Iván Cantero


Iván Cantero Gutiérrez is a Spanish professional golfer and European Tour player.

Early life and amateur career

Cantero was born in Madrid and grew up in Llanes in northern Spain. 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.
He played in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics alongside Celia Barquín Arozamena. 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.
Cantero won the 2016 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat after a playoff against Marco Penge. 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.

Professional career

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

Amateur wins

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Team appearances

Amateur