In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Virto and the second or maternal family name is Astudillo.
Borja Virto
Virto in 2016
Personal information
Full name
Borja Virto Astudillo
Born
(1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 33) Pamplona, Spain
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Sporting nationality
Spain
Residence
Gorraiz, Spain
Career
College
Iowa State University
Turned professional
2013
Current tour(s)
Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)
European Tour Alps Tour
Professional wins
4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour
2
Other
2
Borja Virto Astudillo (born 4 February 1991) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Virto played college golf at Iowa State University for two years.[1]
Virto played on the Alps Tour in 2014, winning twice, and finishing fourth on the Order of Merit.[2] This finish secured him a Challenge Tour card for 2015 but he finished T-18 at the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School (after starting at the second stage) to earn his European Tour card for 2015.
He split time between both tours in 2015 and won on the Challenge Tour at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge in July[3] and The Foshan Open in October.[4] He finished 2015 in third place on the Challenge Tour, earning a place on the European Tour for 2016.
^"Borja Virto Bio". Iowa State Cyclones. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^"Borja Virto Astudillo – Biography". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^"Brilliant Borja claims Slovakia win in some style". PGA European Tour. 12 July 2015.
^"Virto Astudillo crowned Foshan Open Champion". PGA European Tour. 25 October 2015.
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