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Adrián Otaegui Jaúregui (born 21 November 1992) is a Spanish-Emirati professional golfer from
San Sebastián
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who plays on the
European Tour
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where he has won five times. He also played in the inaugural
LIV Golf Invitational Series
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.
Amateur career
Otaegui had a successful amateur career which included winning the 2010
Boys Amateur Championship at
Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club where he beat
Max Rottluff 4 & 3 in the final.
Professional career
Otaegui turned professional in July 2011. From 2011 to 2013 he played on the
Challenge Tour
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. He had three runner-up finishes in 2013, at the
Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, the
Rolex Trophy and the
Kazakhstan Open, finishing seventh on the
rankings to earn status to play on the
2014 European Tour
The 2014 European Tour was the 43rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 2014
New tournaments for the 2014 season were the Made in Denmark, D+D Real Czech Masters ...
. After a poor 2014, Otaegui regained his place on the European tour by finishing tied for 5th in the
2014 Q School. He lost his card again in 2015, but was joint winner of the
2015 Q School to regain his place for 2016. He had more success in 2016, finishing runner-up in the
Lyoness Open, one stroke behind
Wu Ashun
Wu Ashun (born 22 June 1985) is a Chinese professional golfer. He has won four times on the European Tour and twice on the Japan Golf Tour. He became the first Chinese golfer to win multiple titles on the European Tour with his win at the at 20 ...
, and tied for third place in the
Made in Denmark tournament.
In 2017, Otaegui finished tied for seventh in the
Open de France
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after being tied for the lead after 36 holes. Later in 2017, he tied for 5th in the
Porsche European Open and then had his first professional win in the
Paul Lawrie Matchplay. In the final against
Marcel Siem, he was three down after 9 holes but then won six of the next eight holes to win 2 and 1.
Otaegui was runner-up at the 2018
Volvo China Open, one stroke behind
Alexander Björk and entered the world top-100 for the first time. In his next start, he won the
Belgian Knockout, beating
Benjamin Hébert by 2 shots in the final.
In October 2020, Otaegui won his third title on the European Tour at the
Scottish Championship
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. Having opened the tournament with a ten-under par round of 62, he started the final round four strokes off the lead before closing with a nine-under par 63 to win by four strokes from third round leader
Matt Wallace.
In October 2022, Otaegui won the
Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters at
Valderrama. He shot a four-round total of 265 (19-under-par), setting a new tournament scoring record. He also beat
Joakim Lagergren by six shots.
In June 2023, it was reported that Otaegui had been sanctioned with a four-tournament ban from the European Tour having played in multiple events in the
2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series
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Development
On 17 March 2022, the f ...
. He was also reportedly fined £240,000.
In May 2024, Otaegui won the weather-shortened
Volvo China Open. The win secured him a place in the
2024 PGA Championship.
Nationality change
In November 2024, it was announced that Otaegui would change his sporting nationality from Spain to UAE. He was eligible to do so having resided in the UAE for 13 years previous.
Amateur wins
*2010
Boys Amateur Championship
Professional wins (5)
European Tour wins (5)
*''Note: The 2024 Volvo China Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.''
1Co-sanctioned by the
China Tour
Results in major championships
''Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (twice)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in World Golf Championships
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
*
Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2008
*
European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2009, 2010
*
Jacques Léglise Trophy
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(representing continental Europe): 2010 (winners)
*
Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing Spain):
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
*
European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain):
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
Professional
*
World Cup
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(representing Spain):
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
Source:
See also
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2011 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
*
2013 Challenge Tour graduates
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2014 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
*
2015 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
External links
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Spanish male golfers
Emirati male golfers
Golfers from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
European Tour golfers
LIV Golf players
Sportspeople from San Sebastián
1992 births
Living people
21st-century Spanish sportsmen