} Alejandro del Rey González (born 15 February 1998) is a Spanish

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who plays on the

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. He shot a round of 58 at the 2021 Swiss Challenge, the lowest round to-par (−14) on any major tour in world golf.

Amateur career

Del Rey was born in

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. He was accomplished junior golfer on the Spanish circuit, winning the Spanish U16 and U18 championships, and the Biarritz Cup in France. He became a member of the Spanish national team at the age of 14, and won silver for Spain at the European Young Masters in 2013 and 2014. He represented his country at the

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four times, winning the event in

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. Del Rey was the individual leader at the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy in Ireland, and won the bronze for Spain together with Ángel Hidalgo and Victor Pastor. He attended

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from 2016 to 2020 and played with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's golf team, where he won four times. He recorded 26 eagles, second on the Sun Devil career list only to

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in the Golfstat era.

Professional career

Del Rey turned professional in 2020 and joined the Alps Tour, where he won the Open de la Mirabelle d'Or in France in September. In 2021, he joined the

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and at the Swiss Challenge shot the first ever round of 58 on any tour in Europe. It was also the lowest round to-par (−14) on any major tour in world golf. In 2022, he won the German Challenge and finished 22nd in the Road to Mallorca, narrowly missing out on as European Tour Card via this route, instead securing his card at Q-school. After joining the European Tour in 2023, he tied for 3rd at the inaugural Singapore Classic. At the start of the 2024 season, he finished tied 5th at the Investec South African Open Championship and tied 7th at the Alfred Dunhill Championship.

Personal life

Del Rey's father was a professional soccer player in Spain.

Amateur wins

*2013 Campeonato de Espana de Cadetes U16 *2014 Grand Prix de la Biarritz Cup *2015 Campeonato de Espana U18 *2016 Campeonato de Espana U18 *2017 Maui Jim Intercollegiate *2018

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(individual leader) *2019 National Invitational Tournament, Mea Lakakila Individual, Trinity Forest Invitational Source:

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

Alps Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur * European Young Masters (representing Spain):2013, 2014 *

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(representing Spain):2015 *

(representing Spain):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(winners),

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

(representing Spain):

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. It is named for Arnold Palmer. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The ...

(representing the International Team):

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:del Rey, Alejandro Spanish male golfers Arizona State Sun Devils men's golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Madrid 1998 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen