Ãlvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós García ( born January 21, 1983 in San Roque ) is a Spanish professional golfer on the European Tour.
He played from 2005 to the second-class Challenge Tour, won there in 2006 and won his first tournament on the Tour School in the fall of 2006, the eligibility for the big European Tour. Already in his first appearance in December 2006 Quirós succeeded the tournament victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, a South African event that includes both the European Tour for the 2007 season, as well as to the Sunshine Tour.
Quirós scored his second European Tour victory at the Portugal Masters 2008, where he graduated with birdies on Sunday at the 17th and 18th hole and won three shots ahead of Paul Lawrie. He finished the season with a 25th place in the Order of Merit. In January 2009, he won his third Tour title, which promoted him for the first time in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters. He finished the season ranked 20 in the newly introduced Race to Dubai.
Quirós is known for its vast tea haircuts and was associated with an average of about 310 yards in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, the longest kickers on the European Tour.
In May 2010, Quirós won the Spanish Open by one shot. He finished the season in 14th place in the Race to Dubai.
In February 2011, Quiros won the Dubai Desert Classic in his fifth title on the European Tour. He won the title by one shot in front of James Kingston and Anders Hansen. During the last round, Quiros made on his way to victory a hole-in -one on the eleventh hole ( par 3 ). In December 2011 he won the victory at the Dubai World Championship to be all-time highest prize money ( € 922.645 ) and finished the season from 6th place in the Race to Dubai.
The 1.90 m wide hitters is supervised José Rivero since 2003 by former Ryder Cup.
European Tour wins
- 2007 Alfred Dunhill Championship ( held in December 2006, is one of the 2007 season, and also to the Sunshine Tour )
- 2008 Portugal Masters
- 2009 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
- 2010 Open de España
- 2011 Dubai Desert Classic, Dubai World Championship
Other tournament victories
- 2006 Morson International Pro -am Challenge ( Challenge Tour ), Seville Open
Participation in team competitions
- Vivendi Trophy ( Continental Europe ): 2009
- World Cup ( Spain ): 2011
- Royal Trophy (for Europe): 2013 ( winners )
Results in Major Championships
DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10
Weblink
- Player Profile at the European Tour