Background
Gómez was born in Resistencia, Argentina.
Gómez was born in Resistencia, Argentina.
He finished the year 12th on the money list to earn his 2011 Professional Golf Association Tour card. He finished the year 55th on the Nationwide Tour money list.
He has had three wins on the Tour de las Americas, in addition to three other wins on the Argentine TPG Tour. He placed second at the Chaco Open in 2006, the TLA Players Championship in 2006 and the Venezuela Open in 2007. In 2011, Gómez played in 26 events with his best finish being a T7 at the Puerto Rico Open, his only top 10 that year. is other best results included a T15 at the Saint Jude Classic and a T18 at the Viking Classic on his way to finishing the year 157th on the money list, hence failing to retain his playing privileges.
In 2012, Gómez returned to the Nationwide Tour, where his most notable results were a T2 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, T7 at the South Georgia Classic and T10 at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open.
At the end of the season, he competed in the Professional Golf Association Tour Qualifying Tournament where he placed T10 at 21 under par, which was enough to regain his Professional Golf Association Tour card for the 2013 season. In 2013, Gómez finished T2 at the Puerto Rico Open, T16 at the Royal Bank of Canada Canadian Open and T21 at the American Telephone & Telegraph Company National, but made only 10 cuts out of 23 events on the year.
He finished 133rd on the Federal Express Cup standings, so he lost his full Professional Golf Association Tour card and only maintained conditional status. On the 2014 Web.com Tour, Gómez finished T2 at the Stonebrae Classic, T4 at the United Leasing Championship and T10 at the Albertsons Boise Open.
He finished 23rd in the regular season earnings, which earned him a Professional Golf Association Tour card for the 2015 season.
He started the final round with the co-lead, alongside Owen, but shot a final round 66, which included five birdies and only one bogey to pull clear of the chasing pack and take the victory. He prevailed in a sudden-death playoff over Brandt Snedeker with a birdie on the second extra hole. Gómez had earlier shot a 62 during the final round to come from four behind to make the playoff.
lieutenant moved Gómez to the cusp of the world"s top 50, at 55th and took him one step closer to representing Argentina in the summer Olympics.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (2) Nationwide Tour wins (1) Professional Golf Association Tour wins (3) Tour de las Americas wins (4) Other wins (5) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut Professional World Cup (representing Argentina): 2013.