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Adrián Otaegui

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In this Basque name, the first surname is Otaegui and the second is Jaúregui.
Adrián Otaegui
Otaegui in 2016
Personal information
Full nameAdrián Otaegui Jaúregui
Born (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 31)
San Sebastián, Spain
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality Spain
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins5
Highest ranking64 (17 February 2019)[1]
(as of 3 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT65: 2018
U.S. OpenCUT: 2020
The Open ChampionshipT55: 2023

Adrián Otaegui Jaúregui (born 21 November 1992) is a Spanish professional golfer from San Sebastián who plays on the European Tour where he has won five times. He also played in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Amateur career

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Otaegui had a successful amateur career which included winning the 2010 Boys Amateur Championship at Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club where he beat Max Rottluff 4 & 3 in the final.

Professional career

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Otaegui turned professional in July 2011. From 2011 to 2013 he played on the Challenge Tour. He had three runner-up finishes in 2013, at the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, the Rolex Trophy and the Kazakhstan Open, finishing 7th in the money list to earn his place on the European Tour for 2014. After a poor 2014, Otaegui regained his place on the European tour by finishing tied for 5th in the 2014 Q School. He lost his card again in 2015 but was joint winner of the 2015 Q School to regain his place for 2016. He had more success in 2016, being runner-up in the Lyoness Open, a stroke behind Wu Ashun, and tied for third place in the Made in Denmark tournament.

In 2017 Otaegui finished tied for 7th in the Open de France after being tied for the lead after 36 holes.[2] Later in 2017 he tied for 5th in the Porsche European Open and then had his first professional win in the Paul Lawrie Matchplay. In the final against Marcel Siem, he was three down after 9 holes but then won six of the next eight holes to win 2&1.

Otaegui was runner-up in the 2018 Volvo China Open, a stroke behind Alexander Björk and entered the world top-100 for the first time. In his next start he won the Belgian Knockout, beating Benjamin Hébert by 2 shots in the final.[3]

In October 2020, Otaegui won his third title on the European Tour at the Scottish Championship. Having opened the tournament with a ten-under par round of 62, he started the final round four strokes off the lead before closing with a nine-under par 63 to win by four strokes from third round leader Matt Wallace.[4]

In October 2022, Otaegui won the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters at Valderrama. He shot a four-round total of 265 (19-under-par), setting a new tournament scoring record. He also beat Joakim Lagergren by six shots.[5]

In June 2023, it was reported that Otaegui had been sanctioned with a four-tournament ban from the European Tour having played in multiple events in the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series. He was also reportedly fined £240,000.[6]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (5)

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European Tour wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 20 Aug 2017 Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play 2 and 1 Germany Marcel Siem
2 20 May 2018 Belgian Knockout −3 2 strokes France Benjamin Hébert
3 18 Oct 2020 Scottish Championship −23 (62-70-70-63=265) 4 strokes England Matt Wallace
4 16 Oct 2022 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters −19 (67-66-64-68=265) 6 strokes Sweden Joakim Lagergren
5 5 May 2024 Volvo China Open1 −18 (67-66-65=198)* 1 stroke Italy Guido Migliozzi

*Note: The 2024 Volvo China Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

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 T65 CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT T55
  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 4 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2018 2019
Championship T60
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T62
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Source:[8][9][10][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 7 2019 Ending 17 Feb 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Otaegui and Uihlein lead the way in France". European Tour. 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ Bisset, Fergus (20 May 2018). "Adrian Otaegui beats Benjamin Hebert to win Belgian Knockout". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Otaegui powers to victory in Scotland". European Tour. 18 October 2020.
  5. ^ Casey, Phil (16 October 2022). "Home favourite Adrian Otaegui eases to victory in Andalucia Masters". Yahoo! Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  6. ^ Parsons, Ben (2 June 2023). "Ryder Cup hopeful suffers blow with ban for LIV Golf participation". Bunkered. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Jacques Léglise Trophy". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships – Men's Records". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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