{{short description|Argentine golfer}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Julio Zapata | image = Julio Zapata.JPG | image_size = 200px | fullname = Julio César Zapata | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1976|7|22|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{ARG}} | residence = Rafaela, Argentina | spouse = {{marriage|Paola|2007}} | partner = | children = 2 | college = | yearpro = 1997 | tour = | extour = European Tour<br>Challenge Tour<br>PGA Tour Latinoamérica<br>Tour de las Américas<br>TPG Tour<br>Chilean Tour | prowins = 18 | pgawins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour wins --> | eurowins = <!-- Number of European Tour wins --> | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions 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 --> | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = <!-- Best finish & year --> | usopen = <!-- Best finish & year --> | open = <!-- Best finish & year --> | pga = <!-- Best finish & year --> | 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 --> }} '''Julio César Zapata''' (born 22 July 1976) is an Argentine professional golfer.
==Career== In 1976, Zapata was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province.<ref name=et>[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=31407/bio/index.html European Tour Media Guide – Julio Zapata – Biography]</ref>
In 1997, he turned professional.<ref name="et" /> In 2005, Zapata was second in the Argentina Tour rankings, winning the Norpatagonico Open and finishing second in five other tournaments, including the Argentine Masters and the Coast Open. The following year, he won the Players Championship on the Tour de las Américas, and was third on that tour's Order of Merit. In 2008 he won the South Open, the last tournament of the 2008 TPG Tour.
Following a successful season on the Challenge Tour in 2007 with eight top ten finishes, highlighted by a second-place finish in Challenge of Ireland, he graduated to the European Tour in 2008. He finished 138th on the Order of Merit, with a best result of 11th in the Omega European Masters, and as a result failed to maintain his playing privileges and dropped back down to the Challenge Tour for 2009, where he did enough to regain his European Tour card for 2011 by ending the season in 11th place on the rankings.<ref>[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=31407/record/index.html European Tour Media Guide – Julio Zapata – Career record]</ref>
==Professional wins (18)== ===Tour de las Américas wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|28 May 2006 |TLA Players Championship |−19 (60-70-67=197) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Fernández, {{flagicon|ARG}} Fabián Gómez |}
===TPG Tour wins (8)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|10 Mar 2007 |Abierto de la Mesopotamia |−16 (65-74-64=203) |6 strokes |{{flagicon|ARG}} Rubén Alvarez, {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Ignacio Gil |- |align=center|2 |align=right|20 Sep 2008 |Abierto de Salta |−5 (70-74-64=208) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ARG}} César Costilla, {{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés Romero |- |align=center|3 |align=right|14 Dec 2008 |Abierto del Sur |−9 (70-70-65-66=271) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Guzmán |- |align=center|4 |align=right|25 Nov 2012 |Abierto de San Luis |−13 (70-66-65-70=271) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ARG}} César Costilla, {{flagicon|ARG}} Paulo Pinto |- |align=center|5 |align=right|20 Jul 2013 |Abierto Termas de Río Hondo |−18 (67-70-68-65=270) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ARG}} Félix Córdoba, {{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Rodríguez |- |align=center|6 |align=right|21 Dec 2013 |Abierto de San Luis (2) |−12 (69-65-67=201) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ARG}} Rafael Echenique, {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Molina |- |align=center|7 |align=right|30 Sep 2017 |Gran Premio Los Pingüinos |−11 (67-66=133) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ARG}} Joaquín Bonjour |- |align=center|8 |align=right|30 Nov 2018 |Buenos Aires Classic |−10 (67-67=134) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ARG}} Oreste Focaccia, {{flagicon|ARG}} Rodolfo González |}
===Chilean 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|1 Mar 2015 |Abierto La Posada |−2 (70-76-67-73=286) |Playoff |{{flagicon|CHL}} Nicolás Geyger |- |align=center|2 |align=right|31 Jan 2016 |Abierto de Granadilla |−9 (69-70-69-71=279) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ARG}} Clodomiro Carranza |}
===Other Argentine wins (6)=== * 2000 Parana Open * 2002 La Cumbre Grand Prix * 2003 Villa Mercedes Open * 2004 San Nicolas Grand Prix * 2005 Norpatagonico Open * 2006 Tandil Open
===Other wins (1)=== * 2010 Santo Domingo Open (Chile)
==See also== * 2007 Challenge Tour graduates * 2010 Challenge Tour graduates
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{PGATour player|25568}} * {{EuroTour player|31407}}
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