Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Gonzalo Fernández Castaño ( born October 13, 1980 in Madrid ) is a Spanish professional golfer on the European Tour.
He won the 2003 Spanish Amateur Championship, in 2004 professional golfer and qualified in the autumn on the Tour School for the European Tour. In his first season Fernández Castaño won the KLM Open and was awarded at the end of the season with the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award for Best Newcomer. In 2006 he won the BMW Asian Open, an event which also includes the Asian Tour.
His idol Seve Ballesteros has so far surpassed when he won the first Tour title already in his 16th -shows, while Seve for needed 27 attempts Fernández Castaño. By his own admission he strives to reach the level of Spanish golf sizes Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia.
European Tour wins ( 7)
- 2005 The KLM Open
- 2006 BMW Asian Open
- 2007 Telecom Italia Open
- 2008 Quinn Insurance British Masters
- 2011 Barclays Singapore Open
- 2012 BMW Italian Open
- 2013 BMW Masters
Other wins (1 )
- 2006 Madrid Federation Championship ( Peugeot Tour, Spain)
Participation in team competitions
- World Cup: 2006, 2009
- Seve Trophy ( Continental Europe ): 2007, 2009, 2013 ( winners )
- EurAsia Cup ( for Europe): 2014 ( draw )
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
- Results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English )
1960 Tommy Goodwin | Alex Caygill 1961 | 1962 no award | 1963 Tony Jacklin | 1964 no award | no award 1965 | 1966 Robin Liddle | 1967 no award | 1968 Bernard Gallacher | 1969 Peter Oosterhuis | 1970 Stuart Brown | 1971 David Llewellyn | 1972 Sam Torrance | 1973 Pip Elson | 1974 Carl Mason | 1975 no award | 1976 Mark James | 1977 Nick Faldo | 1978 Sandy Lyle | 1979 Mike Miller | Paul Hoad 1980 | 1981 Jeremy Bennett | 1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr | 1983 Grant Turner | 1984 Philip Parkin | 1985 Paul Thomas | 1986 José María Olazábal | 1987 Peter Baker | 1988 Colin Montgomerie | 1989 Paul Broadhurst | 1990 Russell Claydon | 1991 Per- Ulrik Johansson | 1992 Jim Payne | 1993 Gary Orr | 1994 Jonathan Lomas | 1995 Jarmo Sandelin | 1996 Thomas Bjørn | 1997 Scott Henderson | 1998 Olivier Edmond | 1999 Sergio García | 2000 Ian Poulter | 2001 Paul Casey | 2002 Nick Dougherty | 2003 Peter Lawrie | 2004 Scott Drummond | 2005 Gonzalo Fernández Castaño | 2006 Marc Warren | 2007 Martin Kaymer | 2008 Pablo Larrazábal | 2009 Chris Wood | 2010 Matteo Manassero | 2011 Tom Lewis | 2012 Ricardo Santos | 2013 Peter Uihlein
- Golfer ( Spain)
- Athletes (Madrid )
- Born in 1980
- Man