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Spanish professional golfer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borja Virto Astudillo (born 4 February 1991) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Borja Virto | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Borja Virto Astudillo |
Born | Pamplona, Spain | 4 February 1991
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) |
Sporting nationality | Spain |
Residence | Gorraiz, Spain |
Career | |
College | Iowa State University |
Turned professional | 2013 |
Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Alps Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Challenge Tour | 2 |
Other | 2 |
Virto played college golf at Iowa State University for two years.[1]
Virto played on the Alps Tour in 2014, winning twice, and finishing fourth on the Order of Merit.[2] This finish secured him a Challenge Tour card for 2015 but he finished T-18 at the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School (after starting at the second stage) to earn his European Tour card for 2015.
He split time between both tours in 2015 and won on the Challenge Tour at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge in July[3] and The Foshan Open in October.[4] He finished 2015 in third place on the Challenge Tour, earning a place on the European Tour for 2016.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 12 Jul 2015 | D+D Real Slovakia Challenge | −17 (69-67-69-66=271) | 1 stroke | Ricardo Gouveia |
2 | 25 Oct 2015 | Foshan Open | −15 (64-67-72-70=273) | 2 strokes | Björn Åkesson |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 28 Jun 2014 | Alps de Las Castillas | −8 (68-66-71=205) | 3 strokes | Borja Etchart |
2 | 5 Sep 2014 | Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni | −12 (65-64-69=198) | 1 stroke | Carlos Balmaseda, Federico Maccario, Tom Shadbolt |
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