Spain
The Dave Thomas-designed course at Centro Nacional de Golf in Madrid has twice hosted the Open de España: in 2007 (with Charl Swartzel winning by one shot) and in 2018 when Jon Rahm claimed the first of his Spanish titles.
The Dave Thomas-designed course at Centro Nacional de Golf in Madrid has twice hosted the Open de España: in 2007 (with Charl Swartzel winning by one shot) and in 2018 when Jon Rahm claimed the first of his Spanish titles.
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During a design career that stretched from the early 1970s into the new millennium, Dave Thomas delivered dozens of courses for a wide variety of clients. The Belfry is considered his crowning glory.
Dave Thomas was the son of William Thomas, a mining engineer from Aberdare who also played full back for Wales at rugby. Bill was relocated to run mining operations in the northeast of England and that’s where Dave was born – though there was never any doubt about which country he would represent at sport, given the chance.
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