Eugenio López-Chacarra (born 22 March 2000) is a Spanish professional golfer.

Early life

Chacarra was born in Madrid, Spain. His sister, Carolina, also plays college golf in the United States, at Wake Forest University.[1]

Amateur career

Chacarra attended Oklahoma State University, where he studied Sports Management, Finance and Psychology.[2] He was a first team All-American and reached a high of number two in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, before turning professional and joining LIV Golf in June 2022,[3][4] reportedly on a three-year contract.[5] Two months before then, he had announced that he would be returning for a fifth year at Oklahoma State, despite qualifying for the Korn Ferry Tour through the PGA Tour University rankings.[6]

Professional career

In October 2022, Chacarra gained his first professional victory, winning the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok by three strokes from Patrick Reed; his Fireballs team also won team component.[7] In August 2023, Chacarra won the St Andrews Bay Championship played at Fairmont St Andrews on the Asian Tour as part of the International Series. He defeated Matt Jones in a 10 hole sudden-death playoff.[8]

Amateur wins

Source:[10]

Professional wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 27 Aug 2023 St Andrews Bay Championship −19 (68-66-68-67=269) Playoff Australia Matt Jones

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 St Andrews Bay Championship Australia Matt Jones Won with par on tenth extra hole

LIV Golf Invitational Series wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Oct 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok1 −19 (65-63-69=197) 3 strokes United States Patrick Reed

1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour

Results in major championships

Tournament 2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ Herzig, Gabrielle (28 February 2022). "College golf's best sibling duo you've never heard of: Meet Carolina and Eugenio Chacarra". Golf Digest. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ Mellado, Enrique (25 June 2022). "El LIV Golf ficha al 'Niño Maravilla', el español Eugenio López-Chacarra" [LIV Golf signs the 'Wonder Boy', the Spaniard Eugenio López-Chacarra]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hamel, Riley (25 June 2022). "The No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, Eugenio Chacarra, is turning professional to play for LIV Golf". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ Woodard, Adam (30 June 2022). "Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra explains flip-flop decision to bail on Oklahoma State and PGA Tour for LIV Golf". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Eugenio Chacarra, No. 2-Ranked Amateur, Turns Pro to Join LIV Golf". Sports Illustrated. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b Hamel, Riley (13 April 2022). "Oklahoma State star Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra to forfeit PGA Tour University status and will return to college". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Lopez-Chacarra wins LIV Golf Bangkok by three strokes". Yahoo! News. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Int'l Series: Chacarra beats Jones in epic playoff". LIV Golf. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Spain's Eugenio López-Chacarra Wins Copa De Andalucia". Atalaya Golf & Country Club. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra Coto". World Amateur Golf Ranking.
  11. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Chacarra
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