Ángel Gallardo (born 29 July 1943) is a Spanish professional

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er. Gallardo was a member of the

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from its first official season in 1972 until 1982. He finished in the top one hundred of the European Tour Order of Merit in each of those eleven seasons, with a best ranking of tenth in 1977. His only official European Tour win was the 1977 Italian Open however he did win the 1967

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and the 1970 Spanish Open, events that would soon be enfolded into the European Tour schedule. He also won the 1971 Mexican Open. He was the second non-British golfer to be elected as Captain of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland in 1982. Since leaving the tour, Gallardo has worked as a coach and as a

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, with work that has included co-designing the PGA Golf de Catalunya, venue for the

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in 2009. He was vice-chairman of the

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from 1995 to 2019 and is now Ambassador of the

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (6)

*1967

*1969 Sumrie Better-Ball (with Maurice Bembridge) *1970 Spanish Open *1971 Mexican Open *1973 Memorial Olivier Barras, Copa Raleigh

Results in major championships

''Note: Gallardo only played in The Open Championship.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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(representing Spain):

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

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

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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, ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

* Double Diamond International (representing Continental Europe): 1972, 1974, 1977 (captain) * Marlboro Nations' Cup (representing Spain): 1972 (winners), 1973 *Sotogrande Match/ Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Continent of Europe): 1974, 1976 (captain), 1978 (captain), 1980 (captain)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallardo, Angel Spanish male golfers Golfers from Catalonia European Tour golfers Golfers from Barcelona 1943 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportspeople 20th-century Spanish sportsmen