fullname chalwins birth_place weight height award prowins year birth_date yearpro residence image article_title name tour
michael lorenzo-vera 1 bayonne , france 70 kg lb st on 1.79 0 challenge tour rankings winner 7 2007 28 january 1985 2005 biarritz , france michael lorenzo-vera . jpg michael lorenzo-vera
 michael lorenzo-vera european tour
michael lorenzo-vera

michael lorenzo-vera -lrb- born 28 january 1985 -rrb- is a french professional golfer .
lorenzo-vera was born in bayonne , pyrénées-atlantiques in south-west france .
after turning professional in 2005 , lorenzo-vera played on the alps tour , one of europe 's third tier development tours .
in 2006 , he won the open international de la mirabelle d'or , a tournament he had also won the year before as an amateur , on his way to 4th on the order of merit , which gave him a place on the challenge tour for the following season .
on europe 's second-tier tour in 2007 , lorenzo-vera had recorded eight top-ten finishes going into the last event , the apulia san domenico grand final , and was 7th on the challenge tour 's money list .
he set a new course record in the first round , and went on the win the tournament , which catapulted him to the top of the end of season challenge tour rankings , and guaranteed his card on the top level european tour for 2008 .
the highlight of lorenzo-vera 's first season on the european tour was finishing as joint runner-up at the volvo china open , having led at half way .
he ended the year ranked just outside the top 100 on the order of merit , but had done enough to retain his place on the tour .
