Who's who: Ricardo González

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Who's who: Ricardo González

  • Name:

    Ricardo González
  • Country:

    Argentina
  • Born:

    Oct 24, 1969 in Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Original/Home Club:

  • Occupation:

    Professional golfer
  • Turned Pro:

    1986

Roll of Honour

Multiple European Tour and international tour winner.

Did you know?

González played most of his regular career on the European Tour, becoming a four-time winner.

Top tournaments won by Ricardo González

Category

Africa

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

209 (-10)

Prize money

$320,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Trophy Hassan II (Feb 22-24; PGA Champions Tour event). Second-placed Thomas Bjørn (Den) finished 1 shot behind 54-year-old Ricardo González (Arg), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win in his 13th start on the Tour. [Red course, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco].
Note: on the same dates, the Ladies European Tour's Lalla Meryem Cup played on RGDES's Blue course.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

211 (-2)

Prize money

€45,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Italian Senior Open (Oct 21-23). Second-placed and defending champion James Kingston (RSA) finished 3 shots behind 52-year-old Ricardo González (Arg), who recorded his first European Senior (Legends) Tour win in his 20th start on the Tour ... and just a day before his 53rd birthday. [Argentario Resort, Porto Ercole, Italy].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

282 (-10)

Prize money

€166,660

Title sponsor

SAS

Played as the SAS Masters (July 23-26). Second-placed Jamie Donaldson (Wales) finished 2 shots behind Ricardo González (Arg), who recorded the last of his four European Tour wins. González birdied five of the last six holes in his final round. [Ocean course, Barsebäck G&CC, nr Malmö, Sweden; at the time called the Masters course].

2004
Europe
274 (-14)
€166,660
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

274 (-14)

Prize money

€166,660

Title sponsor

x

The inaugural (and only) Open de Sevilla (April 15-18). Second-placed Jonathan Lomas (Eng) and Stephen Gallacher (Scot) finished 2 shots behind González (Arg). [Real (Royal) Sevilla GC, Sevilla, Andalucia].

2003
Europe
270 (-14)
€233,330
Telefonica

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

270 (-14)

Prize money

€233,330

Title sponsor

Telefonica

Played as the Telefonica Open de Madrid (Oct 23-26). Second-placed Paul Casey (Eng), Nick O'Hern (Aus), Marten Olander (Swe) and Padraig Harrington (Ire) finished 1 shot behind González (Arg). [Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain].

2001
Europe
268 (-16)
€250,000
Omega

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

268 (-16)

Prize money

€250,000

Title sponsor

Omega

Played as the Omega European Masters (Sept 6-9). Second-placed Søren Hansen (Den) finished 3 shots behind González (Arg). [GC Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans-Montana, Switzerland].

1998
Africa
272 (-12)
£10,558
Tusker

Category

Africa

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Score

272 (-12)

Prize money

£10,558

Title sponsor

Tusker

Played as the Tusker Kenya Open (March 12-15; Eurpn Challenge Tr event). González (Arg) beat Jacob Okello (Kenya) with a par at the third playoff hole (par-3 13th). [Muthaiga GC, Nairobi, Kenya].

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Gonzalez, Ricardo

Venue

Score

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Chile Open (Abierto de Chile). Won by Gonzalez (Arg).

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