The Green Drive programme, integrated in the Golf for Good initiative of the DP World Tour, is using a promotion aimed at DP World Tour ticket holders, with fans now able to measure and offset their travel and accommodation greenhouse gas emissions when attending DP World Tour events and enter a prize draw to win a VIP package.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters spectators can use a tool to measure their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from flights, transport, and accommodation. After that, they can find some tips and suggestions for ideas on how to best reduce their travel-related emissions. Finally, a portfolio of high-quality certified carbon credits are available in the offsetting tool. These can be purchased to offset travel emissions that cannot be avoided or reduced.

To enter the draw to win a VIP package including accommodation, hospitality, transportation, and more, fans just need to click this link and offset their emissions by purchasing carbon credits from AQ Green Tec.

This initiative adds to a new tool that will allow DP World Tour players to calculate and offset their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when travelling to and from tournaments – a first for professional golf.

The easy-to-use tool will allow players to input their event related flight information and then purchase verified carbon credits to offset their calculated GHG emissions. Carbon credits in the tool are all from Gold Standard accredited projects that support a range of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The platform will go live at the start of the 2025 DP World Tour season in November.

Several players have already taken the initiative of offsetting their annual travel in recent years. This new tool will encourage greater take-up across the full 800+ membership, with a target set for 90% of players across the DP World Tour, Challenge Tour, Legends Tour and G4D Tour regularly offsetting their tournament travel by 2027.

Five-time Race to Dubai Champion Rory McIlroy has been offsetting his tournament travel related GHG emissions for the past four years. He said: “As golfers we have the opportunity to travel all over the world doing the job we love, but I do have a conscience about the impact that can have on the environment, and that’s why I began taking steps a few years ago to offset my carbon footprint and make my travel neutral. I think we can all play our part in some way or another, and it’s great to see the DP World Tour launching this new tool to help and encourage members to track and offset their travel.”

The Green Drive programme was developed to promote environmental responsibility in order to generate a positive impact at each of the tournaments on the tour's calendar. In addition, the DP World Tour has signed the United Nations Sport for Climate Action initiative and has committed to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, and to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

Local support is integral for the Green Drive programme and here the efforts and full commitment to sustainability of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters’ venue, Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, shine. The annual cleaning of the beach of Sotogrande (in which last year Jorge Campillo and Rasmus Hojgaard helped the International School of Sotogrande students), the birdlife census recently launched and the endorsement of its environmental commitment through the GEO (Golf Environment Organization) certification speak loud about the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande and Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters environmental aims.

Tickets for the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, to be played at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande from October 17-20, can be purchased here.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, an event in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai made possible by the essential contribution of the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, is sponsored by Estrella Damm and the Junta de Andalucía, jointly funded by the EU and was declared Event of Exceptional Public Interest by the Government of Spain.

Rolex Series winners Victor Perez, Thorbjørn Olesen and Rafa Cabrera Bello will join PGA TOUR winner Matt Wallace at this year’s Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters when they tee it up at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande from October 17-20.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, which returns to the picturesque Real Club de Golf Sotogrande after a successful first staging in 2023, will be the penultimate event of the DP World Tour’s ‘Back 9’ as players hope to secure their spot in the DP World Tour Play-Offs. Tickets for the event can be purchased here.

Perez, who claimed his maiden Rolex Series title at the 2023 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, is looking forward to returning to Sotogrande having finished in a tie for ninth last year on his way to earning dual membership with the PGA TOUR for 2024 after finishing inside the top ten on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex.

“There are some great events at the back end of the Race to Dubai and the Andalucía Masters is one of them,” said Perez.

“I had a good finish here last year and the course was in fantastic condition. I’m looking forward to heading to Sotogrande in October at an important time of the season.”

Wallace, who ended a six-year wait for his fifth DP World Tour title at the Omega European Masters earlier this month, is hoping to continue his strong recent form after qualifying for the DP World Tour Play-Offs, which concludes with the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

“I always enjoy competing in Spain and I'm excited to tee it up at the Andalucía Masters next month,” said Wallace.

“It was great to win at the Omega European Masters recently and I’m looking forward to competing for another title on this fantastic Tour. Sotogrande is a brilliant course and I've no doubt it'll be a fun week."

Olesen claimed his eighth DP World Tour win earlier this year at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and the 2018 Ryder Cup winner is now targeting a strong finish to the Race to Dubai season.

“I’m really looking forward to returning to Spain,” he said. “It’s a country I love playing in and the fans are always incredible.

“Sotogrande boasts a great history, and I know the atmosphere will be pretty special this year. Hopefully I can put in another strong performance at a crucial time in the Race to Dubai season.”

Former Ryder Cup player Cabrera Bello, whose last DP World Tour victory came at the ACCIONA Open de España in 2021, is relishing the prospect of playing in front of Spanish crowds again as he targets more success on home soil.

“I’m excited to have the chance to play on home soil in front of big crowds,” he said. “The fans are really supportive of us during the event, and there is always a great atmosphere during the week.

“Winning in Madrid was an unbelievable feeling, and I would love to win again in front of my home fans.

“Real Club de Golf Sotogrande is a special golf course and a test that we are all looking forward to taking on. It’s going to be another memorable week and I’m very excited to get there in October.”

Tickets are already available, with discounts for members of the federation (and their families/friends) and free access for children under 13, and can be purchased here.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, an event in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai made possible by the essential contribution of the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, is sponsored by Estrella Damm and the Junta de Andalucía, jointly funded by the EU and was declared Event of Exceptional Public Interest by the Government of Spain.

Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, home of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters to be held from October 17-20 as part of the DP World Tour schedule’s Back 9, has a notable historical peculiarity: it is one of the few courses in the world where winners of The Open Championship, the Masters at Augusta, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship have triumphed in the different competitions played on it.

Considered one of the most notable designs of the prolific and masterful Robert Trent Jones, who in his book Golf Magnificent Challenge chose it as one of his five favourite courses, Real Club de Golf Sotogrande has served as a stage for fundamental triumphs in the careers of golfers who shone in the most demanding tournaments afterwards.

Although the San Roque course has always stood out for their amateur events, the few professionals who played there left their mark. In 1966, with the course recently inaugurated, the Argentinian Roberto de Vicenzo won the Spanish Open that year, masterfully playing the decisive part of the last round, and the following year he won The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. Twenty years later, Seve Ballesteros won the Spanish Professional Championship at the Real Club de Sotogrande, a prelude to his third The Open Championship (and fifth Major) which he won in 1988 at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

For other players, their time at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande served as an essential springboard. This was the case of José María Olazábal, winner of the 1983 Spanish Amateur Championship on this course, a foretaste of the triumphs that would come later in his professional career, including the two green jackets he won at the Masters in 1994 and 1999.

Years later, one of the biggest stars on the current scene, Rory McIlroy, won the Sotogrande Cup in 2007, a competition that helped the Northern Irish star to find his way.

"Winning the Sotogrande Cup was a big achievement. It reassured me that I was capable of competing against the best players in the amateur game and getting even closer to my dream of playing professional golf," said McIlroy, four-time Major winner (2011 U.S. Open, 2012 and 2014 U.S. PGA Championships and 2014 Open Championship).

Other champions on the list include Padraig Harrington (2007-2008 Open Championship and 2008 PGA Championship winner), Sergio García (2017 Masters), Francesco Molinari (2018 Open Championship) and Shane Lowry (2019 Open Championship).

The dazzling list of winners at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande will be an additional incentive for all the players competing in the tenth edition of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.

The stellar field, the attraction of the Real Club de Sotogrande and the location of the event in the Back 9 of the DP World Tour schedule, the decisive stage of the Race to Dubai, are assets that will make the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters a unique and ideal spectacle for all audiences. Tickets are already available, with discounts for members of the federation (and their families/friends) and free access for children under 13, and can be purchased here.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, an event in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai made possible by the essential contribution of the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, is sponsored by Estrella Damm and the Junta de Andalucía, jointly funded by the EU and was declared Event of Exceptional Public Interest by the Government of Spain.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters returns once again to the DP World Tour schedule and its tenth edition will be held from October 17-20 at the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande. Once again, volunteers will be the backbone of this event, and the registration process is now open.

The second stop of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande will have a world-class field and the collaboration of the volunteers, as in previous years, is essential for the success of this great event.

Experiencing a DP World Tour tournament up close and participating in the organisation of an international tournament are two magnificent benefits for those interested in volunteering at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. In addition, and as a compensation for their selfless help, volunteers who collaborate for a minimum of three days will receive an official tournament uniform, while those who help for at least four days will have the chance to play the volunteer tournament on Monday 21st October or enjoy a complimentary green fee to play the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, one of the best courses in Europe.

To register as a volunteer, simply visit the attached link and follow the instructions by clicking on the Sign Up button or access all the information through the VOLUNTEERS/VOLUNTEERS menu on the tournament website.

The stellar field, the attraction of the Real Club de Sotogrande and the location of the event in the Back 9 of the DP World Tour schedule, the decisive phase of the Race to Dubai, are assets that will make the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters a unique and ideal spectacle for all audiences. Tickets are already available, with discounts for members of the federation (and their families/friends) and free access for children under 13, and can be purchased here.

The Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, an event in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai made possible by the essential contribution of the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, is sponsored by Estrella Damm and the Junta de Andalucía, jointly funded by the EU and was declared Event of Exceptional Public Interest by the Government of Spain.