Meet the rookies: Nelson Ledesma

Each week during the fall, PGATOUR.COM will highlight one of the rookies playing on the PGA TOUR during the 2019-20 season. This week: Nelson Ledesma, who’s in this week’s field at the Safeway Open. Age: 29 Birthplace: Tucumán, Argentina Resides: Tucumán, Argentina TOUR card gained by: Finishing 12th in the Korn Ferry Tour regular season standings. TOUR starts/Best finish: 3 career starts/Missed the cut after Monday qualifying for 2012 Puerto Rico Open, and missed the cut at each of the first two tournaments this season. MEET THE ROOKIES: Bo Hoag | Michael Gellerman Pro highlights: Birdied 18th hole, the most difficult of the week, for second career Korn Ferry Tour title at inaugural TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes. … Weekend rounds of 65-65 led to T3 finish at 14-under at the Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS. … Shot 22 under at 2018 LECOM Health Challenge to win first Korn Ferry Tour title by two strokes. … Captured 2017 86 Abierto OSDE del Centro presentado por FiberCorp on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica. Amateur highlights: Learned the game at the Tucumán Jockey Club, which was where he first met 2008 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year and ’08 Zurich Classic of New Orleans champion Andres Romero, who is from the same town. Interesting tidbits: Win at TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes came on a course that measured nearly 8,000 yards, a PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour record. … Cuts his nails every Monday and does not wear white pants on Sunday. … Got started in golf as a caddie at age 12. … Favorite golf memory was the time he saw Tiger Woods at THE PLAYERS Championship in 2015. Ledesma says (after winning TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes): “It’s always been my dream to play on the PGA TOUR. My dad encouraged me at a young age because he saw something in me. I am from the same town as Andres Romero (Tucuman), and Andres getting to the PGA TOUR gave me the belief that I could take it to the next level.� For more on Nelson Ledesma, click here.

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