Iván Cantero

Iván Cantero Gutiérrez (born 30 January 1996) is a Spanish professional golfer and European Tour player.

Early life and amateur career Cantero was born in Madrid and grew up in Llanes in northern Spain. Cantero represented his country at the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy, and Europe at the Jacques Leglise Trophy, Junior Ryder Cup, St Andrews Trophy and the Bonallack Trophy, which he helped win in 2016.

Cantero won the 2016 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat after a playoff against Marco Penge. He was semi-finalist at the 2015 Spanish Amateur, and quarter-finalist at The Amateur Championship in 2016. He reached number 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Professional career Cantero turned professional in 2017 and joined the European Tour after he was successful at Q-School in 2018. After a season he dropped down to the Challenge Tour, where he tied for 3rd at the 2021 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge.

In 2023, he was runner-up at the Abu Dhabi Challenge and the Dormy Open to graduate to the European Tour, where he tied for 4th at the 2024 ISPS Handa Championship in Japan and kept his card. The following year he recorded top-5 finishes at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship, and finished 77th in the season rankings.

Team appearances Amateur Jacques Leglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2013, 2014 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande (representing Spain): 2014, 2015, 2016 Summer Youth Olympics (representing Spain): 2014 Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2014 Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2016 (winners) St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2016 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2015, 2016 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Spain): 2016