Adan Domingo Sowa (born 15 August 1954) is an

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. Sowa was born in Buenos Aires, and turned professional in 1973. He won the

Argentine Open The Argentine Open or Abierto de la República or Abierto de Argentina is one of the oldest national golf open championships. First played in 1905, when it was called the Open Championship of the River Plate, it has featured numerous notable winn ...

twice, in 1978 and 1983, and led the Argentine Professional Rankings on two occasions, in 1978 and 1982. He was second in the 1985

and the 1982 Argentine PGA Championship. In 1982, Sowa was second in the Jujuy Open on the Argentine Professional Tour, but claimed the first prize cheque because the overall winner was amateur,

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. Sowa played on the European Tour from 1978 to 1986, with a best finish of tied 6th in the

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in 1986, on his way to 69th place on the Order of Merit. He played in the British Open three times, in 1978, 1979 and 1986. Sowa currently competes on the

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. His best finish to date is second in the 2006 Seniors Tour Championship, held in Bahrain, where he lost out to

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on the third hole of a playoff. That year he was 22nd on the season ending money list. Sowa has represented Argentina in the World Cup on four occasions.

Professional wins (21)

Argentine Tour wins (18)

*1978

Metropolitan Championship The Metropolitan Championship, or Campeonato Metropolitano, was a professional golf tournament on the PGA of Argentina Tour, formerly the principal professional golf tour in Argentina. First held in 1955, it has always been held at the Palermo Golf ...

*1979 Argentine PGA Championship *1982

Center Open The Center Open, or Abierto del Centro, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina. Founded in 1927, it has always been held at the Córdoba Golf Club in Córdoba. In 2001, Ángel Cabrera set the course record of 60 in the fi ...

Abierto del Litoral The Coast Open, or Abierto del Litoral, is a golf tournament played in Argentina. Founded in 1932 as the Torneo de Profesionales (Professional Tournament), a name only used for the first two editions, it has always been played at the Rosario Gol ...

, Ituzaingo Grand Prix *1983

(tie with Jorge Soto),

SHA Grand Prix The SHA Grand Prix was a golf tournament on the PGA of Argentina Tour, formerly the principal professional golf tour in Argentina. The tournament has been played only seven times, the first in 1975, it has always been held at the SHA Golf Club, in ...

, Vanguard Grand Prix,

*1984 Ford Taunnus Grand Prix, Highland Park Grand Prix *1985

Pinamar Open The Pinamar Open, or the Abierto de Pinamar, is a golf tournament on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. First held in 1970, it has always been held at the Links Pinamar Golf Club, in Pinamar Pinamar is an Argentine coas ...

*1986 Punta del Este Open (Uruguay) *1987 San Martin Grand Prix *1991

North Open The North Open, or Abierto del Norte, was one of the major regional golf tournaments in Argentina. First held in 1962, it was always held at the Jockey Club, in Tucumán, the hometown of golfers César Monasterio and Andrés Romero. Eduardo Romer ...

(tie with Eduardo Romero), Jockey Club Rosario Open *1992

Other wins (2)

*1984 Rio de Janeiro Cup's (Brazil) *1988 Porto Alegre Open (Brazil)

Senior wins (1)

*2004 Argentine Senior PGA Championship (tie with Horacio Carbonetti)

Playoff record

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances

* World Cup (representing Argentina):

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

* Dunhill Cup (representing Argentina):

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sowa, Adan Argentine male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Buenos Aires 1954 births Living people