Pedro Figueiredo

Pedro Figueiredo
Personal information
Nickname Figgy
Born (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991
Paris, France[1]
Nationality  Portugal
Residence Lisbon, Portugal[2]
Career
College UCLA
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 1

Pedro Figueiredo (born 13 June 1991) is a Portuguese professional golfer. In June 2018 won the KPMG Trophy on the Challenge Tour.

Amateur career

Figueiredo had a successful amateur career. He won the Boys Amateur Championship and Irish Amateur Open Championship in 2008.

Figueiredo played college golf at the UCLA where he won three events. He turned professional in mid-2013 after competing in the 2013 Palmer Cup.

Professional career

Figueiredo played on the Challenge Tour from 2013 to 2016 with little success. In 2017 he played on the Pro Golf Tour. Although he did not win any tournaments, he had a consistent season with three runners-up finishes and 10 other top-10 finishes to end the season 4th in the Order of Merit and earn a place on the 2018 Challenge Tour.

In May 2018, Figueiredo had his first top-10 finish in a Challenge Tour event, finishing tied for 8th in the Open de Portugal. In June he won the KPMG Trophy in Belgium, beating Anton Karlsson and Stuart Manley in a playoff, with a birdie at the first extra hole.[3]

Amateur wins

This list in incomplete

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 10 Jun 2018 KPMG Trophy −22 (63-68-67-64=262) Playoff Sweden Anton Karlsson, Wales Stuart Manley

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ http://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4855
  2. ↑ http://hambricsports.com/european-clients/pedro-figueiredo/
  3. ↑ "Plucky Pedro bites back to triumph in Belgium". European Tour. 10 June 2018.
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