{{short description|Spanish professional golfer}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{family name hatnote|Virto|Astudillo|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Borja Virto | image = 2016 Lyoness Open - Borja Virto (27583999365).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Virto in 2016 | fullname = Borja Virto Astudillo | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Pamplona, Spain | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1991|2|4|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{ESP}} | residence = Gorraiz, Spain | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Iowa State University | yearpro = 2013 | tour = Challenge Tour | extour = European Tour<br>Alps Tour | prowins = 4 | pgawins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour wins --> | eurowins = <!-- Number of European Tour wins --> | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins --> | sunwins = <!-- Number of Sunshine Tour wins --> | auswins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins --> | nwidewins = <!-- Number of Web.com Tour wins --> | chalwins = 2 | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = 2 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = <!-- Best finish & year – Masters Tournament --> | usopen = <!-- Best finish & year – U.S. Open --> | open = <!-- Best finish & year – Open Championship --> | pga = <!-- Best finish & year – PGA Championship --> | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Borja Virto Astudillo''' (born 4 February 1991) is a Spanish professional golfer.
== Amateur career == Virto played college golf at Iowa State University for two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46586&SPID=4237&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=204867898 |title=Borja Virto Bio |publisher=Iowa State Cyclones |accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref>
== Professional career == Virto played on the Alps Tour in 2014, winning twice, and finishing fourth on the Order of Merit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=39235/bio/index.html |title=Borja Virto Astudillo – Biography |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> This finish secured him a Challenge Tour card for 2015 but he finished T-18 at the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School (after starting at the second stage) to earn his European Tour card for 2015.
He split time between both tours in 2015 and won on the Challenge Tour at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge in July<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015754/news/newsid=264039.html |title=Brilliant Borja claims Slovakia win in some style |publisher=PGA European Tour |date=12 July 2015}}</ref> and The Foshan Open in October.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015784/news/newsid=275620.html |title=Virto Astudillo crowned Foshan Open Champion|publisher=PGA European Tour |date=25 October 2015}}</ref> He finished 2015 in third place on the Challenge Tour, earning a place on the European Tour for 2016.
==Amateur wins== *2009 Spanish Under 18 Championship
==Professional wins (4)== ===Challenge Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|12 Jul 2015 |D+D Real Slovakia Challenge |−17 (69-67-69-66=271) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|POR}} Ricardo Gouveia |- |align=center|2 |align=right|25 Oct 2015 |Foshan Open |−15 (64-67-72-70=273) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Åkesson |}
===Alps Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|28 Jun 2014 |Alps de Las Castillas |−8 (68-66-71=205) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|ESP}} Borja Etchart |- |align=center|2 |align=right|5 Sep 2014 |Open La Pinetina – Memorial Giorgio Bordoni |−12 (65-64-69=198) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Balmaseda, {{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Maccario,<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Shadbolt |}
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2008, 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association |date=19 October 2015 |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-boys-team-championship |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref> *European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=European Amateur Team Championship Results|date=19 October 2015 |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-amateur-team-championship-results|access-date=26 May 2021|publisher=European Golf Association}}</ref>
==See also== *2014 European Tour Qualifying School graduates *2015 Challenge Tour graduates
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{EuroTour player|39235}} *{{OWGR|17313|Borja Virto Astudillo}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Virto, Borja}} Category:Spanish male golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:Iowa State Cyclones men's golfers Category:Sportspeople from Pamplona Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen
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