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Jorge Campillo

b. 1986

Professional golfer

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Born 1986. Jorge Campillo is an American and Spanish golfer.

Jorge Campillo (born 1 June 1986) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has three European Tour wins, the 2019 Trophée Hassan II, the 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and the 2023 Magical Kenya Open.

Amateur career After attending the Spanish national training centre as a junior, Campillo elected to play college golf at Indiana University in the United States. Campillo would go on to become one of the most successful players in the university's history, winning nine intercollegiate titles and being named to the Golfweek First Team All-American squad. He finished second in the 2008 NCAA championship. He also played in the Palmer Cup for Europe in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Professional career Campillo turned professional on graduating in 2009 and began playing on invites to the European and Challenge Tours. He recorded top-10 finishes on both tours and ended the season 98th on the Challenge Tour standings. He played full-time on the Challenge Tour in 2010, improving to 87th in the standings and reaching the final stage of qualifying school, but his breakthrough year was 2011. Campillo recorded two runner-up finishes on the Challenge Tour, in the Acaya Open and the Rolex Trophy, on his way to ninth place in the rankings and promotion to the European Tour.

Campillo made a good start on the European Tour, finishing tied for second place in the Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India in February 2012. He has also finished tied for second place in the Nelson Mandela Championship in December 2013 and in the Tshwane Open in March 2017 and was runner-up in the 2018 Maybank Championship.

Campillo made a good start to 2019 with two more runner-up finishes, in the Oman Open and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. In April he won the Trophée Hassan II by 2 strokes, his first European Tour win after 229 European Tour starts.

In March 2020, Campillo won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, after winning a five-hole sudden death playoff.

In March 2023, Campillo won the Magical Kenya Open. He shot a final-round 66 to win by two shots ahead of Masahiro Kawamura.

Amateur wins 2006 Boilermaker Invitational 2007 Sofitel Biarritz Cup, Gado North Texas Classic, Pinehurst Intercollegiate 2008 UMB Bank-Mizzou Tiger Classic, Boilermaker Invitational, Big Ten Championship, Wolf Run Intercollegiate, Windon Memorial Classic 2009 Adidas Hoosier Invitational

Professional wins (3) European Tour wins (3)

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

Results in major championships Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (2024 Open Championship, current) Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play NT = no tournament "T" = tied

Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2003, 2004 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2005, 2007, 2008 European Youths' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2006 (winners) Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2007, 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy (representing Spain): 2008 St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2008

Professional World Cup (representing Spain): 2018 Source:

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Who is Jorge Campillo?

professional golfer

When was Jorge Campillo born?

Jorge Campillo was born on 1 June 1986 in Cáceres.

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Jorge Campillo is a golfer.

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Jorge Campillo is American and Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jorge Campillo

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