Santiago Luna | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Santiago Luna Torres |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 29 November 1962
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) |
Sporting nationality | Spain |
Residence | Madrid, Spain |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1982 |
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 16 |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 1 |
European Senior Tour | 4 |
Other | 11 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T35: 1998 |
Santiago Luna Torres (born 29 November 1962) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Luna's father was on the staff at Puerta de Hierro Golf Club in Madrid. He turned professional in 1982 and has spent over twenty years on the European Tour, playing in over five hundred tournaments. He ranked in the top one hundred on the Order of Merit twelve times, with a best of 31st place in 1998. His sole win on the European Tour came in 1995 at the Madeira Island Open, but he has several victories in other professional tournaments. He has represented his country in international competition several times, and in 1999 he helped Spain to the runner-up position at the World Cup.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 5 Feb 1995 | Madeira Island Open | −16 (67-67-68-70=272) | 4 strokes | Christian Cévaër |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 24 Sep 2011 | Peugeot Tour de Lerma | −18 (68-64-66=198) | 2 strokes | Eduardo de la Riva, Jorge San Sebastián |
2 | 21 Jul 2012 | Peugeot Tour Alps de Madrid | −10 (73-66-64=203) | 2 strokes | Ross Kellett, Gareth Shaw |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Aug 2013 | SSE Scottish Senior Open | −5 (69-71-71=211) | 1 stroke | Denis O'Sullivan, Sam Torrance |
2 | 8 Jun 2014 | ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship | −14 (68-71-67-64=270) | 2 strokes | Steen Tinning |
3 | 23 Jun 2017 | European Tour Properties Senior Classic | −10 (68-67-71=206) | 1 stroke | André Bossert, Miguel Ángel Martín |
4 | 7 Oct 2018 | Farmfoods European Senior Masters | −10 (67-70-69=206) | 2 strokes | Markus Brier, Peter T. Wilson |
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2006 | Open Mahou de Madrid | Luis Claverie, Juan Parrón | Parrón won with birdie on third extra hole Claviere eliminated by par on first hole |
Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Open Championship | T80 | CUT | T35 | T58 |
Note: The Open Championship was the only major Luna played.
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
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