Esteban Toledo

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Esteban Toledo
Personal information
Born (1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 61)
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
PGA Tour Champions4
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT34: 1999
The Open ChampionshipT43: 2002

Esteban Toledo (born 10 September 1962) is a Mexican

Nationwide Tour (now known as Korn Ferry Tour). At present, he competes on the PGA Tour Champions
.

Toledo was born in Mexicali, Mexico. Before taking up professional golf, Toledo was a boxer.[1]

His sole victory on the Nationwide Tour came at the 2005

World Cup
in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

In May 2013, Toledo became the first Mexican to win on the Champions Tour, winning the

Allianz Championship
.

Toledo's life and career is the subject of the book Tin Cup Dreams by Michael D'Antonio.

Professional wins (6)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 1 Jul 2005
Lake Erie Charity Classic
−14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes United States Jeff Gove

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1991
Ben Hogan Reno Open
United States Rob Boldt, United States John Flannery,
United States Tom Lehman
Flannery won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Boldt and Lehman eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (1)

PGA Tour Champions wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 5 May 2013
Insperity Championship
−6 (72-71-67=210) Playoff United States Mike Goodes, United States Gene Sauers
2 8 Sep 2013
Montreal Championship
−5 (73-69-69=211) Playoff United States Kenny Perry
3 27 Sep 2015
Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
−9 (71-66-69=206) 1 stroke United States Tom Watson
4 7 Feb 2016
Allianz Championship
−11 (68-70-67=205) Playoff United States Billy Andrade

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2013
Insperity Championship
United States Mike Goodes, United States Gene Sauers Won with par on third extra hole
Sauers eliminated by par on second hole
2 2013
Montreal Championship
United States Kenny Perry Won with birdie on third extra hole
3 2016
Allianz Championship
United States Billy Andrade Won with par on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002
U.S. Open T34 CUT
The Open Championship T43

Note: Toledo never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Farrell (9 October 2011). "Esteban Toledo spends time giving back". ESPN. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Esteban Toledo wins at Woodlands". ESPN. Associated Press. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

Further reading

  • D'Antonio, Michael (2000). Tin Cup Dreams: A Long Shot Makes It on the PGA Tour. New York: .

External links