Michael Lorenzo-Vera

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Michael Lorenzo-Vera
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Michael Lorenzo-Vera
Born (1985-01-28) 28 January 1985
Bayonne, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Nationality  France
Residence Biarritz, France
Career
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 1
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner
2007

Michael Lorenzo-Vera (born 28 January 1985) is a French professional golfer.

Lorenzo-Vera was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in South-West France.

After turning professional in 2005, Lorenzo-Vera played on the Alps Tour, one of Europe's third tier development tours. In 2006, he won the Open International de la Mirabelle D’or, a tournament he had also won the year before as an amateur, on his way to 4th on the Order of Merit,[1] which gave him a place on the Challenge Tour for the following season.

On Europe's second-tier tour in 2007, Lorenzo-Vera had recorded eight top-ten finishes going into the last event, the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, and was 7th on the Challenge Tour's money list. He set a new course record in the first round, and went on the win the tournament, which catapulted him to the top of the end of season Challenge Tour Rankings, and guaranteed his card on the top level European Tour for 2008.[2]

The highlight of Lorenzo-Vera's first season on the European Tour was finishing as joint runner-up at the Volvo China Open,[3] having led at half way.[4] He ended the year ranked just outside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, but had done enough to retain his place on the tour.

Professional wins

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning ScoreMargin of VictoryRunners-up
1 27 Oct 2007 Apulia San Domenico Grand Final -15 (62–71–70–66=269) 1 stroke Wales Jamie Donaldson, Netherlands Joost Luiten,
Wales Stuart Manley, Scotland Eric Ramsay

Other wins (6)

  • 2005 Open International de la Mirabelle D’or (Alps Tour, as an amateur)
  • 2006 Open International de la Mirabelle D’or (Alps Tour), Open des Landes (France Pro Tour)
  • 2007 Masters 13 (Alps Tour)
  • 2009 Grand Prix Schweppes PGA France, Allianz Open Paris Stade Francais (Alps Tour)

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "2006 Final Alps Tour Order of Merit". Alps Tour. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  2. "Els in the hunt at Leopard Creek". Mail & Guardian. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  3. "McGrane celebrates China victory". BBC Sport. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  4. "Lorenzo-Vera shoots 69, holds lead at China Open". ESPN. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 

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