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NICKNAME: EL NINO
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: Club de Golf Del Mediterraneo
COUNTRY: Spain
BORN: January 9, 1980
MARRIAGE STATUS : SINGLE!!
RESIDENCE: Borriol, Spain
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 5ft 10in 158.4 lbs (178cm 72kg)
BIRTH PLACE: Castellon, Spain
HE LIKES: Real Madrid FC, Computer Games
TURNED PRO: April 21, 1999
RANK: 15th in the World
Sergio was the first British
Amateur Champion to finish low amateur in the 1999 Masters Tournament. He
won 19 events as an amateur and also a pro event the Catalonian Open at age
17! He was able to make the cut in 12 of the 18 European Tour events he
entered before turning pro.
Sergio won the Murphy's Irish Open on his sixth start as a pro and became
the 4th youngest winner on the European Tour at 19 years and 290 days. Shot
a closing 64 to earn exemption on Tour then tied second the following week
at the Standard Life Loch Lomond after beginning with a 62. Finished last in
the Open Championship at Carnoustie after rounds of 89 and 83 but bounced
back in sensational style, finishing just one shot behind Tiger Woods in the
US PGA at Medinah when attempting to be the youngest winner of a major for
129 years. Collected 3 ½ points out of five in a brilliant Ryder Cup debut
before returning to Europe to win the Linde German Masters and help Spain
capture the Alfred Dunhill Cup. Named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the
Year. Engaged Fanny Sunesson as caddie for 2000 but switched to South
African Glenn Murray after a short-lived liaison. He beat Tiger Woods in the
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