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Quiros: Defending champion in Barcelona<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The European Tour returns to its home continent for this week’s Spanish Open at El Prat near Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Although El Prat is a well-known name on the European golf circuit – it first hosted the national open in 1956 – this week’s course is a brand new design built by Greg Norman and opened in 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

The El Prat complex can boast both stunning scenery and 45 holes of excellent golf and is situated in Terassa around 20 kilometres from Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n

The slightly undulating venue has large rolling greens and American style bunkers, and is surrounded by heavily wooded terrain.<\/span><\/p>\n

So who’s in the field in north-east Spain?<\/span><\/h4>\n

Thomas Bjorn:<\/strong> A winner over the original El Prat course in 1998 and a champion in Qatar earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raphael Jacquelin:<\/strong> The Frenchman is a winner already this season in Sicily while three of his last five visits to Spain have yielded top-10 finishes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miguel Angel Jimenez:<\/strong> The veteran Spaniard finished second in Korea at the weekend behind world No 1 Lee Westwood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Lawrie:<\/strong> The underrated Irishman tasted victory in Spain three years ago and, at the recent China Open, finished in a tie-for-second.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matteo Manassero:<\/strong> The teenager is now up to No 33 in the world following a brace of European Tour victories during the past six months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alvaro Quiros:<\/strong> The defending champion who is hoping to become the first back-to-back winner of the Spanish Open since Max Faulkner in 1953. The world No 27 is also the reigning Dubai Desert Classic champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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