Jorge Campillo (golfer)

Jorge Campillo (born 1 June 1986) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won on the tour, the 2019 Trophée Hassan II and the 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Jorge Campillo
Campillo at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Born (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986
Cáceres, Spain
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Nationality Spain
ResidenceCáceres, Spain
Career
CollegeIndiana University
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking59 (5 May 2019)[1]
(as of 7 February 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2019, 2020
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2019

Amateur career

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

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.

In March 2020, Campillo won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, after winning a five-hole sudden death playoff.[4]

Amateur wins

  • 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 (2)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 28 Apr 2019 Trophée Hassan II −9 (72-71-69-71=283) 2 strokes Sean Crocker, Julian Suri,
Erik van Rooyen
2 8 Mar 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −13 (66-66-67-72=271) Playoff David Drysdale

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters David Drysdale Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament 201820192020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT NT
  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

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000000
PGA Championship00000030
U.S. Open00000000
The Open Championship00000020
Totals00000050
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 0
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament201820192020
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

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

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