Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño

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Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Personal Information
Birth 13 October 1980 (1980-10-13) (age 27)
Madrid, Spain
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg)
Nationality Flag of Spain Spain
Residence Madrid, Spain
Career
Turned Pro 2004
Current tour European Tour
Professional wins 3 (European Tour: 3)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
British Open T48: 2006
PGA Championship CUT: 2006
Awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year Award		 2005

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (born 13 October 1980) is a Spanish golfer.

Fernández-Castaño was born in Madrid. He turned professional in 2004 and came eighth at that year's European Tour Qualifying School.

In his 2005 rookie season on the Tour, he won the KLM Open and the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. In 2006 he won the BMW Asian Open, which was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour.

In 2007 he won his third European Tour tournament, the Italian Open. He has finished within the top 60 of the Order of Merit in each of his three seasons on tour.

Contents

[edit] Amateur wins (1)

  • 2003 Spanish Amateur Open Championship

[edit] Professional wins (3)

[edit] European Tour wins (3)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2006
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T48
PGA Championship CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Professional

[edit] External links

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Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year
1960 Tommy Goodwin • 1961 Alex Caygill • 1962 No Award • 1963 Tony Jacklin • 1964 No Award • 1965 No Award • 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 • 1980 Paul Hoad • 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