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3 unusual facts about Roberto de Vicenzo


Antonio Cerdá

He won several national opens in Europe in the 1950s and won the first Canada Cup with Roberto De Vicenzo in 1953 for Argentina.

José Cóceres

He was the first Argentine to win on the PGA Tour since Roberto De Vicenzo at the 1968 Houston Champions International.

World Championship of Golf

Although none would win the title, players like Bobby Locke, Norman Von Nida, Roberto De Vicenzo, and Peter Thomson would all enjoy high finishes in the tournament, De Vicenzo and Thomson in particular regularly collecting big checks.


Ranelagh, Buenos Aires

It would be reestablished as the Ranelagh Golf Club in 1943, and became among the most important in the southern Buenos Aires metro area; the course was later named in honor of 7-time PGA Tour champion Roberto de Vicenzo, a longtime member.


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