Ariel Cañete (born 7 February 1975) is an

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professional

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er.

Career

Cañete was born in Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1995. Having competed on the local Argentine Tour, and the

Tour de las Américas The Tour de las Américas (TLA) was the principal men's professional golf tour throughout Latin America and the Caribbean from 2000 through to 2012 when it was superseded by the PGA Tour Latinoamérica. History Top level tournament golf in Lat ...

earlier in his career, in 2002 Cañete began playing on the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...

, Europe's second tier development tour. He finished high enough in the end of season rankings in 2005 to gain a place on the main

European Tour The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European ...

. He finished the 2006 season in 143rd position on the Order of Merit, which was not enough to secure full playing rights for 2007. Having played in two Challenge Tour events in Latin America, he was given an invite to the European Tour's

Joburg Open The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger ...

, and he made the most of the opportunity by claiming the title, and with it a two-year exemption on the tour. After his European Tour victory, Cañete also played events on the

Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the Southern Africa Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the F ...

, and

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with little success; he had two top ten European Tour finishes from 2008 to 2011. He later found stability in Latin America and earned his first professional win since 2007 at the 2012

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. Later in the 2012 season he picked up his second victory on PGA Tour Latinoamérica when he won the Olivos Golf Classic-Copa Personal. Cañete won the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Order of Merit in 2012 and earned promotion to the

Web.com Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. T ...

for 2013; Cañete was fully exempt on the Web.com Tour as a result of winning the Order of Merit. It is his second time on the Web.com Tour; he played in seven events and made one cut (T35 at the

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) during the 1996 season of what was then the Nike Tour. Cañete has played in one major, the 2008 Open Championship. He finished T39 after earning entry through a qualifying tournament.

Amateur wins (3)

* 1992 South American Cup (Los Andes Cup) * 1993 South American Cup (Los Andes Cup) * 1994 South American Cup (Los Andes Cup)

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (2)

TPG Tour wins (1)

Other wins (2)

* 2002

Norpatagonico Open The Norpatagonico Open, or Abierto Norpatagónico, is one of the major professional golf tournaments in Argentina. Founded in 1969, it has always been held at the Palihue Golf Club in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires, official ...

(Argentina) * 2003

Center Open 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 Province (Argentina), Córdoba. In 2001, Ángel Cabrera set the ...

(Argentina)

Results in major championships

''Note: Cañete only played in The Open Championship.''
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Argentina):

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

References

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