Ricardo González (golfer)

Ricardo González (born 24 October 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer.
González turned professional in 1986, and has spent much of his career in Europe. He won a place on the European Tour in 1992 through qualifying school after playing on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1991. Having failed to win sufficient money to retain his tour card, he returned to the Challenge Tour in 1993.
Having moved to Africa, González returned to Europe in 1998 after winning the Challenge Tour sanctioned Tusker Kenya Open, and secured a second shot on the European Tour by finishing 5th on the Challenge Tour Rankings that season. He has successfully retained his playing privileges since then by consistently finishing inside the top 115 of the Order of Merit each year.
González has accumulated four European Tour wins, with a best year-end ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit of 25th place in 2001. He has also won many tournaments in South America, and has represented Argentina at the World Cup on four occasions, in 1996, 1998, 2005 and 2007.
He won his fourth career European Tour event in 2009 at the SAS Masters in Sweden by two strokes over Welshman Jamie Donaldson. It was his first win on the European Tour in five years.
After several down years, González qualified for the European Tour through qualifying school in 2016. At age 47, he is the oldest Q school graduate in Tour history.

European Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Sep 2001	Omega European Masters	-16 (65-67-68-68=268)	3 strokes	Søren Hansen
2	26 Oct 2003	Telefonica Open de Madrid	-14 (69-70-66-65=270)	1 stroke	Paul Casey, Pádraig Harrington, Nick O'Hern, Mårten Olander
3	18 Apr 2004	Open de Sevilla	-14 (70-66-69-69=274)	2 strokes	Stephen Gallacher, Jonathan Lomas
4	26 Jul 2009	SAS Masters	-10 (68-68-77-69=282)	2 strokes	Jamie Donaldson

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2013	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher	Fleetwood won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

• 1990 Esab Open (Sweden)
• 1998 Tusker Kenya Open

Other wins (16)

• 1987 Rosario City Open (Arg)
• 1988 Praderas Grand Prix (Arg)
• 1995 Uruguay Open, La Plata Open (Arg)
• 1996 Chile Open
• 1997 Foz Iguazu Open (Brazil), Prince of Wales Open (Chile)
• 1998 JPGA Championship (Arg)
• 2003 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)
• 2005 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)
• 2006 Parana Open (Arg)
• 2007 North Open (Arg, tie with Andrés Romero)
• 2009 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)
• 2010 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)
• 2012 Argentine PGA Championship
• 2013 Abierto del Litoral (Arg)

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

• World Cup (representing Argentina): 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007

• Irons - Mizuno MP-62 Black Nickel, Project X 7.0
• Wedges - Mizuno MPT-10 White Satin 52, 60/08