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Estanislao Goya
Carlos Estanislao "Tano" Goya (born 1 June 1988) is an Argentine professional golfer. Professional career After turning professional in 2007, Goya won the Tour de las Americas qualifying school by nine shots, and followed that with victory in the first event of the 2008 season, the Challenge Tour co-sanctioned Center Open, and third place in the Argentine Open. He went on to finish top of the Order of Merit that year. That first win also gave Goya Challenge Tour membership, and he finished the season by winning the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, which lifted him to fifth in that tours final standings, gaining exemption to the full European Tour for 2009. He won the TPG Tour Order of Merit in 2008. In March 2009, in only his sixth start on the European Tour, Goya won the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal, earning him full exemption on the tour until the end of 2010. Goya couldn't follow up his European Tour win and won a Challenge Tour event in 2017. In 2014, Goya won t ...
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Alta Gracia
Alta Gracia is a city located in the north-centre of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Its name means "High Grace". It is built upon the ''Sierras Chicas'', in a region that the Comechingón Indians used to call ''Paravachasca''. It has about 43,000 inhabitants (). History In the 17th century, Alta Gracia was a large ranch (an ''estancia'') operated by Jesuits. It had been first owned in 1588 by Don Juan Nieto who began the colonization of the area. Under the terms of his ''encomienda'', Nieto began promoting the building of houses, ranches and stone pens. The Jesuits used Alta Gracia, along with other ranches, including Colonia Caroya, Jesús María, Santa Catalina, La Candelaria, and San Ignacio de los Ejercicios, to support the ''Collegium Maximum'' or " Colegio Máximo", one of Argentina's first universities (''Universitas Cortuba Tucumanæ'') today: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Together with other educational institutes, it is now part of the ''Manzana Jesuíti ...
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PGA European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fifty or older) and the developmental Challenge Tour; the second tier of men’s professional golf in Europe. The tour's headquarters are at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. The European Tour was established by the British-based Professional Golfers' Association through the 1970s, and responsibility was transferred to an independent PGA European Tour organisation in 1984. Most tournaments on the PGA European Tour's three tours are held in Europe, but starting in the 1980s an increasing number have been held in other parts of the world; in 2015 a majority of the ranking events on the European Tour were held outside Europe, though this included both Majors and World Golf Championship events that are ranking events f ...
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Abierto Visa Del Centro
The Center Open, or Abierto del Centro, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina. Founded in 1927, it has always been held at the Córdoba Golf Club in Córdoba. In 2001, Ángel Cabrera set the course record of 60 in the final round, and also equalled the tournament record aggregate score of 270, set by Ángel Franco in 1992. Roberto De Vicenzo Roberto De Vicenzo (14 April 1923 – 1 June 2017) was a professional golfer from Argentina. He won a record 229 professional tournaments worldwide during his career, including seven on the PGA Tour and most famously the 1967 Open Championship. ... won seven titles between 1943 and 1974. Winners Notes External linksCoverage on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica's official siteCórdoba Golf Club
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2008 Challenge Tour
The 2008 Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2008 season. Rankings ''For full rankings, see 2008 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top 20 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2009 European Tour. Notes References External links * {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History ...
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Jean Hugo (golfer)
Victor Jean Hugo (born 3 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer. Golf career Hugo matriculated at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1994. Three years later he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from University of Stellenbosch. He is the youngest son of organic chemist Professor Victor Hugo and Esme Hugo who were both active in sport and sport administration. He also excelled in rugby and cricket before choosing golf as a career. Hugo played on the European Tour and had his best season in 2001 when he finished 34th on the Order of Merit. Amateur wins *1998 South African International Amateur Match-play Championship *1999 South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship Source: Professional wins (21) Sunshine Tour wins (19) ''*Note: The 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.'' Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2) Challenge Tour wins (1) Other wins (1) *2005 Wild Coast Sun Touring Pro-Am (Sout ...
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Keith Horne
Keith Weller Horne (born 9 June 1971) is a professional golfer from South Africa. Horne was born in Durban and had a successful amateur career. In 1993, Horne won a Silver Medal at the World Games in Spain. He turned professional in 1996. He is an alumnus of Westville Boys' High School. Professional career After turning professional in 1996, Horne immediately joined the local Sunshine Tour, the richest professional golf tour in South Africa. His first professional win came in 1998 at the Vodacom Series: Kwazulu Natal. After that, he had a few off-seasons until he won a few unofficial Pro-Ams in 2003. His second official win came in 2007 at the MTC Namibia PGA Championship The MTC Namibia PGA Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2004, the year after the PGA of Namibia was formed, and played at the Windhoek Country Club, to the south of Windhoek, Namibia until 2009 when it moved t .... He won again a year later at the Nashua Golf Challeng ...
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Adilson Da Silva
Adilson José da Silva (born 24 January 1972) is a Brazilian professional golfer. He currently plays on the European Senior Tour and the Sunshine Tour, where he has won twelve times. Career Da Silva was born in Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil but later moved to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1994. Da Silva competes predominantly on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour. He won his first title on the tour in 1997 and has since added eight more tournament victories, and led the Vodacom Swing Challenge standings in 2006. He holds the record for most consecutive cuts made on the Sunshine Tour with 43. Da Silva has also played extensively in Zimbabwe, where he won the Amateur Championship in 1992. He competed on the Zimbabwean PGA Tour between 1996 and 2003, winning more than 30 titles and heading the Zimbabwean Order of Merit on five occasions. Da Silva played in The Open Championship in 2000, 2007 and 2012. He made the cut in 2012, finishing in a tie for 69 ...
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Lucas Bjerregaard
Lucas Justra Bjerregaard (born 14 August 1991) is a Danish professional golfer who plays the European Tour. In May 2017, playing with Thorbjørn Olesen, they won the inaugural GolfSixes, an unofficial pairs event on the European Tour. Later that year, in September, he had his first solo win on the European Tour, the Portugal Masters. In October 2018, Bjerregaard won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship for his second European Tour victory. Amateur career Bjerregaard played on the Continental Europe team in the 2009 Jacques Léglise Trophy. He played in the Eisenhower Trophy for Denmark in 2008 and 2010; the 2010 team, with Joachim B. Hansen and Morten Ørum Madsen finished second to France by one stroke. Bjerregaard won the Danish Open Amateur in 2007 and 2008, and the European Amateur in 2010. Bjerregaard committed to play golf at Florida State University, but turned pro before entering college. Professional career Bjerregaard turned professional in 2011 and in 2012, he ...
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2014 Sunshine Tour
The 2014 Sunshine Tour was the 15th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 8th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region. The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Namibia. As usual, the tour consists of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and the "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally have much higher prize funds, attract stronger fields, and until 2012 were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with some events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour has been split in two, with some events being held at the start of the year, ...
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Callum Macaulay
Callum is a Scottish Gaelic name that commemorates the Latin name Columba, meaning 'dove'. Callum was popular among early Christians because the dove was a symbol of purity, peace and the Holy Spirit. St. Columba was one of the most influential of the early Celtic saints. The name may also be spelled "Calum". Callum is a popular name, especially in Scotland where it was the 34th most popular name for baby boys in 2017. People with the given name *Callum Ah Chee (born 1997), Australian rules footballer *Callum Ainley (born 1997), English footballer *Callum Ball (born 1992), English footballer *Callum Barker (born 1997), Australian motorcycle racer *Callum Black (born 1986), American-born Irish rugby union player *Callum Blake (born 1994), Vanuatuan cricketer *Callum Blue (born 1977), English actor *Callum Braley (born 1994), English rugby union player *Callum Brittain, English footballer *Callum Brodrick (born 1998), English cricketer *Callum Brown (born 1998), Australian rules fo ...
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Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
The Madeira Islands Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour played from 1993 to 2015 on Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal. History The tournament had one of the smallest prize funds on the tour ( €600,000 in 2015), and few of the tour's top players took part. From 2002 to 2005, and again from 2011 to 2015, it was a dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour. It was played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship in 2011 and 2013. In 2015, it was played opposite the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play after the rescheduling caused by severe weather postponed the event four months. It was hosted at Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra (1993–2008, 2012–15) and at Porto Santo Golfe (2009–11). For its last five years of existence, it was one of two European Tour events annually staged in Portugal, the other being the Portugal Masters The Portugal Masters was a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which was played for the fi ...
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2009 European Tour
The 2009 European Tour was the 38th series of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972. There were major changes for the 2009 season as the tour entered a partnership agreement with Dubai based Leisurecorp. The Order of Merit was renamed the Race to Dubai with the addition of a new season ending tournament, the Dubai World Championship, being contested by the leading 60 players after the penultimate event for a US$7.5 million prize fund and a US$7.5 million bonus pool. The season began with five events in late 2008 and consisted of 54 official money tournaments. This was an increase of four from the previous year, although three events were ultimately cancelled, and included the four major championships and four World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 27 events took place in Europe, 14 in Asia, 6 in the United States, 3 in South Africa and 3 in Australia. The Race to Dubai was won by Lee Westwood, who finished as Europe ...
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