Vicente Fernández (golfer)


Vicente Fernández is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.
Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. He won four titles on the tour and had two top ten Order of Merit finishes, placing 6th in 1974 and 9th in 1975. He was sixteenth on the Order of Merit in 1992 at the age of 46.
As a senior Fernández moved to the United States to play on the Senior PGA Tour, where he has won four tournaments. His other wins include eight victories in his national open championship, the Argentine Open.

Professional wins (72)

European Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
116 Aug 1975Benson & Hedges Festival–18 1 stroke Maurice Bembridge
220 May 1979Colgate PGA ChampionshipE 1 stroke Baldovino Dassù, Gary Player
318 Mar 1990Tenerife Open–6 Playoff Mark Mouland
431 Aug 1992Murphy's English Open–5 1 stroke Per-Ulrik Johansson, Fredrik Lindgren

European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11990Tenerife Open Mark MoulandWon with par on third extra hole

Argentine wins (51)

Other senior wins (3)

Note: Fernández only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances