Gonzalo Fernández Castaño made it on to the Scottish Open roster in the end, held this week at the Gullane Golf Club (Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland), the last tournament of the four consecutive weeks of the European Tour for Gonzalo, unless he gets a last minute spot in the British Open, held at Carnoustie next week. In order to accomplish this lofty goal, he’ll need to finish in the top ten and among the top three who aren’t already qualified.
In reality, including this tournament on Scottish terrain, the golfer from Madrid will have competed in nine out of the last ten weeks on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as the qualifying round in England for the British Open, two rounds in just one day.
Gonzalo still has the mathematical option open to kill two birds with one stone: if he finishes high up in the rankings this week, he could secure himself a spot in the British Open (keep in mind that he hasn’t played in a major since 2014), and he could also leave the task of maintaining the rights to play in the European Tour in 2019 finished, or very close to being finished, which he would need to place fifth or a sole sixth to accomplish, according to some approximate statistics.
The Spanish golfer will play on Thursday in the last game of the day starting at 4:40 pm (Spanish time), with French golfer Clement Sorget and young Thai golfer, Pachara Khongwatmai.
