Mark Tullo (born 9 February 1978) is a
Chile
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an professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
er.
Tullo 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, whose ...
. He attended
North Carolina State University
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in the United States on a golf scholarship, graduating with a degree in Business Management, and turned professional in 2003. He has entered the
European Tour
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's
qualifying school
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five times, only making it through to the final stage once, in 2009. He has competed on the second tier
Challenge Tour
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History
The ...
since 2007, and won for the first time in August 2010 at the
Rolex Trophy
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Unlike many Challenge Tour events, the Rolex Trophy has been played at the same venue, ...
, where he edged out
Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero (born 19 April 1993) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.
Amateur career
Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. After a short ...
by a single stroke. He ended the 2010 season inside the top ten on the final Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the elite
European Tour
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for 2011.
Tullo has also won many tournaments in Chile, including the
Chile Open on two occasions, and topped the order of merit three times, in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Amateur wins
*1996–2002 18 wins in Chile
Professional wins (5)
Challenge Tour wins (3)
Other wins (2)
*2005
Chile Open
*2006
Chile Open
Team appearances
Amateur
*
Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing Chile):
2002
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Professional
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World Cup
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(representing Chile):
2008
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,
2013
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See also
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2010 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__
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The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship r ...
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2012 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2012. The top 21 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2012 earned their European Tour card for 2013.
* European Tour rookie in 2013
T = Tied
The player retaine ...
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2014 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2014. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2014 earned their European Tour card for 2015.
* European Tour rookie in 2015
T = Tied
The player retaine ...
References
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Chilean male golfers
NC State Wolfpack men's golfers
European Tour golfers
Golfers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Chile
Sportspeople from Santiago
1978 births
Living people
21st-century Chilean people