Ricardo González

Argentina

Ricardo González (born 24 October 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer.

Personal information
Full name Ricardo González
Born 24 October 1969 (1969-10-24) (age 42)
Corrientes, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nationality Argentina
Residence Rosario, Argentina
Career
Turned professional 1986
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 20
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 4
Challenge Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1990, 2003
PGA Championship T10: 2002

 
González turned professional in 1986, and has spent much of his career in Europe. He first won his place on the European Tour in 1992 through qualifying school after playing on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1991. Having failed to win sufficient money to retain his tour card, he returned to the Challenge Tour in 1993, but endured another fruitless season.

Having moved to Africa, González returned to Europe in 1998 after winning the Challenge Tour sanctioned Tusker Kenya Open, and secured a second shot on the European Tour by finishing 5th on the Challenge Tour Rankings that season. He has successfully retained his playing privileges since then by consistently finishing inside the top 100 of the Order of Merit each year.

González has accumulated four European Tour wins, with a best year-end ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit of 25th place in 2001. He has also won many tournaments in South America, and has represented Argentina at the World Cup on four occasions, in 1996, 1998, 2005 and 2007.

He won his fourth career European Tour event in 2009 at the SAS Masters in Sweden by two strokes over Welshman Jamie Donaldson. It was his first win on the European Tour in five years.

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