Adrià Arnaus Antúnez (born 17 October 1994) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2022 Catalunya Championship on the European Tour.
| Adri Arnaus | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Adrià Arnaus Antúnez | ||
| Born | 17 October 1994 Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Spain | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Texas A&M University | ||
| Turned professional | 2017 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Alps Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Highest ranking | 49 (29 May 2022)[1] (as of 17 November 2024) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 1 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 2 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | T30: 2022 | ||
| U.S. Open | T58: 2019 | ||
| The Open Championship | T76: 2022 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Amateur career
editArnaus attended Texas A&M University from 2012 to 2016.[2] He had a successful year in 2017, winning the Spanish Amateur Championship and being a member of the Spanish team that won the European Amateur Team Championship. He played on the 2017 Alps Tour as an amateur and won two events, the Villaverde Open and the Alps Tour Grand Final which together with two runner-up finishes meant he led to Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018.
Professional career
editArnaus turned professional in late 2017 and reached the final stage of the European Tour Q-School. He had a successful first year as a professional, playing mostly on the Challenge Tour. He won the end-of-season Challenge Tour Grand Final by a stroke from Victor Perez to finish second in the Order of Merit and earn a place on the 2019 European Tour. Earlier in the season he was runner-up to Jack Singh Brar in the Cordon Golf Open and also had a third-place finish and was fourth a further three times.
Arnaus claimed his first European Tour victory at the 2022 Catalunya Championship. He shot a final-round 65 to meet Oliver Bekker in a playoff. He won with a par on the sixth extra hole.[3]
Amateur wins
edit- 2010 Campeonato de Catalunya Junior, Spanish Under 16 Closed
- 2012 Catalonian Junior Championship
- 2013 Campeonato del Vallès
- 2014 Copa de Andalucia
- 2016 Copa de la Comunidad Valenciana, Campeonato de Catalunya Absoluto
- 2017 Campeonato de España Amateur
Source:[4]
Professional wins (4)
editEuropean Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May 2022 | Catalunya Championship | −11 (68-76-68-65=277) | Playoff |  Oliver Bekker
|
European Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Acciona Open de España | Rafa Cabrera-Bello
|
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2022 | MyGolfLife Open | Pablo Larrazábal,  Jordan Smith
|
Larrazábal won with birdie on second extra hole Arnaus eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 3 | 2022 | Catalunya Championship | Oliver Bekker
|
Won with par on sixth extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
edit| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Finals (1) |
| Other Challenge Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Nov 2018 | Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final | −17 (66-69-67-69=271) | 1 stroke |  Victor Perez
|
Alps Tour wins (2)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Jun 2017 | Villaverde Open (as an amateur) |
−13 (66-64-67=197) | Playoff | Gregoire Schoeb
|
| 2 | 22 Oct 2017 | Alps Tour Grand Final (as an amateur) |
−14 (69-70-66-65=270) | 2 strokes |  Christoph Koerbler, Léo Lespinasse
|
Results in major championships
editResults not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| PGA Championship | T30 | CUT | |||
| U.S. Open | T58 | CUT | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | T76 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances
editAmateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2011 (winners), 2012[5]
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2015, 2017 (winners)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Week 22 2022 Ending 29 May 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Texas A&M University Athletics 2015-16 Men's Golf Roster Adrià Arnaus". 12thman.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Arnaus wins dramatic play-off on home soil for maiden title". European Tour. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Adria Arnaus". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "European Boys' Team Championship". European Golf Association.
External links
edit- Official website
- Adri Arnaus at the European Tour official site
- Adri Arnaus at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Adri Arnaus at Olympics.com
- Adri Arnaus at Olympedia
