David Vanegas
| David Vanegas | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | David Vanegas Posada[1] |
| Born | 6 December 1986 Medellín, Colombia |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  Colombia |
| Residence | Rionegro, Colombia |
| Career | |
| College | Johnson & Wales University |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | Colombian Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica Web.com Tour Challenge Tour Tour de las Américas Canadian Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
David Vanegas Posada (born 6 December 1986) is a Colombian professional golfer.
Vanegas was born in Medellín. He attended Johnson & Wales University in Florida, United States before turning professional in 2008 and joining the Tour de las Américas. In 2010 he won for the first time at the season opening Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia played on his home course at Club Campestre El Rodeo in Rionegro. The tournament was co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Canadian Tour, and the win earned him exemptions on both of those tours.[2]
Professional wins (6)
[edit]Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Feb 2010 | Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia1 | −12 (67-69-69-67=272) | 4 strokes |  Nate Smith
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas and the Canadian Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Feb 2014 | Arturo Calle Colombian Open | −17 (66-68-61-68=263) | 3 strokes | Rick Cochran III, Andrés Echavarría
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Canadian Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Feb 2010 | Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia1 | −12 (67-69-69-67=272) | 4 strokes | Nate Smith
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas
Tour de las Américas wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Feb 2010 | Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia1 | −12 (67-69-69-67=272) | 4 strokes | Nate Smith
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and the Canadian Tour
Colombian Tour wins (4)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jun 2013 | Abierto de Golf Club Campestre de Armenia | −12 (64-68-70-66=268) | Playoff | José Manuel Garrido
|
| 2 | 15 Jun 2014 | Abierto de Golf Ciudad de Ibagué | −15 (67-68-67-67=269) | 1 stroke | Santiago Tobón
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| 3 | 29 Nov 2015 | Abierto del Caribe | −9 (71-69-66-73=279) | 2 strokes | Jaime Clavijo
|
| 4 | 7 May 2017 | Abierto de Golf TPC Cartagena | −12 (69-71-68-68=276) | Playoff | Jaime Clavijo
|
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Colombia): 2006, 2008
References
[edit]- ^ "XXXVIII Abierto Internacional de Golf del Caribe" (in Spanish). Federación Colombiana de Golf. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Colombian David Vanegas wins Canadian Tour season-opener". Fairways Magazine. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
External links
[edit]- David Vanegas at the PGA Tour official site
- David Vanegas at the Tour de las Américas official site
- David Vanegas at the European Tour official site
- David Vanegas at the Official World Golf Ranking official site