The DP World Tour’s run of top class tournaments will continue at the Open de Espana this week.Shane Lowry, JJ Spaun and Matt Fitzpatrick have been among the big name winners on the DP World Tour over the last few weeks.Penge won in Spain last yearGettyAnd another elite-level field will assemble in Madrid this week.Three-time Spanish Open winner Jon Rahm was set to headline the action but has pulled out due to the impending birth of his fourth child.Defending champion Marco Penge is teeing it up again after he beat fellow Englishman Dan Brown in a playoff last year.Ryder Cup stars Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose and Ludvig Aberg will also be eyeing one of most historic titles on the European Tour.Open de Espana: Dates and how to followThe 2026 Open de Espana is taking place from Thursday, October 8 to Sunday, October 11.It is being held at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Spain – the course is a par 71 and has a yardage of 7,154 yards. The action will get up and running at 8:40am UK time each day.Sky Sports Golf will broadcast the action throughout the week with their coverage starting at 1pm each day.Fans can also keep across the action with live updates on talkSPORT during all four days.Rahm is a three-time champion in MadridGettyOpen de Espana: Field and leaderboardLowry, Hatton, Rose and Aberg are among the big names in the tournament alongside Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed.Bubba Watson, Alex Noren, Sergio Garcia and Eugenio Chacarra are also teeing it up.Adrian Meronk, who won the Alfred Dunhill Links last Sunday, is in the field again while Thriston Lawrence and Joe Dean have also won on tour recently.The full field, tee times and groupings can be found here.Lowry, Reed and Chacarra have been grouped together and will tee off at 9:30am on Thursday.Penge, Rose and Garcia make up another marquee group and get underway at 2pm on the opening day.The latest leaderboard is here while this event has a total purse of $3.75m and 5,000 Race to Dubai points up for grabs.Reed is looking to win the Race to Dubai title this seasonGettyOpen de Espana: What has been said?Penge enjoyed a brilliant year in 2025, headlined by his win in Spain.The 28-year-old shot a final day 72 and had to battle to make a playoff with Brown which he ultimately won.“It’s crazy,” he said. “It’s a golf course that I’ve always wanted to play, because I feel like my game sets up really good for it.“Dan and Joel (Girrbach – who finished a shot further back in third) played great today, they were holing putts and I just couldn’t really get it in the hole, it felt like I was really up against it.“But I felt like I managed myself really well and I actually think tee to green, I feel like I played really solid. “It doesn’t matter the putts, I think I used them all yesterday, but obviously holing that one there was worth the wait.”