Roberto De Vicenzo

Professional Player of Argentina. World Golf legend.

Roberto De Vicenzo was born on April 14, 1923 in General Chilavert San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Until the end of his youth he lived in Villa Pueyrredon, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, and then lived until today in Ranelagh, Buenos Aires Province.
At 8 he began to caddy at a club in the area since the age of 15 became the Golf Professional. Roberto was a very complete player, but it was always recognized as a very good player on the green.

Roberto de Vicenzo

The year was 1938 and Roberto professional debut in the Abierto de la Republica Argentina carried out in the field of Ituzaingo, but De Vicenzo was unable to overcome the cut.
In September 1942, won his first professional tournament, the "Open del Litoral (Argentina), with 277 hits a record that had 49 years of operation. As a story of this tournament, Roberto had many strokes of advantage on the final hole and threw it across the reeds opposite the 18th hole green. He did not want to play there but at the insistence of the public chose not disappoint and played the ball from the stream. Robert then received his first trophy with much dirt in your clothes.

Augusta National 1968 - Firmando su tarjeta de score

In 1944 he won the Open Ituzaingó Argentina in golf and the Professional Championship defeating Argentine Eduardo Blassi. This time the journalist of the newspaper "El Mundo" Milderman Gregory put his first nickname, "Spaghetti." Then be called by the English "Old Robert" and the Latin world "The eternal" or "Master" although he prefers defined as a simple worker in golf. His first win was outside Chile Open in 1947. In 1949 won the Open in Uruguay with 268 strokes, until that moment was the lowest mark recorded in Latin America.

In 1953 he won his first tournament in New York, United States later this year with Antonio Cerda won for Argentina's first World Cup in Canada.

In 1963 again represented Argentina in a World Cup. Along with Fidel de Luca won the second place and Robert would get on the individual, his first World Championship title that would get in 1970, both played in the red of the Jockey Club (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

British Open 1967 - Roberto De Vicenzo

Won tournaments around the world, including four tournaments on the PGA Tour and the prestigious British Open at that time considered the best World Golf Championship, so it was that in 1967, returned to the front pages of international golf when after twenty years of struggle won the British Open with 278 shots on the field at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake. As a veteran juice successfully in the Senior PGA Tour, winning the first U.S. Senior Open in 1980. He also won the Senior PGA Championship in 1974. I represent the Republic of Argentina on 17 occasions.

Masters Augusta 1968 - Roberto De Vicenzo

Remembered and known for what happened in the 1968 Masters. That day De Vicenzo played one of the best final rounds of Golf in a Major, hit for 31 in the first nine, and finished with 65. After the tournament, Robert signed score card with a highest score had actually played. The error was on the 17th hole score of the marker he scored a pair (4) instead of a birdie (3), and then Roberto sign, once signed the card, no matter what it was, but he signed. When De Vicenzo did you hear about what happened, saying only: "That stupid I am" a phrase that stayed in history. Roberto De Vicenzo thus lost the chance to play a play-off next day to decide who would stay with the green jacket.

Roberto explained in an interview domed obtained by the result, but enclosed by the people who went to congratulate him, he thought seriously about the score card and simply sign it. The acceptance of error and humility displayed that day was valued by the public of Golf as a sign of honesty, sincerity and honor.

Roberto De Vicenzo

For 35 years remained among the ten best in the world, his success in regional and national championships added 47 (16 and 9 Professional Championships Open Republic) won the Open in 17 countries, 231 golf tournaments. His whole career was a player who practice a lot, pulled a lot of balls. In 2006, opened in Berazategui Golf Museum. Berazategui is a municipality in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The museum displays trophies and memorabilia from the golfing career of Roberto De Vicenzo.

Beyond that Roberto De Vicenzo in his career traveled the world playing golf with top level players, as well playing with the nobility, presidents, and many great figures, always returned to his local club, the Ranelagh Golf. This is where Robert plays golf, and where its place in the world.

GolfPar4.com congratulations for the tremendous career that I do and everything he did and gave the Argentine Golf. To a great and an honest person.

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Majors
- 1967 British Open.
- 1974 Senior PGA Championship *
- 1980 U.S. Senior Open *

PGA TOUR
- 1957 Colonial National invitational
- 1966 Dallas Open Invitational
- 1968 Houston Champions Invitational

CHAMPIONS TOUR

- 1984 Merrill Lynch / Golf Digest Pro-Am

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