Borja Virto

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Borja Virto
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Virto in 2016
Personal information
Full nameBorja Virto Astudillo
Born (1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 34)
Pamplona, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Residence Gorraiz, Spain
Career
College Iowa State University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other2

Borja Virto Astudillo (born 4 February 1991) is a Spanish professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Virto played college golf at Iowa State University for two years. [1]

Professional career

Virto played on the Alps Tour in 2014, winning twice, and finishing fourth on the Order of Merit. [2] This finish secured him a Challenge Tour card for 2015 but he finished T-18 at the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School (after starting at the second stage) to earn his European Tour card for 2015.

He split time between both tours in 2015 and won on the Challenge Tour at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge in July [3] and The Foshan Open in October. [4] He finished 2015 in third place on the Challenge Tour, earning a place on the European Tour for 2016.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Jul 2015 D+D Real Slovakia Challenge −17 (69-67-69-66=271)1 stroke Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Gouveia
225 Oct 2015 Foshan Open −15 (64-67-72-70=273)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Åkesson

Alps Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
128 Jun 2014 Alps de Las Castillas−8 (68-66-71=205)3 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Borja Etchart
25 Sep 2014Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni−12 (65-64-69=198)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Balmaseda, Flag of Italy.svg Federico Maccario,
Flag of England.svg Tom Shadbolt

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Borja Virto Bio". Iowa State Cyclones. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Borja Virto Astudillo – Biography". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brilliant Borja claims Slovakia win in some style". PGA European Tour. 12 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Virto Astudillo crowned Foshan Open Champion". PGA European Tour. 25 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship Results". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2021.


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