Eugenio Chacarra

Eugenio Chacarra
Personal information
Full nameEugenio López-Chacarra
Born (2000-03-22) 22 March 2000 (age 24)
Madrid, Spain
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationality Spain
Career
CollegeWake Forest University
Oklahoma State University
Turned professional2022
Former tour(s)LIV Golf
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
LIV Golf1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2024
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Eugenio López-Chacarra (born 22 March 2000) is a Spanish professional golfer.

Early life

Chacarra was born in Madrid, Spain. His sister, Carolina, also plays college golf in the United States, at Wake Forest University.[1]

Amateur career

Chacarra attended Oklahoma State University, where he studied Sports Management, Finance and Psychology.[2] He was a first team All-American and reached a high of number two in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, before turning professional and joining LIV Golf in June 2022,[3][4] reportedly on a three-year contract.[5] Two months before then, he had announced that he would be returning for a fifth year at Oklahoma State, despite qualifying for the Korn Ferry Tour through the PGA Tour University rankings.[6]

Professional career

In October 2022, Chacarra gained his first professional victory, winning the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok by three strokes from Patrick Reed; his Fireballs team also won team component.[7] In August 2023, Chacarra won the St Andrews Bay Championship played at Fairmont St Andrews on the Asian Tour as part of the International Series. He defeated Matt Jones in a 10 hole sudden-death playoff.[8]

Amateur wins

Source:[10]

Professional wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 27 Aug 2023 St Andrews Bay Championship −19 (68-66-68-67=269) Playoff Australia Matt Jones

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 St Andrews Bay Championship Australia Matt Jones Won with par on tenth extra hole

LIV Golf Invitational Series wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Oct 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok1 −19 (65-63-69=197) 3 strokes United States Patrick Reed

1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour

Results in major championships

Tournament 2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ Herzig, Gabrielle (28 February 2022). "College golf's best sibling duo you've never heard of: Meet Carolina and Eugenio Chacarra". Golf Digest. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ Mellado, Enrique (25 June 2022). "El LIV Golf ficha al 'Niño Maravilla', el español Eugenio López-Chacarra" [LIV Golf signs the 'Wonder Boy', the Spaniard Eugenio López-Chacarra]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hamel, Riley (25 June 2022). "The No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, Eugenio Chacarra, is turning professional to play for LIV Golf". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ Woodard, Adam (30 June 2022). "Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra explains flip-flop decision to bail on Oklahoma State and PGA Tour for LIV Golf". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Eugenio Chacarra, No. 2-Ranked Amateur, Turns Pro to Join LIV Golf". Sports Illustrated. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b Hamel, Riley (13 April 2022). "Oklahoma State star Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra to forfeit PGA Tour University status and will return to college". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Lopez-Chacarra wins LIV Golf Bangkok by three strokes". Yahoo! News. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Int'l Series: Chacarra beats Jones in epic playoff". LIV Golf. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Spain's Eugenio López-Chacarra Wins Copa De Andalucia". Atalaya Golf & Country Club. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra Coto". World Amateur Golf Ranking.
  11. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.