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VICENTE FERNANDEZ
Birth Date: May 4, 1946
Birthplace: Corrientes, Argentina
Age: 58 Ht.: 5'10" Wt.: 170
Home: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Turned Professional: 1964

Joined Senior PGA Tour: 1996

Joined European Tour: 1974

Champions Tour Victories: 4 - 1996 Burnet Senior Classic, 1997 Bank One Classic, 1999 Las Vegas Senior Classic, 2003 ACE Group Clasic

European Tour Victories: 5 - 1970 Dutch Open, 1975 Benson & Hedges Festival, 1979 PGA Championship, 1990 Tenerife Open, 1992 English Open. . . 
Has Also Won 10 tournaments around the world: 1968, '69, '81, '84, '85 & '86 Argentine Open and 1977, '83 & '84 Brazil Open.

Player Notes: Was the second Argentinean to play on the Champions Tour after Roberto De Vicenzo. Nickname is "Chino". . . Competed on the European Tour with current Champions Tour players John Bland, Hugh Baiocchi and Jose Maria Canizares. . . Born with one leg shorter than the other and walks with a slight limp. . . Caddied for Chi Chi Rodriguez at the 1962 World Cup in Argentina. . . One of his sons, Gustavo, was his caddie for his first Champions Tour win at the Burnet Senior Classic.

1992 European Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 15; top-10 finishes -5; scoring average 71.51(ranked 35th); money £217,453 (ranked 16th); won English Open. . . in winning the English Open with a 87-foot putt at the last hole, it is probably the longest putt on the final hole to win a tournament. at age 46 when he won, he became the oldest European Tour winner since 48-year-old Neil Coles won the 1982 Sanyo Open.

1993 European Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 22; in money - 11; top-10 finishes -1; money - £63,968 (91st)

1994 European Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 12; in money - 8; top-10 finishes -1; money - £44,084 (121st)

1995 European Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 21; in money - 13; top-10 finishes -1; money -£95,770 (71st)

1996 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 19; top-10 finishes - 10; scoring average 70.85 (ranked 11th); money - $605,251 (ranked 18th); winner at Burnet Senior Classic.

1997 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 29; top-10 finishes - 9; scoring average 70.98 (ranked 13th); money - $689,915 (ranked 17th); winner at Bank One Classic.

1998 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; top-10 finishes - 9; scoring average 70.51 (ranked 5th); money - $996,338 (ranked 12th); best finish, 2nd, Las Vegas Senior Classic and U.S. Senior Open.

1999 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 28; top-10 finishes - 9; scoring average 70.25 (ranked T8th); money - $1,108,245 (ranked 9th); winner, Las Vegas Senior Classic.

2000 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 27; top-10 finishes - 6; scoring average 70.38 (ranked 14th); money - $758,048 (ranked 23rd); best finish, 2nd, Royal Caribbean Classic and Nationwide Championship.

2001 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 29; top-10 finishes - 7; scoring average 70.93 (ranked 20th); money - $852,442 (ranked 22nd); best finish, 2nd, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship and Las Vegas Senior Classic.

2002 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 28; top-10 finishes - 4; scoring average 71.18 (ranked 29th); money - $572,233 (ranked 35th); best finish, 3rd SBC Championship. Failed to finish in the top-31 for the first time in his career and it ended a string of six consecutive trips to the season-ending Tour Championship.

2003 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -21; top 10 finishes -7; stroke average 70.46 (ranked 21st); money - $1,038,339 (ranked 17th); Best finish, Win ACE Group Classic.