Gonzalo Fern�ndez-Casta�o is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Fern�ndez-Casta�o was born in Madrid. He turned professional in 2004 and came eighth at that year's European Tour Qualifying School. In his 2005 rookie season on the Tour, he won the KLM Open and the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. In 2006 he won the BMW Asian Open, which was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. In 2007 he won his third European Tour tournament, the Italian Open. He has finished within the top 60 of the Order of Merit in each of his nine seasons on tour to date. He had one win on tour in 2008 at the Quinn Insurance British Masters. He finished runner-up at the 2009 Estoril Open de Portugal after losing in a playoff to Michael Hoey. He would finish runner-up next week to Scott Strange at the Volvo China Open. He finished second for the third straight week at the Ballantine's Championship, where he lost to Thongchai Jaidee in a 3-way playoff in extremely tough conditions in Korea. He ended the season ranked 17th on the Race to Dubai. In May 2009 he reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. 

October 13th, 1980 in Madrid (Age 44)