The former Madrid golfer Juan Carlos Piero, brother of Manuel Piero, one of the great figures of this sport in Spain, died yesterday, Saturday, at the age of 59, due to a long illness, reports the Association of Golf Professionals of Spain on its website.
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Juan Carlos Piero competed for thirteen seasons on the European circuit, between 1982, a year after turning professional, and 2006, in which he participated in 74 tournaments.
In 1996, he obtained his best results, with a second place in the Hohe Brucke tournament in Austria and sixth in Catalonia, to which he added the victory in the Open El Corts Ingls, of the Challenge Tour, in 1994, and in eight competitions on the national circuit.
Brother of another golfer, Alfonso, he retired from competition in 2016 due to the illness he suffered after participating in the 2016 Spanish Senior Professional Championship in Almera.
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