Jorge Campillo (born 1 June 1986) is a Spanish professional

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er who plays on the

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. He has three European Tour wins, the 2019 Trophée Hassan II, the 2020

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and the 2023 Magical Kenya Open.

Amateur career

After attending the Spanish national training centre as a junior, Campillo elected to play college golf at

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in the United States. Campillo would go on to become one of the most successful players in the university's history, winning nine intercollegiate titles and being named to the Golfweek First Team All-American squad. He finished second in the 2008 NCAA championship. He also played in the

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for

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in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Professional career

Campillo turned professional on graduating in 2009 and began playing on invites to the European and

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s. He recorded top-10 finishes on both tours and ended the season 98th on the

standings. He played full-time on the Challenge Tour in 2010, improving to 87th in the standings and reaching the final stage of

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, but his breakthrough year was 2011. Campillo recorded two runner-up finishes on the Challenge Tour, in the Acaya Open and the Rolex Trophy, on his way to ninth place in the rankings and promotion to the European Tour. Campillo made a good start on the

, finishing tied for second place in the Avantha Masters in

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, India in February 2012. He has also finished tied for second place in the Nelson Mandela Championship in December 2013 and in the Tshwane Open in March 2017 and was runner-up in the 2018

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. Campillo made a good start to 2019 with two more runner-up finishes, in the

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and the

. In April he won the Trophée Hassan II by 2 strokes, his first

win after 229 European Tour starts. In March 2020, Campillo won the

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, Qatar, after winning a five-hole sudden death playoff. In March 2023, Campillo won the Magical Kenya Open. He shot a final-round 66 to win by two shots ahead of Masahiro Kawamura.

Amateur wins

*2006 Boilermaker Invitational *2007 Sofitel Biarritz Cup, Gado North Texas Classic, Pinehurst Intercollegiate *2008 UMB Bank-Mizzou Tiger Classic, Boilermaker Invitational, Big Ten Championship, Wolf Run Intercollegiate, Windon Memorial Classic *2009 Adidas Hoosier Invitational

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to

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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (2024 Open Championship, current) *Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2003, 2004 *

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(representing Continental Europe): 2004 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

* European Youths' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2006 (winners) *

(representing Europe):

(winners),

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

(winners) *

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(representing Spain):

* St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2008 Professional *

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(representing Spain):

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 ...

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campillo, Jorge Spanish male golfers European Tour golfers Olympic golfers for Spain Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Indiana Hoosiers men's golfers Sportspeople from Cáceres, Spain 1986 births Living people 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen