Alejandro Cañizares

Alejandro Cañizares
— Golfer —
At the 2009 Dutch Open
Personal information
Full name	José Alejandro Cañizares Gómez
Born	(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983 (age 34) Madrid, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Nationality	Spain
Residence	Málaga, Spain
Career
College	Arizona State University
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T27: 2010
PGA Championship	DNP

José Alejandro Cañizares Gómez (born 9 January 1983) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Cañizares was born in Madrid, and is the son of five-time European Tour winner and four-time European Ryder Cup team member, José Maria Cañizares. He attended college in the United States, where he won the 2003 NCAA men's golf championship while at Arizona State University. He turned professional in 2006.

In August 2006, Cañizares won on his third start as an affiliate member of the European Tour, at the Imperial Collection Russian Open. The win gave him full membership of the tour for two years. It also put him into the record books as the fastest affiliate member to win on the tour, surpassing Sergio García and Graeme McDowell who had both won in their fourth tournaments.

Cañizares earned his PGA Tour card for 2008 through the 2007 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He divided his time between both the PGA and European tours during the season, but was only able to retain his playing status in Europe.

In March 2014, Cañizares won his second European Tour title at the Trophée Hassan II tournament in Morocco. He shot a 62 in the first round and led wire-to-wire, culminating in a five-stroke victory to end an eight-year drought on the tour.

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

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