The first Catalan championship marks the return of the DP World Tour to the historic city of Girona – scene of the first official Tour event in 1972.

Catalan Championship, history

Just over 50 years ago, Antonio Garrido made history with a home victory at Club Golf de Pals after a play-off against fellow Spaniard Valentin Barrios.

Ahead of the first round scheduled for Thursday, Garrido will kick off the Opening Ceremony as the European Tour group continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022. This week also serves as the first DP World Tour event to be held. at the PGA Catalunya since the 2014 Open de España, won by local favorite Miguel Ángel Jiménez – a win that saw him break his own record as the oldest winner on the Tour, aged 50 years and 133 days.

He is one of the most successful sportsmen of all time, as well as one of the richest in the world. In terms of firsts, Tiger Woods is still present: 15 major tournaments won, 110 professional tournaments, the most successful golfer in the history of the sport.

Statistics that explain why he managed to stay at the top of the world rankings for 683 weeks (including 281 consecutive) and especially because in 2014 he became the first athlete in the world to have crossed the billion dollar mark.

Astronomical figure which also justifies the fact that Tiger Woods can afford a yacht like the Privacy, a real fairy tale boat. And obviously, we’re talking about something that was expensive. If you imagine a luxury yacht and some comfort on board, then Privacy has it.

48 meters long, with a total area of ​​600 square meters, this yacht was purchased by the golfer in 2004. Equipped with five cabins that can accommodate a total of ten people, it also has four quarters for nine crew members .

Tiger Woods usually calls it “my dinghy” even though everything looks like a dinghy: with a cruising speed of 18 knots, it also has an onboard gym where the golfer continues to train. Woods, in fact, prefers to stay on this yacht during tournaments held in New York.

With cherry wood interiors, Privacy also boasts a three-person elevator, a huge jacuzzi, big enough to seat eight, and the inevitable cinema room and bar area. The little extra of this mega yacht is provided by the area that Tiger Woods wanted dedicated to scuba diving: this also explains the presence of an (inflatable) decompression chamber and an area dedicated to filling bottles. ‘oxygen.

The luxury is also complemented by three jet skis and two scooters for short shore excursions. Obviously, all this has a price: privacy costs 17 million euros and its annual maintenance amounts to 1.7 million euros.