Background
Silva was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Silva was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He turned professional in 1988 and spent the next decade attempting to hold down a place on the European Tour. He was a regular visitor to qualifying school, where he came out with the number one card in 1990. He followed up that success with two solid seasons back to back in 1991 and 1992, which were the only years that he made the top one hundred on the, before being setback by injury.
He represented Portugal in the World Cup in 1989 and 1991.
European Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Amateur Street Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 1986, 1988 Professional World Cup (representing Portugal): 1989, 1991.