Jorge Campillo (golfer)

Jorge Campillo
Jorge Campillo
	Campillo at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Born	1 June 1986 (age 35); Cáceres, Spain
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Nationality	Spain
Residence	Cáceres, Spain
Career
College	Indiana University
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	2
Highest ranking	59 (5 May 2019); (as of 19 September 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2018, 2019, 2020
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2018, 2019, 2021

Jorge Campillo (born 1 June 1986) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won on the tour, the 2019 Trophée Hassan II and the 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Amateur career[]

After attending the Spanish national training centre as a junior, Campillo elected to play college golf at Indiana University in the United States.^[2] Campillo would go on to become one of the most successful players in the university's history, winning nine intercollegiate titles and being named to the Golfweek First Team All-American squad.^[3] He finished second in the 2008 NCAA championship. He also played in the Palmer Cup for Europe in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Professional career[]

Campillo turned professional on graduating in 2009 and began playing on invites to the European and Challenge Tours. He recorded top-10 finishes on both tours and ended the season 98th on the Challenge Tour standings. He played full-time on the Challenge Tour in 2010, improving to 87th in the standings and reaching the final stage of qualifying school, but his breakthrough year was 2011. Campillo recorded two runner-up finishes on the Challenge Tour, in the Acaya Open and the Rolex Trophy, on his way to ninth place in the rankings and promotion to the European Tour.

Campillo made a good start on the European Tour, finishing tied for second place in the Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India in February 2012. He has also finished tied for second place in the Nelson Mandela Championship in December 2013 and in the Tshwane Open in March 2017 and was runner-up in the 2018 Maybank Championship.

Campillo made a good start to 2019 with two more runner-up finishes, in the Oman Open and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. In April he won the Trophée Hassan II by 2 strokes, his first European Tour win after 229 European Tour starts.

In March 2020, Campillo won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, after winning a five-hole sudden death playoff.^[4]

Amateur wins[]

2006 Boilermaker Invitational
2007 Sofitel Biarritz Cup, Gado North Texas Classic, Pinehurst Intercollegiate
2008 UMB Bank-Mizzou Tiger Classic, Boilermaker Invitational, Big Ten Championship, Wolf Run Intercollegiate, Windon Memorial Classic
2009 Adidas Hoosier Invitational

Professional wins (2)[]

European Tour wins (2)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Apr 2019	Trophée Hassan II	−9 (72-71-69-71=283)	2 strokes	Sean Crocker, Julian Suri, Erik van Rooyen
2	8 Mar 2020	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	−13 (66-66-67-72=271)	Playoff	David Drysdale

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2020	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	David Drysdale	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	NT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary[]

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Most consecutive cuts made – 0
Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament	2018	2019	2020
Championship	T27		67
Match Play			NT¹
Invitational
Champions	T54	T34	NT¹

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2004
European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2005, 2007, 2008
European Youths' Team Championship (representing Spain) (winners): 2006
Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2007, 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners)
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Spain): 2008
St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2008

Professional

World Cup (representing Spain): 2018

Source: ^[5]

References[]

^ "Week 18 2019 Ending 5 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ Indiana Hoosiers profile Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jorge Campillo signs on with Cleveland Golf/Srixon tour staff
^ "Campillo holds nerve on fifth playoff hole to win Qatar Masters". ESPN. Reuters. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "European Amateur Team Championships, Results". European Golf Association. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links[]

Jorge Campillo at the European Tour official site
Jorge Campillo at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w201918-1] "Week 18 2019 Ending 5 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[2] Indiana Hoosiers profile Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Jorge Campillo signs on with Cleveland Golf/Srixon tour staff

[4] "Campillo holds nerve on fifth playoff hole to win Qatar Masters". ESPN. Reuters. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

[5] "European Amateur Team Championships, Results". European Golf Association. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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