prowins birth_date eurowins residence usopen extour seneurowins image name fullname pga birth_place height masters nickname open tour yearpro article_title
8 20 september 1955 4 madrid , spain dnp european tour 3 senior open 2010 josé rivero.jpg josé rivero josé rivero dnp madrid , spain 5 8 dnp pepin dnp european seniors tour 1973 josé rivero

josé rivero

josé rivero -lrb- born 20 september 1955 -rrb- is a spanish golfer .
he started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973 .
he was a full member of the european tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four european tour events .
he made the top fifteen on the order of merit five times , including a best of tenth in 1988 .
rivero was a member of the first two winning european ryder cup teams after the inclusion of continental european players , at the belfry in 1985 and muirfield village in 1987 .
he represented spain in the alfred dunhill cup and the world cup on many occasions , winning the latter in 1984 in partnership with josé maria cañizares .
rivero became eligible for senior golf in september 2005 .
he played four events on the european seniors tour that year and placed in the top six in each of them .
his first win as a senior came at the 2006 dgm barbados open .
