Rafael Nadalwinner of the recent Australian Open, participate in the Balearic Islands Mid-Amateur Men’s and Women’s Golf Championship to be held this weekend at the Alcanada Golf Club in the Majorcan town of Puerto de Alcudia.
Nadal, the first tennis player in history to add 21 Grand Slam titles, is one of 96 registered golfers to participate in the tournament, according to the official list published by the Balearic Golf Federation.
The last golf tournament in which Nadal participated was last November in the end of the FBG Hexagonal Circuit. Then, he represented his academy in Manacor at the T Golf Country Club in Calvi (Majorca) as part of a team that was also made up of his uncle and former Barcelona player Miquel ngel Nadal, Antonio de Luca and Peter Mason.
Nadal, a great golf fan and who has a handicap similar to that of a professional player (-1.2)and his peers ranked fifth.
Nadal rests in Mallorca before deciding whether to play the tournaments in Acapulco (February 21-26) and Indians Wells (March 7-20).
