Roberto De Vicenzo (14 April 1923 – 1 June 2017) was a

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

from Argentina. He won a record 229 professional tournaments worldwide during his career, including seven on the PGA Tour and most famously the

1967 Open Championship The 1967 Open Championship was the 96th Open Championship, played from 12–15 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. Roberto De Vicenzo, 44, won his only Men's major golf championships, major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up a ...

. He is perhaps best remembered for signing an incorrect scorecard that kept him out of a playoff for the

1968 Masters Tournament The 1968 Masters Tournament was the 32nd Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Bob Goalby won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo, the reigning British Open champ ...

Biography

De Vicenzo was born on 14 April 1923 in Villa Ballester, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was raised in the

Villa Pueyrredón Villa Pueyrredón is a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. It is located between the neighborhoods of Villa Urquiza, Villa Devoto, and Agronomía. It is a middle class residential neighborhood with streets in draught-board, ...

neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and acquired the game of golf as a caddie. He developed his skills at the Ranelagh Golf Club, and later relocated to the town of the same name. De Vicenzo won his first Argentine tournament, the

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, in 1942; his first World Cup in 1953; and a major tournament, The Open Championship, in

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. De Vicenzo is best remembered for his misfortune in the

. On the par-4 17th hole, Roberto De Vicenzo made a

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, but playing partner Tommy Aaron inadvertently entered a 4 instead of 3 on the scorecard. He did not check the scorecard for the error before signing it, and according to the Rules of Golf the higher score had to stand and be counted. If not for this mistake, De Vicenzo would have tied for first place with

Bob Goalby Robert George Goalby (March 14, 1929 – January 19, 2022) was an American professional golfer. He won the Masters Tournament in 1968 Masters Tournament, 1968, after Roberto De Vicenzo notably made an error on his scorecard. It was Goalby's lon ...

, and the two would have met in an 18-hole playoff the next day. His quote afterwards became legendary for its poignancy: "What a stupid I am!" In 1970 he was voted the

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, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. De Vicenzo subsequently found great success in the early days of the

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, winning the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf two times and the inaugural U.S. Senior Open in 1980. He also won the 1974 PGA Seniors' Championship, and represented Argentina 15 times in the Canada Cup/World Cup, leading Argentina to victory in 1953. De Vicenzo was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989, and officially retired on 12 November 2006, at age 83 with over 200 international victories. The Museum of Golf in Argentina in

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was founded because of his hard work. It was named in his honor upon its completion in 2006. De Vicenzo died 1 June 2017 at the age of 94.

Professional wins (229)

PGA Tour wins (7)

European circuit wins (9)

*1948 (1) North British-Harrogate Tournament *1950 (3)

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, Belgian Open,

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*1960 (1)

*1964 (2)

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*1966 (1) Spanish Open *1967 (1) The Open Championship

Argentine Tour wins (132)

''this list is incomplete'' *1942 (1)

*1943 (2)

Center Open The Center Open, or Abierto del Centro, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina. Founded in 1927, it has always been held at the Córdoba Golf Club in Córdoba. In 2001, Ángel Cabrera set the course record of 60 in the fi ...

, Westinhouse Grand Prix *1944 (3) Argentine PGA Championship,

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, Cirio Grand Prix *1945 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, Cirio Grand Prix, Bahía Blanca Open *1946 (5) Palermo Grand Prix,

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 ...

, La Plata Open, Masllorens Grand Prix *1947 (10) Argentine PGA Championship,

, Cirio Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, Masllorens Grand Prix, Alvear Grand Prix, San Isidro Open, Mailly Grand Prix, America Cup *1948 (5) Argentine PGA Championship, Cirio Grand Prix, Masllorens Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, La Plata Open *1949 (6) Argentine PGA Championship,

, Ituzaingo Grand Prix, Masllorens Grand Prix, San Isidro Open *1950 (4) Masllorens Grand Prix, Ituzaingo Grand Prix, San Isidro Open, San Martin Grand Prix *1951 (5) Argentine PGA Championship,

, Msllorens Grand Prix, Alvear Grand Prix, San Isidro Open *1952 (2)

, San Isidro Open *1953 (1) Argentino Grand Prix *1954 (2) Alvear Grand Prix, San Martin Grand Prix *1958 (1)

*1960 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix, Siam Grand Prix *1961 (1) Ranelagh Open *1962 (6) Argentine Masters,

North Open The North Open, or Abierto del Norte, was one of the major regional golf tournaments in Argentina. First held in 1962, it was always held at the Jockey Club, in Tucumán, the hometown of golfers César Monasterio and Andrés Romero. Eduardo Romer ...

, Branca Grand Prix, Suixtill Grand Prix *1963 (2) Branca Grand Prix, Tortugas Grand Prix *1964 (4) Argentine Masters, Argentine PGA Championship, Minerva Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open *1965 (6) Argentine PGA Championship,

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, Acantilados Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open *1966 (4) Argentine Masters, Argentine PGA Championship,

, Ranser Grand Prix *1967 (6)

, Ranelagh Open, Ranser Grand Prix, Pindapoy Grand Prix *1968 (4)

, Ranelagh Open, Acantilados Grand Prix, Peugeot Grand Prix *1969 (6) Argentine PGA Championship, Norpatagonico Open, Ranelagh Open, Glustora Grand Prix, Lomas Open, Kanmar Grand Prix *1970 (4)

, Argentine Masters, Ranelagh Open, Old Smuggler Grand Prix *1971 (5) Argentine PGA Championship, Acantilados Grand Prix, La Cumbre Open,

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, Santa Teresita Open *1972 (5) Argentine PGA Championship,

, Ranelagh Open, Acantilados Grand Prix *1973 (4)

, Lomas Open *1974 (8) Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Masters,

, San Martin Grand Prix, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix, Los Lagartos Grand Prix *1975 (2) Jockey Club Rosario Open, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix *1976 (2) Velox Grand Prix, Metropolitano Open *1977 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, South Open, Velox Grand Prix *1978 South Open, San Martin Grand Prix, Sidesa Grand Prix *1979 (3) Acantilados Grand Prix, Sidesa Grand Prix *1983 (1)

*1985 (1) Argentine PGA Championship

Latin America/Caribbean wins (60)

''this list may be incomplete'' *1946 Chile Open (tie with

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), Viña del Mar Open (Chile) *1947 Cali Open (Colombia) *1948 Uruguay Open *1949 Uruguay Open *1951 Cali Open (Colombia), Bogota Open (Colombia), Barranquilla Open (Colombia), Mexican Open *1952 Panama Open, Santo Domingo Open (Chile) *1953 Panama Open, Mexican Open,

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*1954

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, Barranquilla Open (Colombia) Bogota Open (Colombia) *1955 Mexican Open, PGA of Mexico, Medellin Open (Colombia) *1956 Jamaica Open, Barranquilla Open (Colombia), Bogota Open (Colombia), PGA of Mexico *1957

, Jamaica Open *1958

, Medellin Open (Colombia), PGA of Mexico *1959 PGA of Mexico *1960

, Barranquilla Open (Colombia), Bogota Open (Colombia) *1961 Chile Open,

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, Barranquilla Open (Colombia) *1962 Barranquilla Open (Colombia) *1963

*1964

, Uruguay Open, Bogota Open (Colombia) *1965

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*1966

*1968

*1969 PGA of Mexico,

*1970 Itanhanga Open (Brazil) *1971 Panama Open *1972 Caracas Open, San Pablo Open (Brazil), Rio Grande Open (Brazil) *1973 Panama Open, Caracas Open,

*1974 Panama Open, Raleigh Cup (Mexico) *1978 Santiago Open (Chile) *1979 Santo Tome Open, Oro Negro Open (Venezuela)

Other wins (3)

Senior PGA Tour wins (2)

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other senior wins (16)

''this list may be incomplete'' *1974 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Senior Championship *1979 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Julius Boros) *1983 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with

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), Doug Sanders Classic *1986 Conmmemorative Pro-Am (Super Senior) *1987

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, Pontevedra Classic (Super Senior), Digital Classic (Super Senior) *1988 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with

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), Vintage Championship Invitational (Super Senior), Pages Classic (Super Senior) *1989 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with

), Vantage Championship (Super Senior) *1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with

) *1992 Center Senior Argentine Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

CUT = missed the half-way cut
R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (1948 Open Championship – 1957 Open Championship) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

Team appearances

* World Cup (representing Argentina):

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

(winners),

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

(individual winner),

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

(individual winner),

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

* World Cup (representing Mexico):

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Vicenzo, Roberto Argentine male golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Winners of men's major golf championships Winners of senior major golf championships World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Argentine people of Italian descent People from San Martín, Buenos Aires Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province 1923 births 2017 deaths