Alexandre Nardy Rocha is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian professional golf

Golf

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Rocha was born in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

. He had a successful collegiate career in the United States, where he attended Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

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, before turning professional in 2000. He won tournaments in South America and Canada before qualifying for the European Tour at the end of 2005. He did not win enough money during his rookie season to retain his playing status and returned to qualifying school

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

 where he was the joint winner alongside Carlos Rodiles

Carlos Rodiles

Carlos Jose Rodiles is a Spanish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.-College career:He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletics...

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Having lost his card on the European Tour again at the end of the 2009 season, Rocha qualified for the Asian Tour

Asian Tour

The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...

 for 2010. In 2010, Rocha became the second Brazilian (after Jaime Gonzalez

Jaime Gonzalez

Jaime Gonzalez is a Brazilian professional golfer, and is one of the few from his country to have enjoyed success on the international circuit. His father Mário won the Spanish Open as an amateur in 1947....

, who played on the PGA Tour up until 1982) to join the PGA Tour when he graduated from Qualifying School

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

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Amateur wins

• 1992 South American Championship
• 1993 Brazil National Junior Championship
• 1994 Brazil National Championship
• 1995 Brazil National Junior Championship, South American Championship
• 1997 Brazil National Championship

Professional wins (10)

• 2000 San Fernando Open (Brazil)
• 2001 Rabobank Masters de Chile (Tour de las Américas
  Tour de las Americas
  The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
  
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• 2002 Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Pro-am (Brazil)
• 2003 Brasília DF Open (Brazil), Club de Campo Open (Brazil), Curitiba Open (Brazil), Casino de Charlevoix Cup (Canadian Tour, with Bryn Parry)
• 2004 Little Rock Maverick Tour Classic (United States)
• 2006 European Tour Qualifying School
  European Tour Qualifying School
  The European Tour Qualifying School is an annual golf tournament which enables professional golfers to gain a place on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour....
  
   Final Stage (tied with Carlos Rodiles
  Carlos Rodiles
  Carlos Jose Rodiles is a Spanish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.-College career:He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletics...
  
  )
• 2008 Marbella Open (Chile)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2011
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T68
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

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