Cabrera Bello: “I want to recover my game and have a little more fun on the field”

It has not been a good season for Rafa Cabrera Bello. The Gran Canarian golfer takes advantage of these days to disconnect on the island, always with golf as a tool. A busy weekend in which he was the sponsor of the Rafa León tournament against cancer and was with the boys and girls participating in the final of the annual circuit that bears his name. Rafa knows that things have not worked out for him and is self-critical.

At home for Christmas and supporting a good cause…I have been lucky enough to be a sponsor of the Rafa León tournament against cancer for the last 13 years. The truth is that I always plan to come here to spend a few days and be able to be with the organizers, the winners and the friends I have here. Furthermore, I love returning to Gran Canaria. So it all adds up. Personally, it will also help you disconnect a little…December is really when I have time to take a good rest at the end of the season and also to prepare for the start of the next one. I always try to balance it so that the second half of December is when I get to rest and we’re on it. How do you rate your season? The season has been bad. In terms of sensations, they have not been so bad, but the results have not worked out. I have played many tournaments, I have always been pushing and trying to turn things around, but this year things have not been going my way.

I continue training the same as before, I am still hungry, wanting to win titles and continue improving. But I couldn’t, it hasn’t come out

Rafa Cabrera Bello, golfer

Where do you think the reason is? I don’t know. I still train the same as I did before, I still put in the hours, I still feel hungry, I still want to win titles and continue improving. But I haven’t been able to, it hasn’t worked out or maybe I haven’t been lucky… Maybe a combination of everything so that the results were not with me. No problem. It’s time to turn the page with the same need, with desire and with the conviction that, by working on a good idea, the results will come sooner or later. After so many years of having good seasons, how do you manage these results on an emotional level? Nothing happens , you have to accept it in the same way that a bad tournament can turn out. The season is much longer, but you have to accept it. Thank God I haven’t had any injuries. There has been no irreparable damage, it has simply been a bad season that I know I can turn around. I know I can get back to the results I can, want and am striving to achieve. Are you going to change anything in your routine? I will make some changes. I’m going to change my caddy and maybe I’ll change my sports psychologist. But as for the rest, I am starting my 20th season as a professional, so it has been working quite well for many years. If 18 of them went well, I think that for one that is bad I don’t have to make too radical changes. It’s true that I’m not 21 years old anymore. As much as I feel very good physically, recovery is no longer the same, my family life has also changed because I have three children… You have to adapt to those things, but I am not making any excuses, but I am simply saying that it is a new challenge that I have to overcome.What goals do you set for yourself in the short or long term? I want to recover my game, it is the number one goal. I want to feel like I’m playing good golf again and have a little more fun on the course. When results don’t come out it is difficult to have fun and find that satisfaction in everyday life. Transform the anger and frustration of not getting the results into a little satisfaction and motivation to see that the results are coming. I honestly believe that when the game is good again, the results can follow quite quickly. Also take advantage of the fact that you are in Gran Canaria to be close to the boys and girls who participate in your circuit… We have a youth circuit of six events throughout throughout the year shared by the Canary Islands Golf Federation. For me it is a pride to be able to give young people that opportunity to fight for an annual challenge. It is very nice to see them compete, to see how they grow and become friends and do their bit to promote the values ​​of the sport and in particular the values ​​of golf. It’s something that I feel very proud of. Will we soon see another Canary Islander on the big European circuits? There is a boy, José Sintes, who has already won an Alps Tour tournament. A European league of an already important level, and it has achieved its first victory. At no time do we want to say that we took that boy out. He has come out with his effort and with the help of his parents and his coaches. But we are very proud that he has participated in the circuit. We also have boys and girls who have left the circuit and gone to the United States to compete and train in their studies. It is the best place where they can continue progressing if one day they want to become a professional. But the goal is not for the kids to become professionals, the goal is for the kids to continue their passion for golf and continue training. If they later achieve it, with their work and effort, we will be delighted.