Álvaro Quirós


Álvaro Quirós García is a Spanish professional golfer.
Quirós was born in Guadiaro, a borough of San Roque, Cádiz. He turned professional in 2004.

Professional career

Quirós played on the Challenge Tour in 2006, 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 (1)

European Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
110 Dec 2006Alfred Dunhill Championship−13 1 stroke Charl Schwartzel
219 Oct 2008Portugal Masters−19 3 strokes Paul Lawrie
325 Jan 2009Commercialbank Qatar Masters−19 3 strokes Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson
42 May 2010Open de España−11 Playoff James Morrison
513 Feb 2011Dubai Desert Classic−11 1 stroke Anders Hansen, James Kingston
611 Dec 2011Dubai World Championship−19 2 strokes Paul Lawrie
721 May 2017Rocco Forte Open−14 Playoff Zander Lombard

European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12010Open de España James MorrisonWon with par on first extra hole
22017Rocco Forte Open Zander LombardWon with par on second extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional