Iván Cantero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cantero and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Iván Cantero
Personal information
Full nameIván Cantero Gutiérrez
Born (1996-01-30) 30 January 1996
Madrid, Spain
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Sporting nationality Spain
ResidenceMadrid, Spain
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tourEuropean Tour
Former tourChallenge Tour
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona Men's team

Iván Cantero Gutiérrez (born 30 January 1996) is a Spanish professional golfer and European Tour player.[1]

Early life and amateur career

Cantero was born in Madrid and grew up in Llanes in northern Spain.[2] He became a member of the Spanish national team at the age of 17, and played in the European Boys' Team Championship twice and the European Amateur Team Championship twice.[3]

He played in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics alongside Celia Barquín Arozamena.[4] Cantero represented his country at the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy, and Europe at the Jacques Leglise Trophy, Junior Ryder Cup, St Andrews Trophy and the Bonallack Trophy, which he helped win in 2016.[5][6]

Cantero won the 2016 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat after a playoff against Marco Penge.[7][8] He was semi-finalist at the 2015 Spanish Amateur, and quarter-finalist at The Amateur Championship in 2016. He reached number 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[2]

Professional career

Cantero turned professional in 2017 and joined the European Tour after he was successful at Q-School in 2018.[9] After a season he dropped down to the Challenge Tour, where he tied for 3rd at the 2021 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge.[10]

In 2023, he was runner-up at the Abu Dhabi Challenge and the Dormy Open to graduate to the European Tour, where he tied for 4th at the 2024 ISPS Handa Championship in Japan and kept his card.[11] The following year he recorded top-5 finishes at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship, and finished 77th in the season rankings.[1]

Amateur wins

Source:[3]

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ivan Cantero". European Tour. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Galvin Green – Iván Cantero, another young talent signs with the leading firm in technical golf clothing". My Golf Way. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Ivan Cantero Gutierrez". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Ivan Cantero Gutierrez". Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  5. ^ "2016 World Amateur Team Championship". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Junior Ryder Cup experience key for Cantero Gutierrez". European Tour. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Max Albertus Marco Penge share 36-hole lead at French Amateur Stroke Play". Amateur Golf. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Iván Cantero wins weather shortened French Amateur title". Amateur Golf. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Ivan Cantero Secures his 2019 Tour Card". Modest! Golf Management. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Iván Cantero finaliza el Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge con una vuelta de 75 golpes". Federación de Golf del Principado de Asturias. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Ivan Cantero Gutierrez is on rank T3 after round 4 at the ISPS Handa Championship". Golf Post. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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