{"id":12097,"date":"2016-03-23T11:29:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T10:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/el-sueco-marcus-gran-se-impone-en-el-gecko-masters-la-gran-final-disputada-en-la-canada\/"},"modified":"2016-03-24T19:08:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T18:08:21","slug":"marcos-pastor-crowned-201516-the-gecko-tour-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/marcos-pastor-crowned-201516-the-gecko-tour-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"MARCOS PASTOR CROWNED 2015\/16 THE GECKO TOUR CHAMPION"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcos Pastor has triumphed on this season\u2019s The Gecko Tour. The C\u00f3rdoba golfer secured top honours in the fifth edition of Europe\u2019s premier winter circuit. Five years and five Spanish champions: Gabriel Ca\u00f1izares was the debut winner in 2012, followed by Ra\u00fal Quir\u00f3s, Carlos Rodiles and Jordi Garc\u00eda del Moral. All Spanish golfers, and all players who have tested their skills at the highest level on the European Tour. This is the next step Pastor hopes to take \u2013 he knows his moment has arrived.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Marcus Gran, ganador del Gecko Masters
en La Ca\u00f1ada CG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Gecko Tour<\/em><\/strong> was not decided until the last moment. We had to wait until the final event, the Gecko Masters grand finale held this week at La Ca\u00f1ada Golf Club, a course that once again earned widespread admiration from the players. Two players had options for final success: Marcos Pastor and Manuel Quir\u00f3s<\/strong>. Pastor knew that finishing ahead of Quir\u00f3s would secure victory for him, and that\u2019s how it panned out, with the new champion finishing just one short ahead of his rival. Maximum excitement on a tour that each year has been boosting its competitive level and which this year has produced winners of the calibre of Swede Marcus Kinhult, Mario Galiano, Jordi Garc\u00eda del Moral and Carlos Rodiles.<\/strong> An extremely high level, and an extraordinary mix of new talent with established players either seeking a return to the elite or aiming to maintain their competitiveness<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy. Winning The Gecko was a goal after beginning the season so well. It shows I am doing things well and the objective now is to prepare myself for a move onto the European Tour or Challenge Tour. The next important event will be the European Tour Qualifying School at the end of summer. I want to be very well prepared for this event and I\u2019ll be focused on that over the next few months,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d said Pastor after being presented with his trophy as champion and a full card for the Alps Tour, a prize obtained by the winner of The Gecko Tour order of merit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marcos Pastor has triumphed on this season\u2019s The Gecko Tour. The C\u00f3rdoba golfer secured top honours in the fifth edition of Europe\u2019s premier winter circuit. Five years and five Spanish champions: Gabriel Ca\u00f1izares was the debut winner in 2012, followed by Ra\u00fal Quir\u00f3s, Carlos Rodiles and Jordi Garc\u00eda del Moral. All Spanish golfers, and all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,576],"tags":[1303,1304,1218,1305,983],"class_list":["post-12097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-noticias-en","tag-la-canada-club-de-golf-en","tag-manuel-quiros-en","tag-marcos-pastor-en","tag-marcus-gran-en","tag-the-gecko-tour-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t