Vicente Fernández (golfer)

Vicente Fernández (born 5 April 1946) is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.

Career Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. He won four titles on the tour and had two top ten Order of Merit finishes, placing 6th in 1974 and 9th in 1975. He was sixteenth on the Order of Merit in 1992 at the age of 46.

As a senior Fernández moved to the United States to play on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour), where he has won four tournaments. His other wins include eight victories in his national open championship, the Argentine Open.

Professional wins (72) European Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up116 Aug 1975 Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf−18 (65-64-65-72=266)1 stroke Maurice Bembridge220 May 1979 Colgate PGA ChampionshipE (71-70-72-75=288)1 stroke Baldovino Dassù, Gary Player318 Mar 1990Tenerife Open−6 (67-74-72-69=282)Playoff Mark Mouland431 Aug 1992 Murphy's English Open−5 (69-72-73-69=283)1 stroke Per-Ulrik Johansson, Fredrik Lindgren

European Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11990Tenerife Open Mark MoulandWon with par on third extra hole

Argentine wins (51) 1967 Argentine Masters, North Open 1968 Argentine Open 1969 Argentine Open 1970 Center Open, Abierto del Litoral, Norpatagonico Open, Acantilados Grand Prix 1971 Argentine Masters 1972 Abierto del Litoral 1973 Acantilados Grand Prix, Norpatagonico Open, Chaco Open 1974 Acantilados Grand Prix, Metropolitano Open, Chaco Open, Fultom Grand Prix, Hindu Club Grand Prix 1975 South Open, Rio Cuarto Open 1976 Argentine PGA Championship 1977 Acantilados Grand Prix 1978 Argentine PGA Championship, Abierto del Litoral, Argentino Golf Club Grand Prix, Ford Taunnus Grand Prix, Swift Grand Prix 1979 Pinamar Open 1980 Argentine PGA Championship, Abierto del Litoral, Hindu Club Match Play 1981 Argentine Open, Argentine PGA Championship, South Open, Acantilados Grand Prix 1982 Pinamar Open, Praderas Grand Prix (tie with Armando Saavedra) 1983 Ford Taunnus Grand Prix, Praderas Grand Prix 1984 Argentine Open, Acantilados Grand Prix, Praderas Grand Prix 1985 Argentine Open 1986 Argentine Open, South Open, Parana Open, Hindu Club Grand Prix 1987 Argentine PGA Championship 1990 Argentine Open 1999 Bariloche Match Play 2000 Argentine Open

Other wins (10) 1962 Argentine National Caddy's Tournament 1970 Dutch Open 1971 Santiago Open (Chile) 1972 Ford Maracaibo Open 1975 Uruguay Open 1977 Brazil Open 1982 El Rodeo Open (Colombia) 1983 Brazil Open 1984 Brazil Open 1994 Punta del Este Open (Uruguay)

Champions Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up121 Jul 1996 Burnet Senior Classic −11 (69-68-68=205)1 stroke Bruce Crampton, J. C. Snead27 Sep 1997Bank One Classic−13 (67-69-67=203)1 stroke Isao Aoki316 May 1999Las Vegas Senior Classic−14 (69-71-67-67=274)2 strokes Dave Eichelberger416 Feb 2003ACE Group Classic−14 (66-68-68=202)3 strokes Des Smyth, Tom Watson

Other senior wins (3) 1996 Argentine Senior PGA Championship 1999 Argentine Senior PGA Championship 2000 Chrysler Senior Match Play Challenge

Results in major championships Tournament197119721973197419751976197719781979The Open ChampionshipT25T31CUTT37T53T10T48CUT

Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989The Open ChampionshipT45CUTT39CUTCUTT21CUTCUT

Tournament1990199119921993The Open ChampionshipT31CUT Note: Fernández only played in The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981 Open Championship) "T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances World Cup (representing Argentina): 1970, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1985 Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 1982 Dunhill Cup (representing Argentina): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995 UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2003 (tie)

Vicente Fernández (golfer)

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