User:Walterand1984/sandbox/Diego Vanegas

{{Infobox golfer }} Diego Fernando Vanegas Becerra (born 9 July 1976) is a Colombian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
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 * fullname         = Diego Fernando Vanegas Becerra
 * nickname         = el Negro
 * birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1976|07|09|df=y}}
 * birth_place      = Santiago de Cali, Colombia
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 * residence        = Bogotá, Colombia
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 * partner          = Janeth Garcia
 * children         = Maria José & Diego Alejandro
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 * yearpro          = 1997
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 * tour             = Colombian Tour (1997-)
 * extour           = Tour de las Américas (2003-2012) Challenge Tour (2004 & 2011)  Web.com Tour (2009-2010)  Pga Tour LatinoAmerica (2012 & 2014) NGA Hooters Tour (2007-11)
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 * masters          = DNP
 * usopen           = CUT: 2004
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Amateur career
Early in his career, Diego Vanegas start practicing golf at the age of eight years by his father, from that year begins to appear in tournaments nationally and children and open national level, which leads him to win his first national championship tournament in child Barranquilla in año1989, from that moment has not stopped winning. 1994 was his best year in almost amateur, which led him to be part of the best 100 athletes of Colombia called "golden hundred" and winning multiple open in the country and being part of different selected to represent the country in tournaments international, obtaining titles like:

• South American Junior Championship Asuncion (Paraguay), which was individual champion and team • Gold Cup, Punta del Este (Uruguay), third, individual • Andes Cup, Buenos Aires (Argentina), third place team • World Youth Totory (Japan) seventh team • Tournament of the Americas Miami (USA) • Artigas Cup, Mar del Plata (Argentina) At 19 he was overall winner of the international open Barranquilla Country Club, beating the professionals. • Two years in a row as number one national ranking.

Professional career
Makes his professional debut in 1997, thereafter begins to be protagonist of the different open country, was a member of the Tour de las Americas (TLA) since 2002, and it has been involved in many international tournaments which gave merit for in the 2004 European Challenge Tour card in that same year he won his first tournament as a professional in the 25 years of the Club Farallones.

In 2005 representing Colombia in the Nations Cup in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, classifying EMC World Cup in Algarve, Portugal where they begin to rub shoulders with elite of world golf.

Travels to the United States in 2006 - 2007 to play on different tours like the NGA Hooters Tour, The Grey Goose Gateway Tour, Minor League Golf, so to begin his training to the Q - School PGA Tour 2008, alternating their game with the TLA tournaments and national tournaments, among which we can highlight the victories: • Carlos Franco Invitational 2006 - Paraguay • XXXIV Open Golf Club Shalom - Mall One Cup 2006 • Open 60 Colombia - Colombia Club Cup 2007 • Minor League Golf Ocean Breeze 3-Day Major Minor League Golf Ocean Breeze Florida, USA 2007 • Two national championships in the Rock and Neiva respectively • Two times in a row number one national ranking in 2007 and 2008 • represents Colombia in the America's Cup Golf - Argentina 2014.

2008 won five national tournaments with course record in two of them which holds to this day. He classifies the Web.com Tour 2012 to date has participated in PGA Tour tournaments LatinoAmerica alternating with the Tour and the Tour WEBdotCOM Colombian Argos where the goal is to climb back into the elite of world golf and bear the name of Colombia very high. Thanks to the good sports performance in the second season on the PGA Tour Latin Vanegas won a seat to represent Colombia in the Bridgestone America's Golf Cup America's Golf Cup. Finally in 2014 was on the team that  represent Latin America with Eduardo Herrera, Jose Toledo, Rafael Campos, Jhonathan vegas, Carlos Franco, Juan I. Lizarralde, Patricio Salem, Nicolas Geyger, Miguel Angel Carballo, Manuel Merizalde, Wllly Pumarol, Sebastian Maclean in the first edition of the Latin Cup Golf in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Golf-Latino.