César Monasterio

César Monasterio
Personal information
Full name	César Omar Monasterio
Born	(1963-11-28) 28 November 1963 (age 58) Tucumán, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality	Argentina
Residence	Yerba Buena, Argentina
Career
Turned professional	1990
Current tour(s)	European Senior Tour Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Challenge Tour	2
European Senior Tour	1
Other	10

César Omar Monasterio (born 28 November 1963) is an Argentine professional golfer.

Monasterio was born in Tucumán. He turned professional in 1990.

Since 2003 Monasterio has played extensively in Europe on the European Tour and its development tour, the Challenge Tour. He won the 2005 Abierto Telefonica Moviles de Guatemala on the Challenge Tour, and in 2006 captured his first European Tour title at the Aa St Omer Open, which was an official money event on both tours.^[1]

Professional wins (12)[]

European Tour wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	18 Jun 2006	Aa St Omer Open1	−10 (68-68-71-67=274)	1 stroke	, Henrik Nyström

¹Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour wins (2)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Feb 2005	Abierto Telefónica Moviles de Guatemala1	−19 (67-67-67-68=269)	Playoff	David Higgins
2	18 Jun 2006	Aa St Omer Open2	−10 (68-68-71-67=274)	1 stroke	, Henrik Nyström

¹Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas
²Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2003	Costa Rica Open	Sebastián Fernández	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2005	Abierto Telefónica Moviles de Guatemala	David Higgins	Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (10)[]

• 1994 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)
• 1996 Palermo Grand Prix (Arg)
• 1997 Praderas Grand Prix (Arg)
• 1999 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)
• 2002 Acantilados Grand Prix (Arg), Santiago Open (Chile), Santiago del Estero Open (Arg)
• 2008 Ángel Cabrera Classic (Arg)
• 2010 Viña del Mar Open (Chi)
• 2012 Gran Premio Las Praderas (Arg)

European Senior Tour wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	24 Aug 2014	English Senior Open	−14 (69-63-70=202)	5 strokes	Barry Lane, Andrew Oldcorn

Team appearances[]

Professional

• World Cup (representing Argentina): 1995

References[]

External links[]

• César Monasterio at the European Tour official site

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