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Ignacio Garrido
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Garrido
Born	27 March 1972 (1972-03-27) (age 37) Madrid, Spain
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Career
Turned professional	1993
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
Challenge Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	CUT: 1998
U.S. Open	CUT: 1998
Open Championship	T54: 2004
PGA Championship	T41: 1997

Ignacio Garrido (born 27 March 1972) is a Spanish professional golfer. He is the eldest son of Antonio Garrido who won five times on the European Tour and who played in the 1979 Ryder Cup.

His uncle, German Garrido, also has won on the European Tour.

Garrido was born in Madrid. He turned professional in 1993 and after playing the Challenge Tour that year, he joined the European Tour in 1994. His best year on the Tour was 1997, when he finished sixth on the Order of Merit. The highlights of his career include playing for the European Team in the 1997 Ryder Cup and winning the prestigious Volvo PGA Championship in 2003. The Garridos were the second father and son combination to have played in the Ryder Cup after Percy and Peter Alliss, and the first to have won on the European Tour since it began in 1972.^[1]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

• 1997 Volvo German Open
• 2003 Volvo PGA Championship

Challenge Tour wins (1)

• 1993 Challenge AGF

Other wins (1)

• 1996 Hassan II Golf Trophy (Morocco)

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

• Eisenhower Trophy: (amateur, representing Spain): 1992
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 (winners)
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Spain): 1995, 1996, 1997
• World Cup (representing Spain): 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003
• Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2003

References

External links

• Profile on the European Tour's official site
• Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site

European Ryder Cup team – 1997 Thomas Bjørn · Darren Clarke · Nick Faldo · Ignacio Garrido · Per-Ulrik Johansson · Bernhard Langer · Colin Montgomerie · José María Olazábal · Jesper Parnevik · Costantino Rocca · Lee Westwood · Ian Woosnam · Severiano Ballesteros (non-playing captain) Miguel Ángel Martín qualified for the team, but was forced to withdraw though injury, with his place being taken by José María Olazábal.