Adri Arnaus

Adrià Arnaus Antúnez is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2022 Catalunya Championship on the European Tour.

Amateur career

Arnaus attended Texas A&M University from 2012 to 2016. He had a successful year in 2017, winning the Spanish Amateur Championship and being a member of the Spanish team that won the European Amateur [Team Championship]. He played on the 2017 Alps Tour as an amateur and won two events, the Villaverde Open and the Alps Tour Grand Final which together with two runner-up finishes meant he led to Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018.

Arnaus turned professional in late 2017 and reached the final stage of the European Tour Q-School. He had a successful first year as a professional, playing mostly on the Challenge Tour. He won the end-of-season Challenge Tour Grand Final by a stroke from Victor Perez to finish second in the Order of Merit and earn a place on the 2019 European Tour. Earlier in the season he was runner-up to Jack Singh Brar in the Cordon Golf Open and also had a third-place finish and was fourth a further three times.
Arnaus claimed his first European Tour victory at the 2022 Catalunya Championship. He shot a final-round 65 to meet Oliver Bekker in a playoff. He won with a par on the sixth extra hole.