Jorge Carlos Ledesma (14 September 1932 — 12 October 2001) was an
Argentine
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amateur
golf
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er. He is the brother of Pedro Ledesma, who is also an accomplished golfer.
Ledesma is known as one of the best amateur golfers in Argentina, being one of only 11 Argentinian golfers, and along with Juan Segura, the only two amateurs, to have played in the
Masters Tournament
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. He also played in the
U.S. Amateur
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.
Ledesma was born in
Buenos Aires
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in 1932. He was raised in
Mar del Plata
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, and developed his golfing skills at the Mar del Plata Golf Club beginning at age eight. He won the
Argentine Open
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in 1963 ahead of
Roberto De Vicenzo
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, and came in third the following year, while he also claimed the amateur title at the tournament on nine occasions between 1955 and 1976, including five in a row from 1960. He won
Argentine Amateur Championship three times, in 1959, 1966 and 1967, and also finished second in 1962, 1963, and 1974.
Internationally, Ledesma won the 1956 Viña del mar Open in
Chile
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, and finished second in the
Brazil Open in 1967.
Ledesma died in Buenos Aires in 2001, at age 69.
Amateur wins (52)
*1952 Gordon Kenneth Cup
*1955 Amateur
Argentine Open
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,
South Open
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*1956 Viña del Mar Open (Chile),
South Open
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, Gordon Kenneth Cup, Gold Cup Uruguay
*1957 Amateur
Argentine Open
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, Gold Cup Uruguay
*1959
Argentine Amateur Championship
*1960 Amateur
Argentine Open
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, Raul Lottero Cup,
South Open
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*1961 Amateur
Argentine Open
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,
Abierto del Litoral
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,
South Open
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*1962 Amateur
Argentine Open
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, Raul Lottero Cup, Gordon Kenneth Cup,
Argentine Masters
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*1963 Amateur
Argentine Open
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,
South Open
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, Gordon Kenneth Cup, Chile Amateur Open
*1964 Amateur
Argentine Open
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,
North Open
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Eduardo Rome ...
,
South Open
The South Open, or Abierto del Sur, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina, and is also one of the oldest, having been inaugurated 1918. It has always been held at the Mar del Plata Golf Club in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires ...
, Gordon Kenneth Cup
*1965
North Open
The North Open, or Abierto del Norte, was one of the major regional golf tournaments in Argentina. First held in 1962, it was always held at the Jockey Club, in Tucumán, the hometown of golfers César Monasterio and Andrés Romero.
Eduardo Rome ...
, Raul Lottero Cup, Gordon Kenneth Cup
*1966 Porto Alegre Open (Brazil), Raul Lottero Cup,
Argentine Amateur Championship, Gordon Kenneth Cup
*1967 Amateur
Argentine Open
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, Porto Alegre Open (Brazil),
Argentine Amateur Championship, Gordon Kenneth Cup,
Argentine Masters
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, Brazil Amateur Open
*1968
North Open
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Eduardo Rome ...
, Raul Lottero Cup,
South Open
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, Gordon Kenneth Cup
*1970
South Open
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*1971 Raul Lottero Cup
*1972
South Open
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*1973 Raul Lottero Cup
*1974 Ledesma-Segura Cup
*1976 Amateur
Argentine Open
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*1980 Ledesma-Segura Cup
Professional wins (2)
*1956 Viña del Mar Open (Chile)
*1963
Argentine Open
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* Both wins achieved as an amateur.
Team appearances
Amateur
*
Eisenhower Trophy
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(7):
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...
,
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events January
* Janu ...
,
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
,
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
,
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
,
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
,
1974
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Eisenhower Trophy record
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* South American Cup (Los Andes Cup) (15): 1955(w), 1956(w), 1957(w), 1959(w), 1961(runner up), 1962(w), 1963(runner up), 1964(runner up), 1965(w), 1966(w), 1967(w), 1968, 1969(w), 1973(w), 1979
* Vigil Cup (Argentina): 1959–1982, team winner (10): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1978, 1980, individual winner (5): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967.
References
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Argentine male golfers
Amateur golfers
Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent
Sportspeople from Mar del Plata
Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery
1932 births
2001 deaths
20th-century Argentine sportsmen