Santiago Luna Torres (born 29 November 1962) is a Spanish professional

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er. Luna's father was on the staff at Puerta de Hierro Golf Club in

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. He turned professional in 1982 and has spent over twenty years on the

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, playing in over five hundred tournaments. He ranked in the top one hundred on the Order of Merit twelve times, with a best of 31st place in 1998. His sole win on the European Tour came in 1995 at the

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, but he has several victories in other professional tournaments. He has represented his country in international competition several times, and in 1999 he helped Spain to the runner-up position at the

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Professional wins (16)

European Tour wins (1)

Alps Tour wins (2)

Other wins (9)

*1988 Les Bulles Laurent-Perrier (France), Spanish Professional Closed Championship *1990 Spanish Professional Closed Championship *1992 Spanish Professional Closed Championship *1998 King Hassan II Trophy *1999 Oki Telepizza - APG (Spain) *2000 Spanish Professional Closed Championship *2002 King Hassan II Trophy *2003 King Hassan II Trophy

European Senior Tour wins (4)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Note: The Open Championship was the only major Luna played.''
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing Spain):

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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 ...

(representing Spain):

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luna, Santiago Spanish male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Golfers from Madrid 1962 births Living people 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people