 and then added a 48 in foursomes play. That left the experienced Catalan pairing four strokes clear overnight. Catalans Xavi Ponsdemenech and Jose Lopes dominated the Saturday morning session. The Catalan pair scored 45 in greensomes and 48 in foursomes to be second on 15 under par 93. That left Xavi and Jose a single stroke clear of the youthful Catalan combination of Alex Albinana and Ivan Ponsdemenech. The youngsters scored 46 in greensomes and 48 in foursomes. Holders Rinus Huberts and Rolf Kwant signed for 103.
Full Saturday scores here
Sunday Tee times here
