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Jorge Campillo (golfer)

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Jorge Campillo
Campillo at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Born (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 38)
Cáceres, Spain
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Sporting nationality Spain
ResidenceCáceres, Spain
Career
CollegeIndiana University
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking59 (5 May 2019)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2019, 2020
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT43: 2024

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

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After attending the Spanish national training centre as a junior, Campillo elected to play college golf at Indiana University in the United States.[2] 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.[3] He finished second in the 2008 NCAA championship. He also played in the Palmer Cup for Europe in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Professional career

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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.[4]

In March 2020, Campillo won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, after winning a five-hole sudden death playoff.[5]

In March 2023, Campillo won the Magical Kenya Open. He shot a final-round 66 to win by two shots ahead of Masahiro Kawamura.[6]

Amateur wins

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  • 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)

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European Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 28 Apr 2019 Trophée Hassan II −9 (72-71-69-71=283) 2 strokes United States Sean Crocker, United States Julian Suri,
South Africa Erik van Rooyen
2 8 Mar 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −13 (66-66-67-72=271) Playoff Scotland David Drysdale
3 12 Mar 2023 Magical Kenya Open −18 (69-68-63-66=266) 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kawamura

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Scotland David Drysdale Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
2 2023 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Finland Sami Välimäki Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2024 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters France Julien Guerrier Lost to par on ninth extra hole

Results in major championships

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Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT NT CUT CUT T43
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (2024 Open Championship, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2018 2019 2020
Championship T27 67
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions T54 T34 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Source:[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 18 2019 Ending 5 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ Indiana Hoosiers profile Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jorge Campillo signs on with Cleveland Golf/Srixon tour staff
  4. ^ Tremlett, Sam (29 April 2019). "Jorge Campillo Wins Trophee Hassan II For Maiden European Tour Title". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Campillo holds nerve on fifth playoff hole to win Qatar Masters". ESPN. Reuters. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ "DP World Tour: Jorge Campillo completes impressive two-shot victory at Magical Kenya Open". Sky Sports. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  7. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ "European Amateur Team Championships, Results". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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