Nico Echavarría

Nico Echavarría
Nico Echavarría
Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Echavarría Botero
Born	4 August 1994 (age 30); Medellín, Colombia
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Sporting nationality	Colombia
Residence	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College	University of Arkansas
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour; PGA Tour Latinoamérica; Colombian Tour
Professional wins	6
Highest ranking	41 (12 January 2025); (as of 18 May 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Other	4
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	51st: 2025
PGA Championship	T41: 2025
U.S. Open	54th: 2024
The Open Championship	DNP

Nicolás Echavarría Botero (born 4 August 1994) is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He claimed his first PGA Tour victory in his rookie season at the Puerto Rico Open.

Amateur career

Echavarría attended the University of Arkansas from 2013 to 2017.^[3] He also represented Colombia in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2016.

Professional career

Echavarría turned professional in February 2017,^[4] making his first professional start at the Avianca Colombia Open later that month.^[5] He won twice during the 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season, finishing second in the Order of Merit, gaining a card for the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour season.^[6]

Echavarría gained a PGA Tour card for the 2022–23 season, via the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Finals. In March 2023, he won the Puerto Rico Open. He shot a total of 21-under-par to win by two shots ahead of Akshay Bhatia.^[7] He claimed his second PGA Tour win in October 2024 at the Zozo Championship in Japan.^[8]

On 9 April 2025, Echavarría won the Masters Tournament Par 3 Contest after finishing nine holes at five under par and prevailing in a sudden death playoff with J. J. Spaun.^[9]

Personal life

Echavarría's brother Andrés is also a professional golfer.^[10]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Mar 2023	Puerto Rico Open	−21 (67-67-65-68=267)	2 strokes	Akshay Bhatia
2	27 Oct 2024	Zozo Championship¹	−20 (64-64-65-67=260)	1 stroke	Max Greyserman, Justin Thomas

¹Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but unofficial event on that tour.

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2025	Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	16 Sep 2018	Sao Paulo Golf Club Championship	−19 (64-66-68-67=265)	1 stroke	Augusto Núñez
2	7 Oct 2018	San Luis Championship	−19 (68-68-63-70=269)	4 strokes	Raúl Cortes

Colombian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	24 Jun 2018	Abierto Club Campestre de Cali	−7 (69-68-73-67=277)	2 strokes	Ricardo Celia, Marcelo Rozo
2	20 Aug 2018	Abierto Club Campestre de Medellín	−6 (70-73-67-72=282)	5 strokes	Geovanny Agudelo, Jesús Amaya, Ómar Beltrán