| Vicente Fernández | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Vicente Fernández |
| Born | 5 April 1946 Corrientes, Argentina |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Nationality | Argentina |
| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1964 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 72 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Champions Tour | 4 |
| Other | 61 (regular) 3 (senior) |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T10: 1976 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Vicente Fernández (born 5 April 1946) is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.
Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s. He won four titles on the tour and had two top ten Order of Merit finishes, placing 6th in 1974 and 9th in 1975. He was sixteenth on the Order of Merit in 1992 at the age of 46.
As a senior Fernández moved to the United States to play on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour), where he has won four tournaments. His other wins include eight victories in his national open championship, the Argentine Open.
Contents |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Aug 1975 | Benson & Hedges Festival | -18 (65-64-65-72=266) | 1 stroke | Maurice Bembridge |
| 2 | 20 May 1979 | Colgate PGA Championship | E (71-70-72-75=288) | 1 stroke | Baldovino Dassù, Gary Player |
| 3 | 18 Mar 1990 | Tenerife Open | -6 (67-74-72-69=282) | Playoff | Mark Mouland |
| 4 | 31 Aug 1992 | Murphy's English Open | -5 (69-72-73-69=283) | 1 stroke | Per-Ulrik Johansson, Fredrik Lindgren |
Note: The only major Fernandez played in was The Open Championship.
| Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T25 | T31 | CUT | T37 | T53 | T10 | T48 | DNP | CUT |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T45 | CUT | DNP | T39 | CUT | CUT | T21 | CUT | DNP | CUT |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T31 | DNP | DNP | CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.