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Esteban Toledo

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Esteban Toledo
Personal information
Born (1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 62)
Mexicali, Mexico
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Mexico
ResidenceLos Cabos, Mexico
Children2
Career
Turned professional1986
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
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 professional golfer, who was a member of the PGA Tour in 1994 and 1998–2004 and has also spent many years playing on the second tier 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 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort. He also won the 2000 Mexican Open. He represented Mexico in the 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 Insperity Championship in a playoff.[2] Toledo has since won an additional three times on the Champions Tour at the 2013 Montreal Championship, 2015 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach and 2016 Allianz Championship.

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

Professional wins (6)

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Nationwide Tour wins (1)

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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)

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PGA Tour Champions wins (4)

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  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.

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