Nacho Elvira

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Elvira and the second or maternal family name is Mijares.
Nacho Elvira
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Elvira Mijares
Born (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987
Madrid, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Nationality  Spain
Career
College Texas A&M
Turned professional 2011
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 4

Ignacio "Nacho" Elvira Mijares (born 17 February 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer.

Elvira played college golf at Texas A&M University where he won one event and was a two-time All-American.[1]

Elvira played on the Challenge Tour in 2012 and 2013, finishing 104th and then 14th. He won his first title in 2013 at The Foshan Open in China.[2]

After a mediocre 2014 European Tour season in which he finished 121st, he returned to the Challenge Tour for 2015, where he won three times to earn an immediate return to the European Tour. In 2016, he lost a playoff at the Trophée Hassan II to Wang Jeung-hun.

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (4)

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Texas A&M Men's Golf – History/Records" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Elvira claims maiden win at Foshan Open". Miami Herald. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.


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