Alexandre Nardy Rocha (born 21 November 1977) is a Brazilian professional

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er. Rocha was born in

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. He had a successful collegiate career in the United States, where he attended

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, before turning professional in 2000. He won tournaments in South America and Canada before qualifying for the

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at the end of 2005. He did not win enough money during his rookie season to retain his playing status and returned to

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where he was the joint winner alongside

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. Having lost his card on the European Tour again at the end of the 2009 season, Rocha qualified for the

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for 2010. In 2010, Rocha became the second Brazilian (after Jaime Gonzalez, who played on the PGA Tour up until 1982) to join the PGA Tour when he graduated from

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. Rocha finished 127th in the 2011 FedEx Cup standings, then lost his PGA Tour card after 2012. He played on the Web.com Tour in 2013 and 2014 before spending 2015 on

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Amateur wins

*1992 South American Championship *1993 Brazil National Junior Championship *1994 Brazil National Championship *1995 Brazil National Junior Championship, South American Championship *1997 Brazil National Championship

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (2)

Tour de las Américas wins (1)

*2001 Rabobank Masters de Chile

Canadian Tour wins (1)

*2003 Casino de Charlevoix Cup (with

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Gira de Golf Profesional Mexicana wins (1)

Other wins (7)

*2000 San Fernando Open (Brazil) *2002 Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Pro-am (Brazil) *2003 Brasília DF Open (Brazil), Club de Campo Open (Brazil), Curitiba Open (Brazil) *2004 Little Rock Maverick Tour Classic (United States) *2008 Marbella Open (Chile)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Brazil):

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Professional *

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