Camilo Villegas
| Camilo Villegas | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Camilo Villegas Restrepo |
| Born |
7 January 1982 Medellín, Colombia |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
| Nationality |
 Colombia
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| Residence |
Gainesville, Florida Jupiter, Florida |
| Partner | Maria Ochoa Mora |
| Career | |
| College | University of Florida |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour (past champion status; joined 2006) Web.com Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T13: 2009 |
| U.S. Open | T9: 2008 |
| The Open Championship | T13: 2009 |
| PGA Championship | T4: 2008 |
Camilo Villegas (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈmilo βiˈʎeɣas]; born 7 January 1982) is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child. After several different National Junior Championships in Colombia between the ages of 8 and 15, at 16 he became the first player in Colombian golf history to win the Amateur's Grand Slam in the same year: The National Junior Championship (stroke play), the National Junior Championship (match play), the National Amateur Championship, and the Colombian Open in the amateur category. Then, in 2001, he became only the second player to win the Colombian Open as an amateur. His success in Colombian golf throughout the 1990s earned him the distinction of "Player of the Decade" issued by the Colombian Golf Federation.
Villegas accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 2001 to 2004. As a freshman in 2001, Villegas was a member of the Gators' 2001 NCAA championship team. During his college golf career, he was the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year in 2001, the SEC Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004, and an All-American four consecutive years (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). Villegas graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2004.
Villegas is known for his commitment to physical fitness, and says his mentor and inspiration is golf icon Gary Player. They have just starred together in a new MasterCard "priceless" commercial.
In the June 2006 issue of Golf Digest, he was named "the sexiest player on tour, Tiger Woods included." He has also gained notoriety for sporting flashy dress clothing by designer J. Lindeberg.
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