Angel Hidalgo’s play not only clearly help light-up the host Shinnencock Hills course but his golf bag and also golf shoes stole some attention in the Spaniard posting a one-under par 69 at the completion of his US Open championship opening round.
The 28-year-old is making his US Open debut and also contesting in just a third career major, having contested the past two Open Championships.
Hidalgo turned professional in 2018 and started playing on the Alps Tour and the Challenge Tour in 2019.
SPANISH ROOKIE LIGHTS-UP @usopengolf ….
Not only was it a super opening 69 but Ángel Hidalgo drew much interest in the combination of a stunning pair @PUMAGolf shoes + his eye-catching @cobragolf golf bag in also brilliantly bouncing back from an opening hole double … pic.twitter.com/8o8zK5wZjd
— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) June 19, 2026
On the Alps Tour, he was runner-up at the 2020 Toscana Alps Open, one stroke behind Matteo Manassero, before winning the Ein Bay Open and the Memorial Giorgio Bordoni in 2021.
In 2021, he was 3rd at the Sydbank Esbjerg Challenge, ahead of earning his first Challenge Tour title at the 2021 Big Green Egg German Challenge, finishing two strokes clear of Lukas Nemecz and compatriot Santiago Tarrío.
Playing mainly on the DP World Tour in 2022, he shot a 63 in the opening round of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters at Valderrama to share the lead. He carded eight birdies, and narrowly failed to chip in for another on his final hole which would have seen him equal Bernhard Langer’s 28-year-old course record. He finished 4th in the tournament, to finish 91st in the season rankings and secure his card for 2023.
It was last September his big moment arrived when Hidalgo won the Acciona Open de España, beating LIV Golf top star Jon Rahm in a playoff to claim his first DP World Tour title.
Hidalgo could not have asked for a poorer start to the championship after doubling the first hole but he soon attracted plenty of applause in birdieing three of his next five holes, wearing a stunning-looking pair of PUMA golf shoes his while his caddy shouldered a lime green coloured Cobra bag proudly adorned with the Spanish flag, and one of the brightest golf bags in the US Open field.
Well done Hidaglo
