} Santiago Tarrío Ben (born 21 November 1990) is a Spanish

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who currently plays on the

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where has won twice.

Amateur career

Tarrío started playing golf at the age of 7 and turned professional at the age of 17.

Professional career

Tarrío did not start competing internationally until 2016. He had played two events in Spain on the 2015 Alps Tour, missing the cut on each occasion. However he finished 4th at the Alps Tour

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at the end of 2015, to gain a regular place on the tour for 2016. Tarrío was runner-up in the 72-hole Alps Costa del Sol, three strokes behind Tom Shadbolt, and finished the season 26th on the Order of Merit. He was 19th on the 2017 Order of Merit, finishing a stroke behind James Sharp at the Cervino Open. Tarrío won three events in 2016 and 2017 on the domestic Gambito Tour. 2018 was a break-through year for Tarrío. He won two events on the Alps Tour, the Gösser Open and the 72-hole Open International de la Mirabelle d'Or, was joint runner-up twice and led the Order of Merit, to gain a place on the

for 2019. Tarrío played on the

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. His best finish was a tied for 4th place at the Open de Bretagne and he finished the season 63rd on the Order of Merit. On the shorterned

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, Tarrío had a fourth-place finish at the

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in South Africa and finished the season with a runner-up finish at the

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, ending the season 7th on the Order of Merit. Tarrío won his first Challenge Tour event in June 2021, winning a three-man playoff for the

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. The following week he was third at the

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and his second win a week later at the

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. In August 2021 he finished solo third at the

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, a

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event, after birdies at two of the last three holes.

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

Alps Tour wins (2)

Team appearances

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(representing Spain):

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* (in Spanish) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarrio, Santiago Spanish male golfers People from Arzúa (comarca) Sportspeople from the Province of A Coruña 1990 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen