Daniel "Colo" Vancsik (born 7 January 1977) is an Argentine politician and former

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. He won twice on the

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Early life

Vancsik was born in

Posadas, Argentina Posadas () is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, in its south, at the far north-west of the country on the left bank of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of and a population of 324, ...

. He started playing the game when he was 12 at the Tacuru Club in Posadas-Misiones-Argentina.

Professional career

Vancsik turned professional in 1997 and has played in Europe since 2003, initially on the second tier

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, on which he won three tournaments, and later on the main

. His collected his first win on the European Tour at the 2007 Madeira Islands Open BPI. In May 2009, he won the

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in Turin, beating John Daly,

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and

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by six shots. Since 2023, he has been a member of the

Argentine Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies (), officially the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress (). It is made up of 257 national deputies who are elected in multi-member constituencies c ...

elected in

Misiones Province Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the Provinces of Argentina, 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia, Argentina, Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil ...

for the Party of Social Concord, sitting in the "Federal Innovation"

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Professional wins (12)

European Tour wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

Tour de las Américas wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

TPG Tour wins (2)

Other wins (5)

*2000 Pinamar Open (Arg), Rio Cuarto Open (Arg) *2003 Viña del Mar Open (Arg) *2006 Carilo Open (Arg) *2009 Juan Jose Galli Cup (Arg) (with

Joaquín Estévez Joaquín Estévez (born 22 September 1984) is an Argentinian professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas. Estévez turned pro in 2008 and picked up his first professional win in 2011, the Copa Antioquia, an e ...

)

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

References

External links

* * 1977 births Living people Argentine male golfers European Tour golfers Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Misiones People from Posadas, Misiones Sportspeople from Misiones Province Argentine deputies 2023–2025 {{Argentina-golf-bio-stub