Injury-plagued Jose Maria Olazabal will rely on local knowledge to try to get his game back into shape when he plays his first
Spanish Open for seven years this week. The 45-year-old double U.S. Masters champion is using 2003 British Amateur champion Alex Larrazabal, brother of regular tour player Pablo, as his caddie when he plays the new El Prat course near Barcelona this week. Spaniard Larrazabal, 31, honed his game at El Prat and knows inside out the new layout designed by Greg Norman and opened in 2004. Olazabal’s recent career has been plagued by a second bout of arthritic problems and he is looking for light at the end of the tunnel.
