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The venue that in 1997 became the first course in mainland
Europe to stage the Ryder Cup, will host the opening tournament
of the European season from April 14-17, a week after the U.S
Masters at Augusta, with 2 million euros ($2.25 million) of
prize money on offer.
Garcia, who has won 11 times on the European Tour and has been
in five victorious Ryder Cup teams, set up his foundation in
2002.
"This is a whole new way of working together with the European
Tour and I am very proud to be a part of it," he said in a
statement.
"I personally have great memories of the golf course, having won
the Andalucia Valderrama Masters there in 2011 and I am sure
that all the players who tee up in April will enjoy testing
their game against the fantastic layout."
($1 = 0.8881 euros)
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by David Goodman)
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