Rafael Echenique | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Rafael Echenique |
Born | San Luis, Argentina | 18 October 1980
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 158 lb (72 kg; 11.3 st) |
Sporting nationality | Argentina |
Residence | San Luis, Argentina |
Spouse | Marina (m. 2005) |
Children | 1 |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1999 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
Professional wins | 7 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Challenge Tour | 2 |
Other | 5 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 2010 |
The Open Championship | T45: 2012 |
Rafael Echenique (born 18 October 1980) is an Argentine professional golfer.
Echenique was born in San Luis, Argentina. He won the Argentine Amateur Rankings in 1997/98.
Echenique turned pro in 1999. Having failed to gain a place on the European Tour via the qualifying school on four occasions, he finally won a card on the main tour by virtue of finishing seventh on the 2006 Challenge Tour, helped by winning the Telia Challenge Waxholm in Sweden. He also finished second in the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final. Later that year he won the biggest title of his career, the Argentine Open in his home country.
Echenique's first year on the European Tour was highlighted by a second-place finish in the TCL Classic as he just did enough to retain his playing privileges for the following season. In 2008, a tie for fourth in the Celtic Manor Wales Open and seventh in the Omega European Masters, along with several other top twenty finishes, enabled him to sit more comfortably in 90th place on the Order of Merit. He was second in the 2000 Llao Llao Match Play, and the 2004 Argentine PGA Championship.
Echenique achieved the biggest result of his career at the 2009 BMW International Open, finishing runner-up to Nick Dougherty. Moving through the field on the final day, Echenique carded a final-round 10-under-par 62, which included an albatross at the par-5 18th hole, contributing to a European Tour record back-nine score of 27.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 3 Sep 2006 | Telia Challenge Waxholm | −22 (65-68-66-71=270) | 2 strokes | Martin Kaymer |
2 | 3 Dec 2006 (2007 season) | Abierto Visa de la República 1 | −7 (73-70-66-68=277) | 1 stroke | Ángel Cabrera, Ricardo González |
1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas and the PGA of Argentina Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 3 Dec 2006 | Abierto Visa de la República 1 | −7 (73-70-66-68=277) | 1 stroke | Ángel Cabrera, Ricardo González |
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and the PGA of Argentina Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 4 Nov 2007 | Abierto de Mendoza | −10 (69-73-66-66=274) | Playoff | Rubén Alvarez |
2 | 31 Jan 2021 | Gran Premio El Moro | −11 (64-65=129) | 1 stroke | Martín Contini |
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