Álvaro Quirós García (born 21 January 1983) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Early life In 1983, Quirós was born in Guadiaro, a borough of San Roque, Cádiz.
Professional career In 2004, Quirós turned professional. In 2006, he played on the Challenge Tour winning one tournament, and went on to earn his place on the European Tour for the 2007 season by finishing in the top 35 at final qualifying school. He won the first European Tour event he entered as a European Tour card-holder at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, played in South Africa.
Quirós claimed his second European Tour win at the 2008 Portugal Masters, where he finished with birdies at both 17 and 18 on Sunday, to win by three strokes over Paul Lawrie. He ended the season ranked 25th on the final Order of Merit. In January 2009, he won his third European Tour title, at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters, which moved him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He ended the season ranked 20th on the inaugural Race to Dubai.
Quirós is noted for his length off the tee, and was the longest driver on the European Tour in 2006, 2007 and 2008, averaging nearly 310 yards.
In May 2010, Quirós won the 2010 Open de España by one shot. He finished the season ranked 14th on the Order of Merit, his best finish to date.
Quirós continued his success in 2011. In February, Quiros won his fifth European Tour title, the Dubai Desert Classic. He defeated James Kingston and Anders Hansen by one stroke to take the title. During the final round, Quiros made a hole in one on the par-three 11th. He also won the season ending Dubai World Championship to finish the season ranked 6th on the Order of Merit. He reached a career high of 21 in the Official World Golf Ranking after each of his two European Tour wins in 2011.
Since 2011 his best performances have been third place in the 2014 Volvo China Open and tied for fourth in the 2016 Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Quirós showed a return to form by winning the 2017 Rocco Forte Open in Sicily. Quirós had a 5-shot lead after three rounds and extended this by making four birdies in the first six holes of the final round. However, he then dropped six strokes in the last 10 holes to tie with South African Zander Lombard. In the playoff Lombard made a bogey at the second hole to give Quirós his seventh European Tour win. Quirós has started the event with a world ranking of 703.
Amateur wins 2004 Biarritz Cup (France)
Professional wins (9) European Tour wins (7) Legend Tour Championships (1) Other European Tour (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up110 Dec 2006(2007 season)Alfred Dunhill Championship1−13 (74-66-68-67=275)1 stroke Charl Schwartzel219 Oct 2008Portugal Masters−19 (66-68-67-68=269)3 strokes Paul Lawrie325 Jan 2009Commercialbank Qatar Masters−19 (69-67-64-69=269)3 strokes Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson42 May 2010Open de España−11 (68-72-67-70=277)Playoff James Morrison 513 Feb 2011Omega Dubai Desert Classic−11 (73-68-68-68=277)1 stroke Anders Hansen, James Kingston611 Dec 2011Dubai World Championship−19 (68-64-70-67=269)2 strokes Paul Lawrie721 May 2017Rocco Forte Open−14 (63-64-70-73=270)Playoff Zander Lombard 1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12010Open de España James MorrisonWon with par on first extra hole22017Rocco Forte Open Zander LombardWon with par on second extra hole
Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up13 Jun 2006Morson International Pro-Am Challenge−13 (67-68-68-64=267)4 strokes Mark Pilkington
Other wins (1) 2006 Seville Open (Spain)
Results in major championships Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Masters TournamentCUTCUTT27CUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTT54CUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTT11CUTCUTCUTPGA ChampionshipT24CUTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 4 Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2011 Masters – 2011 U.S. Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in The Players Championship Tournament201020112012The Players ChampionshipT66T6T40
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2009201020112012Match PlayR64R64R64R64ChampionshipT13T6T64T57InvitationalT15T39T53T43ChampionsT8T53T49T65
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2001 European Youths' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2002, 2004 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Spain): 2004 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2003 (winners)
Professional Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2009 World Cup (representing Spain): 2011 Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2013 (winners)
See also 2006 Challenge Tour graduates 2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
External links
Official website
Álvaro Quirós at the Sportyard website