| Luis Masaveu | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Luis Masaveu Roncal |
| Born | 17 December 2002 Madrid, Spain |
| Sporting nationality |  Spain |
| Residence | Madrid, Spain |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2024 |
| Current tour | Challenge Tour |
| Former tour | LIV Golf |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | 78th: 2024 |
Luis Masaveu Roncal (born 17 December 2002) is a Spanish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player.
Masaveu had a very successful amateur career and reached a best rank of 16th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the 2023 Tailhade Cup in Argentina and the 2024 Portuguese International Amateur Championship. He was runner-up at the 2022 European Nations Cup - Copa Sotogrande, the 2023 Lytham Trophy, and the 2024 Spanish International Amateur Championship, after finishing 3rd in 2022. He reached the semi-finals of the 2024 U.S. Amateur, where he lost to the eventual champion, his compatriot José Luis Ballester. [1]
He represented Spain twice at the Eisenhower Trophy, and won the European Amateur Team Championship twice, in 2022 and 2023. [2]
Masaveu won low amateur honors at the European Tour's Open de España twice, in 2022 and 2024. In the 2022 edition, he finished 34th. [3]
Masaveu become the first Spanish amateur to make the cut in the Open at the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, after earning his spot in the 36-hole Final Qualifying competition at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. He prevailed in a three-for-one play-off for the last of four spots against Branden Grace, despite playing with a spare set of incomplete clubs after his bag was lost. [4]
His coach is Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño. [3]
Masaveu finished 3rd in the European Tour's inaugural Global Amateur Pathway ranking to earn Challenge Tour status for 2025. [5]
Masaveu turned professional in 2024. He tied for 9th at the 2024 International Series Qatar before signing on with Sergio García's team for the 2025 LIV Golf League. [6] He left LIV after 9 events and $1.5m in individual earnings, having helped García's Fireballs GC to three straight team victories. [7]
Masaveu joined the Challenge Tour, where his best result of the season was a tie for 3rd at the Challenge de España in Girona. [8]
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