Borja Virto

Borja Virto
Personal information
Full name Borja Virto Astudillo
Born (1991-02-04) 4 February 1991
Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Nationality  Spain
Residence Gorraiz, Spain
Career
College Iowa State University
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 2
Other 2

Borja Virto Astudillo (born 4 February 1991) is a Spanish professional golfer.

Virto played college golf at Iowa State University for two years.[1]

Virto played on the Alps Tour in 2014, winning twice, and finishing fourth on the Order of Merit.[2] This finish secured him a Challenge Tour card for 2015 but he finished T-18 at the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School (after starting at the second stage) to earn his European Tour card for 2015.

He split time between both tours in 2015 and won on the Challenge Tour at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge in July[3] and The Foshan Open in October.[4] He finished 2015 in third place on the Challenge Tour, earning a place on the European Tour for 2016.

Amateur wins

  • 2009 Spanish Under 18 Championship

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 12 Jul 2015 D+D Real Slovakia Challenge –17 (69-67-69-66=271) 1 stroke Portugal Ricardo Gouveia
2 25 Oct 2015 Foshan Open –15 (64-67-72-70=273) 2 strokes Sweden Björn Åkesson

Other wins (2)

  • 2014 Alps De Las Castillas, Open La Pinetina Memorial Giorgio Bordoni (both Alps Tour)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Borja Virto Bio". Iowa State Cyclones. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Borja Virto Astudillo – Biography". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brilliant Borja claims Slovakia win in some style". PGA European Tour. 12 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Virto Astudillo crowned Foshan Open Champion". PGA European Tour. 25 October 2015.


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