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Ángel Gallardo (golfer)

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Ángel Gallardo
Gallardo (right) as a Ryder Cup captain's assistant
Personal information
Full nameÁngel Gallardo
Born (1943-07-29) 29 July 1943 (age 81)
Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
Sporting nationality Spain
Career
Turned professional1962
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT24: 1974

Ángel Gallardo (born 29 July 1943) is a Spanish professional golfer.

Gallardo was a member of the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until 1982. He finished in the top one hundred of the European Tour Order of Merit in each of those eleven seasons, with a best ranking of tenth in 1977. His only official European Tour win was the 1977 Italian Open however he did win the 1967 Portuguese Open and the 1970 Spanish Open, events that would soon be enfolded into the European Tour schedule. He also won the 1971 Mexican Open.

He was the second non-British golfer to be elected as Captain of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland in 1982.

Since leaving the tour, Gallardo has worked as a coach and as a golf course architect, with work that has included co-designing the PGA Golf de Catalunya, venue for the Open de España in 2009. He was vice-chairman of the PGA European Tour from 1995 to 2019 and is now Ambassador of the PGA European Tour.

Professional wins (7)

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European Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 1 May 1977 Italian Open −2 (71-69-72-74=286) Playoff Scotland Brian Barnes

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1977 Italian Open Scotland Brian Barnes Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 1977 Callers of Newcastle England Peter Butler, South Africa John Fourie,
England Tommy Horton
Fourie won with par on second extra hole
Butler and Horton eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (6)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
The Open Championship CUT T42 CUT CUT T24 CUT T26 CUT CUT

Note: Gallardo only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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