José Manuel Lara (born 21 May 1977) is a Spanish professional

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er. Lara was born in

Valencia, Spain Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. He turned professional in 1997, and has competed on the European Tour since 2001, having finished 11th in the previous seasons

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rankings. From 2003 to 2012, he maintained his tour card by finishing inside the top 115 on the Order of Merit, with a best of 30th place in 2006. However, after a poor 2013 season in which he only made 7 cuts from 29 tour events, he finished 154th on the money list and failed to regain his card at Q-School. Lara claimed his first European Tour victory at the Hong Kong Open in November 2006. He has featured in the top 100 of the

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. At the 2012 BMW International Open, Lara was disqualified after his caddie tried to hide an illegal 15th club. In 2017, Lara was briefly the caddie for Sergio García. García's regular caddie left temporarily after his wife gave birth. Lara is running a golf TV show at Movistar Golf Channel, named Movistar Lara Golf Academy, and is a golf director of A La Roca Golf Academy by Jmlara, at la Roca golf club, close to Barcelóna.

Amateur wins

*1996 European Junior Amateur Championship, Spanish International Amateur Championship

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Alps Tour wins (1)

Other wins (6)

*2001 Peugeot Oliva Nova, Peugeot Pula Golf, Ganador Gran Final Circuito Español *2008 Peugeot Loewe Tour de Maioris *2010 Peugeot Loewe Tour de Maioris *2011 Peugeot Loewe Tour Golf Escorpión

Results in major championships

''Note: Lara never played in the

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or the

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CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Team appearances

Amateur * Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1993, 1994, 1995 * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 1995 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain):

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

(winners) * European Youths' Team Championship (representing Spain): 1996 *

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(representing Spain):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

* St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1996 Professional *

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(representing Spain):

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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* * * Spanish male golfers European Tour golfers Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Valencia 1977 births Living people 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-golf-bio-stub