Full name Alvaro Velasco Roca Turned professional 2005 Weight 70 kg Nickname Veli Name Alvaro Velasco Residence Barcelona, Spain | Nationality Spain Role Golfer Current tours Challenge Tour Spouse Marta (2009) Height 1.78 m Former tours PGA European Tour | |
 | ||
Born 15 May 1981 (age 42)
Barcelona, Spain ( 1981-05-15 ) College Coastal Carolina University Education Coastal Carolina University | ||
Álvaro Velasco Roca (born 15 May 1981) is a Spanish professional golfer.
Contents
Velasco was born in Barcelona and attended Coastal Carolina University on a golf scholarship where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration. He turned professional in 2005 and worked his way through the ranks graduating to the top level European Tour in 2008.
Velasco finished 100th on the Order of Merit in 2008, but fell back to the second tier Challenge Tour in 2010 having finished 189th in the Race to Dubai rankings in 2009. He recorded the biggest win of his career at the 2010 Fred Olsen Challenge de España, before trumping this by winning the Kazakhstan Open, the Challenge Tour's biggest event. He would also win the Challenge Tour Rankings, to secure a return to the main tour.