Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas ( born January 7, 1982 in Medellín, Colombia ) is a professional golfer of the North American PGA Tour.
Career
Villegas learned the game of golf in childhood and then played as a junior at the University of Florida. He won three amateur tournaments in the USA and Southeastern Conference Player of the Year was in the years 2002 and 2004.
About the Nationwide tour, Villegas qualified for the 2006 season on the PGA Tour and surprised the experts with two second place finishes in his first seven tournaments. At the Doral Championship in Miami Villegas gave the final day from a spectacular head - to-head with Tiger Woods in the world ranking list, ultimately with a blow could decide ahead of its own. Early September 2008, Villegas won his first tournament on the PGA Tour and was followed in the same month a second victory at the Tour Championship quality. This he climbed into the golf world rankings to No. 7 and stayed for 14 weeks in the top ten.
Trivia
The strong fitness-oriented hitter has developed very quickly become a favorite of the media and especially the young audience. But Villegas is also striking for its flashy clothing by designer J. Lindeberg, which is fitted to other well-known professional golfer Fredrik Jacobson as, Aaron Baddeley and Jesper Parnevik.
PGA Tour wins
- 2008 BMW Championship, Tour Championship
- 2010 The Honda Classic
Other tournament victories
- 2001 Colombian Open ( as an amateur )
- 2007 Coca -Cola Tokai Classic ( Japan Golf Tour )
- 2008 TELUS World Skins Game, CVS Caremark Charity Classic ( with Bubba Watson), Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge
- 2010 World Golf Salutes King Bhumibol Skins Tournament
Results in Major Championships
DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10
Participation in team competitions
- Presidents Cup ( for the International team ): 2009
- World Cup ( for Colombia ): 2011