Danny Ochoa

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022

Personal

• Can achieve more than 190 mile-per-hour ball speed on the driving range.
• Is a member of the same course as Phil Mickelson, Charley Hoffman, Xander Schauffele and Emiliano Grillo in San Diego. Says all four have helped him with different game aspects.
• Dad got him into golf at age three.
• Earliest golf memory was Tiger Woods winning the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 shots.
• Best golf memory as a fan was watching Tiger Woods win the 2008 U.S. Open outside San Diego.
• Uses the same ball marker every round and marks his ball the same way each time.
• Has had melanoma four times, but doctors diagnosed it and treated it early each time. Is examined several times a year now in case of recurrence.
• Attended Torrey Pines High School, the same school that produced PGA TOUR players Pat Perez, Michael Kim and Jamie Lovemark, the LPGA’s Muni He, as well as skateboard legend Tony Hawk.

Special Interests

• Surfing, playing tennis, Call of Duty, hanging out with friends and family

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA West 1: Earned conditional PGA TOUR Canada status in early April outside Phoenix, finishing T20 at The Wigwam.
• 115 VISA Argentine Open presented by Macro: Made the first hole-in-one of the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica season when he aced the fifth hole at Nordelta GC in the first round in early December. Went on to shoot 3-under 69 but ultimately missed the cut.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament Mexico: Finished T11 at Estrella del Mar Resort in Mazatlan in mid-November but lost in a seven-players-for-one-spot playoff for the 12th and last exempt position for the first six tournaments of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season. Is conditionally exempt for the entire year.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Played in eight PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments, making two cuts. Finished the campaign No. 147 in the Totalplay Cup standings.

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA West 1: Earned conditional PGA TOUR Canada status in early April outside Phoenix, finishing T20 at The Wigwam.
• 115 VISA Argentine Open presented by Macro: Made the first hole-in-one of the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica season when he aced the fifth hole at Nordelta GC in the first round in early December. Went on to shoot 3-under 69 but ultimately missed the cut.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament Mexico: Finished T11 at Estrella del Mar Resort in Mazatlan in mid-November but lost in a seven-players-for-one-spot playoff for the 12th and last exempt position for the first six tournaments of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season. Is conditionally exempt for the entire year.

Amateur Highlights

• Was the 2012 San Diego Junior Boys Golfer of the Year.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2022