Armando Saavedra (born 27 September 1954) is an

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. Born in

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, Saavedra worked as a caddie in

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, before turning professional in 1974. Saavedra won the Argentine Professional Ranking in 1979, but only competed in four major championships, in the

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in 1979, 1980, 1985 and 1990. He competed on the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

from 1978 to 1979 and from 1985 to 1992 and obtained three top ten finishes: T8 at the

Scandinavian Enterprise Open The Scandinavian Enterprise Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour that was played in Sweden until 1990, when it had a prize fund of £400,000, which was mid-range for the tour at that time. In 1991, the tournament was merged with fell ...

in 1979, T5 at the Peugeot Open de France in 1986 and 7th at the

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in 1990. He competed on the

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in 1979 and his best finish was third in the

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. In 1985, Saavedra lost in a playoff at the Kentab Open (Sweden). Saavedra represented Argentina on one occasion in the

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in 1987 and finished fourth in the individual competition in

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. He also represented Argentina in the

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in 1986. After turning 50, Saavedra competed on the

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in 2005.

Professional wins

Argentine wins (22)

*1978

Chaco Open The Chaco Open, Abierto del Nordeste or Northeast Open, 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 Chaco Golf Club, in Resistencia, Chaco Province ...

, Jujuy Open *1979 International Bank Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, La Razon Cup *1982

South Open The South Open, or Abierto del Sur, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina, and is also one of the oldest, having been inaugurated 1918. It has always been held at the Mar del Plata Golf Club in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aire ...

Praderas Grand Prix The Praderas Grand Prix or Gran Premio Las Praderas is a golf tournament on the TPG Argentina Tour, formerly the principal professional golf tour in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argent ...

(tie with

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) *1984 San Isidro Open *1985

Acantilados Grand Prix The Acantilados Grand Prix or Gran Premio Los Acantilados was a golf tournament on the PGA of Argentina Tour, formerly the principal professional golf tour in Argentina. Founded in 1954, it was always been held at the Club de Golf Los Acantilados i ...

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 ...

, Vanguard Grand Prix *1986

, Ranelagh Open *1987

, South American Team *1992 Palermo Grand Prix, Golfer's Grand Prix, Campeonato Metropolitano *1993

Mendoza Open The Mendoza Open, or the Western Open, was a golf tournament on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour in Argentina. Founded in 1939, the first two events were held at the Andino Golf Club in Mendoza, Mendoza Province Mendoza, offici ...

*1994

Argentine PGA Championship The Argentine PGA Championship is a golf tournament played in Argentina since 1920. It was generally supported by the leading Argentine golfers and its list of champions includes Eduardo Romero (8 times), José Jurado (7 times), Vicente Fernández ...

*1997 La Plata Open,

Other wins (4)

*1986 Iguazu International Open (Paraguay) *1987 São Paulo Open (Brazil) *1992

Colombian Open The Colombian Open, or Abierto de Colombia, is a golf tournament on the Colombian Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamérica that was first played in 1945. It has also on occasion been an event on the Tour de las Americas. In 2001, Camilo Villegas Ca ...

*2001 Santo Domingo Open (Chile)

Senior wins (5)

*2006

Argentine Senior Open The Argentine Senior Open, or Campeonato Abierto Senior, is a senior men's professional golf tournament held in Argentina that was founded in 1987. The first winner was 63-year-old Roberto De Vicenzo. The most successful player is Horacio Carbonett ...

, Chaco Senior Open, Jockey Club Rosario Senior Open *2007 Rafaela Senior Grand Prix *2009 Acantilados Senior Open

Team appearances

Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championshi ...

(representing Argentina):

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(representing Argentina):

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

External links

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