Daniel Silva (golfer)

Daniel Silva (born 19 June 1966) is a Portuguese professional golfer.

Daniel Silva
Personal information
Born	(1966-06-19) 19 June 1966 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	Portugal
Residence	Vilamoura, Portugal
Career
Turned professional	1988
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T80: 1991

Silva was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988 and spent the next decade attempting to hold down a place on the European Tour. He was a regular visitor to qualifying school, where he came out with the number one card in 1990. He followed up that success with two solid seasons back to back in 1991 and 1992, which were the only years that he made the top one hundred on the Order of Merit, before being setback by injury. His sole European Tour win came at the 1992 Jersey European Airways Open. It was the first tour win by a Portuguese golfer. He represented Portugal in the World Cup in 1989 and 1991. Silva is a renowned golf coach who has trained with Butch Harmon, the former coach of Tiger Woods, and has watched many world-famous golfers play and train. In 2015, Silva founded Season Golf Academy (SGA) in Finland.

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	12 Apr 1992	Jersey European Airways Open	−11 (69-65-70-73=277)	2 strokes	Chris Moody

Results in major championships

Tournament	1991
The Open Championship	T80

Note: Silva only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

• St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1986, 1988

Professional

• World Cup (representing Portugal): 1989, 1991

External links

• Daniel Silva at the European Tour official site
• Daniel Silva at the Official World Golf Ranking official site