Álvaro Velasco Roca is a Spanish professional golfer

Professional golfer

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Velasco was born in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 and attended Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University

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 on a golf scholarship where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration. He turned professional in 2005 and worked his way through the ranks graduating to the top level European Tour in 2008.

Velasco finished 100th on the Order of Merit in 2008, but fell back to the second tier Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

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 in 2010 having finished 189th in the Race to Dubai rankings in 2009. He recorded the biggest win of his career at the 2010 Fred Olsen Challenge de España, before trumping this by winning the Kazakhstan Open

Kazakhstan Open

The Kazakhstan Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour of the PGA European Tour. First played in 2005, it was held at the Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the first four editions before moving to the Zhailjau Golf Resort, also in...

, the Challenge Tour's biggest event. He would also win the Challenge Tour Rankings, to secure a return to the main tour.

Amateur wins

• 2001 Italian International Amateur Championship
• 2005 Spanish Amateur Closed Championship, Biarritz Cup

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Jun 2010	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	-18 (70–63–68–65=266)	2 strokes	Elliot Saltman
2	12 Sep 2010	Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Open The Kazakhstan Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour of the PGA European Tour. First played in 2005, it was held at the Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the first four editions before moving to the Zhailjau Golf Resort, also in...	-21 (67–66–65–69=267)	5 strokes	Federico Colombo Federico Colombo Federico Colombo is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Career:Colombo won several junior amateur events in his home country, before taking up a golf scholarship to the University of Arkansas in 2007... ,   Scott Jamieson Scott Jamieson (golfer) Scott Jamieson is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Amateur career:Jamieson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He spent four years playing amateur golf on a scholarship at Augusta State University in the U.S... ,   Julio Zapata Julio Zapata Julio Cesar Zapata is an Argentine professional golfer.Zapata was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, and turned professional in 1997....

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