} Alfredo García-Heredia (born 19 December 1981) is a Spanish

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and

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player. He was runner-up at the 2022

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and the 2024

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. He won the 2021 B-NL Challenge Trophy on the

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Amateur career

García-Heredia was born in

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, and was introduced to golf by his uncles at age 14. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 2001 and 2004 Spanish Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship. In 2002, he played for Europe in the

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in Japan and at the

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in Switzerland, where he halved his Sunday singles match against Nigel Edwards. García-Heredia won the

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in the Netherlands, and secured a silver for Spain at the

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together with

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and

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Professional career

García-Heredia turned professional in 2005 and started playing on the

. He was runner-up at the 2008

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behind

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and the 2020

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,behind

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. He secured his first Challenge Tour win at the 2021 B-NL Challenge Trophy, birdieing the seventh extra hole of a four-man playoff. He finished the 6th in the Challenge Tour rankings to graduate to the

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. On the European Tour, García-Heredia tied for 4th at the 2008

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, two strokes behind winner Peter Lawrie and also secured a card at

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in 2008. He was runner-up at the 2022

. In 2024, he tied for 10th at Acciona Open de España and lost in a playoff to Matt Wallace at the

to finish a career-best 75th in the Order of Merit, at the age of 42.

Amateur wins

*2001 Spanish Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship *2004 Spanish Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

Alps Tour wins (2)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain):

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(winners) *

(representing Europe): 2002 *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2002, 2004 *

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(representing Spain):

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

References

External links

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