Ariel Cañete

Ariel Cañete (born 7 February 1975) is an Argentine professional golfer.

Ariel Cañete
Personal information
Full nameAriel Cañete
Born (1975-02-07) 7 February 1975
Santa Teresita, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Nationality Argentina
ResidenceSanta Teresita, Argentina
SpouseLorena
ChildrenMia
Career
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)Web.com Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour1
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT39: 2008
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Order of Merit winner		2012

Cañete was born in Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1995.

Having competed on the local Argentine Tour, and the Tour de las Américas earlier in his career, in 2002 Cañete began playing on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier development tour. He finished high enough in the end of season rankings in 2005 to gain a place on the main European Tour. He finished the 2006 season in 143rd position on the Order of Merit, which was not enough to secure full playing rights for 2007. Having played in two Challenge Tour events in Latin America, he was given an invite to the European Tour's Joburg Open, and he made the most of the opportunity by claiming the title, and with it a two-year exemption on the tour.

After his European Tour victory, Cañete also played events on the Sunshine Tour, Challenge Tour, and Asian Tour with little success; he had two top ten European Tour finishes from 2008 to 2011. He later found stability in Latin America and earned his first professional win since 2007 at the 2012 TransAmerican Power Products Open of PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Later in the 2012 season he picked up his second victory on PGA Tour Latinoamérica when he won the Olivos Golf Classic-Copa Personal. Cañete won the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Order of Merit in 2012 and earned promotion to the Web.com Tour for 2013; Cañete was fully exempt on the Web.com Tour as a result of winning the Order of Merit. It is his second time on the Web.com Tour; he played in seven events and made one cut (T35 at the Inland Empire Open) during the 1996 season of what was then the Nike Tour.

Cañete has played in one major, the 2008 Open Championship. He finished T39 after earning entry through a qualifying tournament.

Amateur wins (3)
  • 1992 South American Cup (Los Andes Cup)
  • 1993 South American Cup (Los Andes Cup)
  • 1994 South American Cup (Los Andes Cup)

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 14 Jan 2007 Joburg Open1 −19 (66-68-65-67=266) 2 strokes Andrew McLardy

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 14 Jan 2007 Joburg Open1 −19 (66-68-65-67=266) 2 strokes Andrew McLardy

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 16 Sep 2012 TransAmerican Power Products Open −18 (68-67-67-68=270) 2 strokes Tommy Cocha
2 19 Dec 2012 Olivos Golf Classic-Copa Personal −9 (71-70-67-67=275) 2 strokes Clodomiro Carranza, José Cóceres

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships
Tournament 2008
The Open Championship T39

Note: Cañete only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
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