Ricardo Gouveia (golfer)

Ricardo Gouveia (born 6 August 1991) is a Portuguese professional golfer.

Ricardo Gouveia
Personal information
Born (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st)
Nationality Portugal
Career
CollegeLynn University
University of Central Florida
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking77 (31 January 2016)[1]
(as of 16 August 2020)
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner
2015

Gouveia played college golf at Lynn University and the University of Central Florida.[2] He played on the winning European team in the Palmer Cup in 2014.

Gouveia turned professional in 2014 and plays on the Challenge Tour. He won his first tournament in his seventh start, playing on an invitation, at the EMC Golf Challenge Open in October 2014.[3]

Gouveia has been featured in the Top 100 Official World Golf Ranking, with a high of 77th.

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

Legend
Grand Finals (1)
Other Challenge Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 5 Oct 2014 EMC Golf Challenge Open −9 (68-71-69-67=275) Playoff Florian Fritsch
2 5 Jul 2015 Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour −15 (63-79-69-69=269) 4 strokes Dean Burmester
3 7 Nov 2015 NBO Golf Classic Grand Final −13 (67-67-76-65=203) 1 stroke Joachim B. Hansen

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 EMC Golf Challenge Open Florian Fritsch Won with birdie on third extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2014 (winners)

Professional

See also

References

  1. "Week 5 2016 Ending 31 Jan 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Ricardo Gouveia profile". UCF Knights. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. "Gouveia earns playoff win in Italy". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. The Sports Network. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014.


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