Adrià Arnaus Antúnez (born 17 October 1994) is a Spanish

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2022

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on the European Tour.

Amateur career

Arnaus attended

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from 2012 to 2016. He had a successful year in 2017, winning the Spanish Amateur Championship and being a member of the Spanish team that won the

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. He played on the

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as an amateur and won two events, the Villaverde Open and the Alps Tour Grand Final which together with two runner-up finishes meant he led to Order of Merit to earn a place on the

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for 2018.

Professional career

Arnaus turned professional in late 2017 and reached the final stage of the

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. He had a successful first year as a professional, playing mostly on the

. He won the end-of-season

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by a stroke from

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to finish second in the Order of Merit and earn a place on the

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. Earlier in the season he was runner-up to Jack Singh Brar in the Cordon Golf Open and also had a third-place finish and was fourth a further three times. Arnaus claimed his first European Tour victory at the 2022

. He shot a final-round 65 to meet

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in a playoff. He won with a par on the sixth extra hole.

Amateur wins

*2010 Campeonato de Catalunya Junior, Spanish Under 16 Closed *2012 Catalonian Junior Championship *2013 Campeonato del Vallès *2014 Copa de Andalucia *2016 Copa de la Comunidad Valenciana, Campeonato de Catalunya Absoluto *2017 Campeonato de España Amateur Source:

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Alps Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain): 2011 (winners), 2012 *

(representing Spain):

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(winners)

References

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