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Camilo Villegas Biography

Camilo Villegas is one of the most popular and richest Golfer who was born on January 7, 1982 in Medellín, Antioquia Department, Colombia. Professional golfer who won his first PGA Tour victory in September 2008.

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Villegas accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander’s Florida Gators men’s golf team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 2001 to 2004. As a freshman in 2001, Villegas was a member of the Gators’ 2001 NCAA championship team. During his college golf career, he was the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year in 2001, the SEC Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004, and an All-American four consecutive years (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). Villegas graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2004.

Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child. After several different National Junior Championships in Colombia between the ages of 8 and 15, at 16 he became the first player in Colombian golf history to win the Amateur’s Grand Slam in the same year: The National Junior Championship (stroke play), the National Junior Championship (match play), the National Amateur Championship, and the Colombian Open in the amateur category. Then, in 2001, he became only the second player to win the Colombian Open as an amateur. His success in Colombian golf throughout the 1990s earned him the distinction of “Player of the Decade” issued by the Colombian Golf Federation.

He was raised in Medellin (Colombia) and was born there.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In the June 2006 issue of Golf Digest, he was named “the sexiest player on tour, Tiger Woods included.” He has also gained notoriety for sporting flashy dress clothing by designer J. Lindeberg.

Camilo Villegas Net Worth

Camilo Villegas is one of the richest Golfer from Colombia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Camilo Villegas's net worth $15 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a winner of many junior golf championships, and he attended the University of Florida.

In Japan, he won the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic.

Camilo Villegas (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈmilo βiˈʎeɣas] ; born 7 January 1982) is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Villegas won his second professional event at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic on the Japan Golf Tour in September 2007. By doing so, he earned ¥24,000,000 (approximately US$208,272). He shot a score of 282 (−2) and defeated Toyokazu Fujishima in a playoff by draining a 20-foot putt on the winning hole. In 2006 Camilo signed an endorsement deal with Red Bull, and has represented the energy drink company since. Villegas won his third professional event at the TELUS Skins Game in June 2008 where he defeated a field that included Greg Norman, Colin Montgomerie, Mike Weir and “Mr. Skins”, Fred Couples. Villegas took six skins for $130,000 with a short birdie putt on the 14th hole, and then won an additional four skins for $100,000 in a playoff, which was decided with a closest-to-the-pin shootout from 130 yards out on the 18th hole.

*Note: The 2008 CVS Caremark Charity Classic was stopped after 28 holes due to heavy rain.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Villegas began playing on the PGA Tour in 2004 and earned his PGA Tour card just prior to the 2006 season. He had a blistering start to his 2006 rookie year on tour, with two second-place finishes and a third place (at The Players Championship) in his first nine events. He missed making the 2006 Masters Tournament in his rookie year by a single position on the Official PGA Tour Money List (11th). However, he made his first Masters’ appearance in 2007 by finishing in the top 40 of the Official PGA Tour Money List for 2006. He qualified for the 2008 Masters through his exceptional play during the inaugural FedEx Cup playoff system, that included an opening round 63 (8 under par) at the Deutsche Bank Championship and three straight top 10 finishes. He entered the FedEx Cup playoffs in 52nd place and improved to 28th place through his play in the first three events, thus qualifying for the 30-man field at The Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, where he finished in the top 10 for the third straight week and finished 24th on the FedEx Cup points list.

In late 2008 Villegas joined the European Tour, making his first European Tour appearance at the 2008 HSBC Champions, the first tournament of the 2009 season. However he will continue to play predominately in the United States. He had no victories in 2009 but had five top-10 finishes and ended the season ranked 45th on the PGA Tour money list and in the top 30 of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai.

Who is Camilo Villegas Dating?

According to our records, Camilo Villegas married to Maria Ochoa Mora (m. 2014). As of December 1, 2023, Camilo Villegas’s is not dating anyone.

He spent over 30 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings since 2008, with a career high rank of seventh.

Facts & Trivia

Camilo Ranked on the list of most popular Golfer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Colombia. Camilo Villegas celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.

Villegas recorded a record-breaking second round in the 2008 Open Championship. He shot 65, which was the lowest score for any Open Championship second round at Royal Birkdale. He started off with two bogeys but ended with five consecutive birdies which put him at 5 under for his round. Villegas won his first PGA Tour title in September 2008, winning the BMW Championship by two shots over Dudley Hart. For the last 44 holes of the tournament, Villegas did not three putt, one-putting 27 of those last 44 holes. This victory took him to a career high of 18th in the Official World Golf Rankings.

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Why did Camilo Villegas withdraw?

Villegas withdrew ahead of the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club on Friday due to an illness.

Who did Camilo Villegas marry?

Maria Ochoa Mora

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