Julio César Zapata (born 22 July 1976) is an Argentine professional golfer.

Early life and career

Zapata was born in Rafaela,

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R ...

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/ref> and turned professional in 1997. In 2005, Zapata was second in the Argentina Tour rankings, winning the Norpatagonico Open and finishing second in five other tournaments, including the Argentine Masters and the Coast Open. The following year, he won the Players Championship on the Tour de las Américas, and was third on that tour's Order of Merit. In 2008 he won the South Open, the last tournament of the 2008 TPG Tour. Following a successful season on the Challenge Tour in 2007 with eight top ten finishes, highlighted by a second-place finish in Challenge of Ireland, he graduated to the European Tour in 2008. He finished 138th on the Order of Merit, with a best result of 11th in the Omega European Masters, and as a result failed to maintain his playing privileges and dropped back down to the Challenge Tour for 2009, where he did enough to regain his European Tour card for 2011 by ending the season in 11th place on the rankings.European Tour Media Guide – Julio Zapata – Career record
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Professional wins (16)

TPG Tour wins (8)

Other Argentine wins (6)

* 2000

Parana Open The Parana Open, or the Mesopotamia Open, was a golf tournament on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. First held in 1986, it has always been held at the Estudiantes de Paraná Golf Club in Paraná, Entre Ríos Pro ...

* 2002 La Cumbre Grand Prix * 2003 Villa Mercedes Open * 2004 San Nicolas Grand Prix * 2005 Norpatagonico Open * 2006 Tandil Open

Other wins (2)

* 2006

TLA Players Championship The TLA Players Championship was a men's golf tournament on the Tour de las Américas, the highest level professional golf tours, professional golf tour in Latin America, held from 2002 to 2012. It was held at several different courses in the seasi ...

(Mexico) * 2010 Santo Domingo Open (Chile)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zapata, Julio Argentine male golfers PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province Sportspeople from Rafaela 1977 births Living people