Alejandro Cañizares

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Alejandro Cañizares
European Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking89 (16 March 2014)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT27: 2010

José Alejandro Cañizares Gómez (born 9 January 1983) is a Spanish

European Tour
.

Career

Cañizares was born in

NCAA men's golf championship while at Arizona State University
. He turned professional in 2006.

In August 2006, Cañizares won on his third start as an affiliate member of the European Tour, at the

Imperial Collection Russian Open.[2] The win gave him full membership of the tour for two years. It also put him into the record books as the fastest affiliate member to win on the tour, surpassing Sergio García and Graeme McDowell who had both won in their fourth tournaments.[3]

Cañizares earned his PGA Tour card for 2008 through the 2007 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He divided his time between both the PGA and European tours during the season, but was only able to retain his playing status in Europe.

In March 2014, Cañizares won his second European Tour title at the

Trophée Hassan II
tournament in Morocco. He shot a 62 in the first round and led wire-to-wire, culminating in a five-stroke victory to end an eight-year drought on the tour.

Amateur wins

  • 2001 Copa Nacional Puerta de Hierro[4]
  • 2002 Spanish Amateur Under 21 Championship[5]
  • 2003 National Invitational,
    NCAA Championship
  • 2004 ASU Thunderbird Invitational
  • 2005 Big-10/Pac-10 Challenge, PING-Arizona Intercollegiate, Puerto Rico Classic

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 20 Aug 2006
Imperial Collection Russian Open
 −22 (66-67-67-66=266) 4 strokes Scotland David Drysdale
2 16 Mar 2014
Trophée Hassan II
 −19 (62-68-69-70=269) 5 strokes England Andy Sullivan

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2010
Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca
 Sweden Peter Hanson Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2010
Alstom Open de France
 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Italy Francesco Molinari Jiménez won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Alejandro Cañizares
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T27 CUT CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Canizares claims Russian Open win". BBC Sport. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Canizares Makes History in Russia". PGA European Tour. 20 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 November 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. ^ "2020 Official Competition Guide" (PDF). Royal Spanish Golf Federation. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Official Competition Guide" (PDF). Royal Spanish Golf Federation. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

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