Sebastián Fernández (born 8 September 1973) is an

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. Fernández was born in Buenos Aires. He worked as a

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in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1991. He won the Argentine Tour Order of Merit in 2000. He won three Argentine PGA Championships, in 1991, 2001 and 2005, the first as an 18-year-old, and also came second in 2003. Fernández competed on the Challenge Tour from 2003 to 2007, winning one tournament, the

Costa Rica Open The Costa Rica Open is a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually in Costa Rica until 2007. It was an event on the Tour de las Americas from 2002 until its replacement by the Costa Rica Golf Classic in 2008, and was also co-s ...

in 2003, and finishing second in the

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(Sweden) in 2003, the Costa Rica Open in 2005 and the

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in 2006. Seventh place on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit in 2003 enabled Fernández to play on the European Tour the following year. He managed a best finish of 16th position in the BMW International Open, and just missed out on retaining his tour card, ending the season 136th on the money list. In 2008 he played on the

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, achieving a best of 5th place in the New Zealand PGA Championship.

Professional wins (20)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1)

Tour de las Américas wins (3)

* 2002 Tikal Trophy Guatemala * 2010

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¹ ¹Co-sanctioned by the

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TPG Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Argentine wins (12)

* 1991 Argentine PGA Championship * 1992 Ituzaingo Grand Prix, Nautico Hacoaj Grand Prix * 1993

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* 1995

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* 1998 Las Delicias Grand Prix * 2000

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, Bariloche Grand Prix, Acantilados Grand Prix * 2001 Argentine PGA Championship * 2005 Argentine PGA Championship * 2009 YPF Classic Mendoza Open

Other wins (1)

* 1996 Carmel Open (Colombia)

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