Fabián Gómez

Fabián Gómez
Fabián Gómez
Personal information
Full name	Fabián Gómez
Born	27 October 1978 (age 46); Chaco, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Argentina
Residence	Resistencia, Argentina
Career
Turned professional	2001
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour; Tour de las Americas; PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins	15
Highest ranking	54 (21 February 2016)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Other	12
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2016
PGA Championship	CUT: 2015, 2016
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2016

Fabián Gómez (born 27 October 1978) is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on a number of the world's golf tours including the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamérica and the Tour de las Americas.

Gómez was born in Resistencia, Argentina. He has had three wins on the Tour de las Americas, in addition to three other wins on the Argentine TPG Tour. He placed second at the Chaco Open in 2006, the TLA Players Championship in 2006 and the Venezuela Open in 2007. He won TPG Tour Ranking in 2009.

Gómez won his first Nationwide Tour event at the 2010 Chitimacha Louisiana Open with a six stroke victory over the field which culminated in a final round 64. He finished the year 12th on the money list to earn his 2011 PGA Tour card. In 2011, Gómez played in 26 events with his best finish being a T7 at the Puerto Rico Open, his only top 10 that year. is other best results included a T15 at the St. Jude Classic and a T18 at the Viking Classic on his way to finishing the year 157th on the money list, hence failing to retain his playing privileges.

In 2012, Gómez returned to the Nationwide Tour, where his most notable results were a T2 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, T7 at the South Georgia Classic and T10 at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open. He finished the year 55th on the Nationwide Tour money list. At the end of the season, he competed in the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament where he placed T10 at 21 under par, which was enough to regain his PGA Tour card for the 2013 season.

In 2013, Gómez finished T2 at the Puerto Rico Open, T16 at the RBC Canadian Open and T21 at the AT&T National, but made only 10 cuts out of 23 events on the year. He finished 133rd on the FedEx Cup standings, so he lost his full PGA Tour card and only maintained conditional status.

On the 2014 Web.com Tour, Gómez finished T2 at the Stonebrae Classic, T4 at the United Leasing Championship and T10 at the Albertsons Boise Open. He finished 23rd in the regular season earnings, which earned him a PGA Tour card for the 2015 season.

On 14 June 2015, Gómez broke through and won his first PGA Tour title in his 70th event, at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, winning by four strokes over Greg Owen. He started the final round with the co-lead, alongside Owen, but shot a final round 66, which included five birdies and only one bogey to pull clear of the chasing pack and take the victory. The win moved Gómez up over 150 places in the world rankings to 131st and will ensure that he plays in his first ever major championship at the 2015 PGA Championship.

In January 2016, Gómez won his second PGA Tour title at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He prevailed in a sudden-death playoff over Brandt Snedeker with a birdie on the second extra hole. Gómez had earlier shot a 62 during the final round to come from four behind to make the playoff. It moved Gómez to the cusp of the world's top 50, at 55th and took him one step closer to representing Argentina in the summer Olympics.

Gómez also plays occasionally on PGA Tour Latinoamérica when the tour is in Argentina, where he won the Personal Classic from 2013 to 2015.

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Jun 2015	FedEx St. Jude Classic	−13 (66-68-67-66=267)	4 strokes	Greg Owen
2	17 Jan 2016	Sony Open in Hawaii	−20 (69-64-65-62=260)	Playoff	Brandt Snedeker

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2016	Sony Open in Hawaii	Brandt Snedeker	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	28 Mar 2010	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	−15 (70-68-67-64=269)	6 strokes	Scott Gutschewski, Kyle Reifers, Brian Vranesh

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2009	BMW Charity Pro-Am	Michael Sim	Lost to par on first extra hole

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	1 Dec 2013	Personal Classic	−19 (67-69-66-67=269)	2 strokes	Cristián Espinoza
2	1 Dec 2014	Personal Classic (2)	−24 (65-65-62=192)	7 strokes	Gustavo Acosta
3	15 Nov 2015	Personal Classic (3)	−16 (73-61-69-69=272)	3 strokes	Kent Bulle

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	7 Dec 2008 (2009 season)	Argentine Masters¹	−13 (69-71-64-67=271)	2 strokes	Andrés Romero

¹Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Tour de las Américas wins (4)

2006 Venezuela Open
2008 Argentine Masters (Co-sanctioned by the Canadian Tour)
2009 Center Open, Roberto de Vicenzo Classic

Argentine Tour wins (4)

2004 Villa Mercedes Grand Prix
2007 Chaco Open
2009 Norpatagonico Open
2010 Buenos Aires Open-Pinamar Open (2009 season)

Other wins (1)

2006 Bear Lakes CC Gateway Tour Championship (USA)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2015	2016
Masters Tournament		CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship		CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = Tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2016	2017
The Players Championship	T74	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2015	2016
Championship		58
Match Play		T51
Invitational	T67	T46
Champions