With this win Estanislao Goya secured his first European Tour International Schedule victory in his sixth European Tour event. The win moves him up to 50th in The Race to Dubai with €145,385. This victory beats his previous best European Tour performance of tied 10th in the 2009 Joburg Open.
*Having graduated from the European Challenge Tour in 2008, he becomes the 100th different former Challenge Tour player to win on The European Tour
*Goya’s win is the 214th European Tour win by a former Challenge Tour Member
*First Challenge Tour graduate to win on The European Tour since Mikael Lundberg (2008 Russian Open Golf Championship)
*The 55th rookie to win in European Tour history
*The 14 different Challenge Tour graduate to win on The European Tour, the year after graduation
*The 10th different Challenge Tour graduate to win in on The European Tour in their rookie season
- Aged 20 and 294 days he becomes the youngest Argentine to win a European Tour event
*Aged 20 and 294 days becomes the youngest player to win the Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
*The sixth first-time winner on the 2009 European Tour International Schedule. They are: Lin Weng-tang (UBS Hong Kong Open), Rodney Pampling (Sportsbet Australian Masters), Rory McIlroy (Dubai Desert Classic), Anthony Kang (Maybank Malaysian Open), Danny Lee (AM) (Johnnie Walker Classic) and Estanislao Goya (Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal)
The 365th different golfer to win on The European Tour
The 11th different Argentine player to win on The European Tour
*The 27th Argentine victory in European Tour history
*Joins Santiago Luna (1995), Pedro Linhart (1999), Niclas Fasth (2000), Bradley Dredge (2003), Christopher Hanell (2004) and Daniel Vancsik (2007) to make the Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal their first European Tour win
Follows Daniel Vanscik (2007) as Argentine players to win the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal
Argentina’s first European Tour win
Argentina’s first win on The European Tour since Andres Romero at the 2007 Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
Moves to 99th in the Official World Golf Ranking
*Gains a place in the HSBC Champions in November
*Gains a place in the Mercedes-Benz Championship
*Gains his biggest European Tour prize of €116,660 (£106,968)
Gains a one year European Tour exemption until the end of 2010
Second European Tour top ten finish of the season and second of his European Tour career
*His third win as a professional
