Benjamín Alvarado (born 2 September 1985) is a Chilean professional golfer. Alvarado was born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, Chile. He played college golf at Arizona State University, earning All-American honors in 2006 and 2007. He turned professional in 2007. Alvarado has played on the

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in 2008 and 2009; the

Tour de las Américas The Tour de las Américas (TLA) was the principal men's professional golf tour throughout Latin America and the Caribbean from 2000 through to 2012 when it was superseded by PGA Tour Latinoamérica. History Top level tournament golf in Latin Ame ...

, winning twice in 2011 and finishing second on the Order of Merit; the

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, finishing third on the Order of Merit in 2011;

PGA Tour Latinoamérica PGA Tour Latinoamérica is a third level professional golf tour formed in 2012 and operated by the PGA Tour. It was formed in concert with the now defunct Tour de las Américas. Executives from the Tour de las Américas became employees of the new ...

, finishing 23rd on the 2012 Order of Merit; and the

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, winning the 2013 Brasil Classic to earn his tour card. Alvarado is the first Chilean winner on the Web.com Tour and was a last-minute sponsor exemption for the Brazil event. He finished 11th on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular-season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. Alvarado is the first Chilean to earn a PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only one cut in six events, finished 240th on the

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points list and lost his PGA Tour card.

Personal life

Alvarado married model and presenter Lucila Vit in 2012. They divorced in 2016.

Amateur wins

* 2001 South American Championship * 2002 Junior Orange Bowl

Professional wins (7)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Tour de las Américas wins (2)

PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series wins (1)

Other wins (3)

* 2003 Abierto de Chile (as an amateur) * 2007 Abierto Hacienda Chicureo (Chile) * 2008 Abierto Hacienda Chicureo (Chile)

Team appearances

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(representing Chile): 2002, 2004, 2006

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* * * * * Chilean male golfers Arizona State Sun Devils men's golfers PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers PGA Tour golfers European Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Sportspeople from Santiago 1985 births Living people 21st-century Chilean people {{Chile-golf-bio-stub