Spanish golfer Quim Vidal remains in front at the 2025 Challenge de Cádiz after shooting a three-under-par 69 in Friday’s second round at Iberostar Real Golf Novo Sancti Petri, taking his total to ten under par.
Vidal started the day with a one-shot lead following his opening round of 65 and retained that advantage with five birdies and two bogeys. He is one stroke ahead of France’s Oihan Guillamoundeguy, who is in solo second on nine under par.
Currently ranked sixth on the Road to Mallorca Rankings, the 25-year-old Spaniard is seeking his second Challenge Tour title of the season after winning the Delhi Challenge earlier this year.
“I played really nice, and I was very consistent,” said Vidal. “I didn’t make many mistakes, and it was great to finish with a birdie. My game feels very solid and I’m striking the ball very nicely.”
Vidal emphasized the importance of accuracy at the tight Novo Sancti Petri layout, especially in windy conditions.
“You have to keep the ball in play and also make up and downs whenever you miss the green,” he added.
Hoping to draw inspiration from the home crowd, Vidal aims to become only the second Spanish player to win the Challenge de Cádiz, after Pep Anglès in 2020.
“It would be amazing to win on home soil because we have such great support this week,” he said. “If I can keep playing like this, I’ll be near the top come Sunday.”
Spaniards Rocco Repetto Taylor and Mario Galiano Aguilar share third place at six under, with Victor Pastor and Joshua Grenville-Wood (UAE) close behind in fifth at five under.
About the HotelPlanner Tour
The HotelPlanner Tour, formerly the Challenge Tour, had its first official season in 1989, and has developed into a proven training ground, where the champions-in-waiting compete across the globe for a place on the DP World Tour.
Many players who have progressed from the HotelPlanner Tour have gone on to become Major Champions – including Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka – and Ryder Cup stars, such as Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Nicolai Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton.
Using its vast international schedule and relationships with golf federations and PGAs, the HotelPlanner Tour is widely accessible to professionals from across the globe, giving players from developing golfing nations the opportunity to test their skill amongst some of the most talented up and coming stars in world golf.
HotelPlanner, a leading travel technology company, has been the title partner of the HotelPlanner Tour since the start of the 2025 season.
About the European Tour group
The European Tour group administers the DP World Tour, the HotelPlanner Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour and, as the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, stages golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup, in partnership with the PGA of America.
The European Tour group has Strategic Partnerships with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour, the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association (CGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India. These partnerships provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group which was established in 1972, as well as the HotelPlanner Tour.
