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Carlos Franco

Paraguayan professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Carlos Franco
fullname	Carlos Daniel Franco
birth_date
birth_place	Asunción, Paraguay
death_date
height
nationality
yearpro	1986
retired
tour	PGA Tour Champions
extour	PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Tour de las Américas
prowins	25
pgawins	4
japwins	5
asiawins
champwins	2
otherwins	14
majorwins
masters	T6: [1999](1999-masters-tournament)
usopen	T34: 1999
open	T54: 2001
pga	T18: 2003
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	Asia Golf Circuit
Order of Merit winner
year1	[1994](1994-asia-golf-circuit)
award2	PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
year2	[1999](1999-pga-tour)

Japan Golf Tour Asia Golf Circuit Tour de las Américas Order of Merit winner](asia-golf-circuit-order-of-merit-winners) Rookie of the Year](pga-tour-rookie-of-the-year) Carlos Daniel Franco (born 24 May 1965) is a Paraguayan professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Early life

In 1965, Franco was born in Asunción, the Paraguayan capital. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddie, and he has five brothers, all of whom became golf professionals. One of his brothers is Ángel Franco.

Professional career

In 1986, Franco turned professional. He has played in many parts of the world. He has won more than twenty tournaments in Latin America, and from 1994 to 1999 he won five times on the Japan Golf Tour. He also won the 1994 Philippine Open title on the Asia Golf Circuit and claimed the Order of Merit title that season.

Franco first played on the U.S.-based PGA Tour in 1999 and was fully exempt until 2006. He was the first rookie to surpass $1 million in earnings in a season and won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year title. He won four times on the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, going as high as 16th in 2000. He is also one of the few non-Americans to win a Presidents Cup as a member of the 1998 team. After struggling to stay on the PGA Tour, Franco also played on the Web.com Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamérica.

Franco joined the Champions Tour after turning 50. He has won twice at the Shaw Charity Classic and the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, a pairs tournament with Vijay Singh. At the 2019 Pan American Games, Franco teamed with Fabrizio Zanotti, Julieta Granada, and Sofia García, to win the silver medal in the mixed team event.

Professional wins (25)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 May [1999](1999-pga-tour)	Compaq Classic of New Orleans	−19 (66-69-68-66=269)	2 strokes	USA Steve Flesch, USA Harrison Frazar
2	11 Jul 1999	Greater Milwaukee Open	−16 (65-66-67-66=264)	2 strokes	USA Tom Lehman
3	7 May [2000](2000-pga-tour)	Compaq Classic of New Orleans (2)	−18 (67-67-68-68=270)	Playoff	USA Blaine McCallister
4	25 Jul [2004](2004-pga-tour)	U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee (2)	−13 (68-63-69-67=267)	2 strokes	USA Fred Funk, USA Brett Quigley

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	[2000](2000-pga-tour)	Compaq Classic of New Orleans	USA Blaine McCallister	Won with par on second extra hole

PGA of Japan Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	25 Sep [1994](1994-pga-of-japan-tour)	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	−16 (65-67-68-72=272)	2 strokes	JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2	11 Jun [1995](1995-pga-of-japan-tour)	Sapporo Tokyu Open	−10 (68-69-69-72=278)	1 stroke	JPN Shinji Ikeuchi, JPN Kazuhiro Takami
3	15 Sep [1996](1996-pga-of-japan-tour)	ANA Open	−6 (67-73-74-68=282)	1 stroke	JPN Masahiro Kuramoto
4	29 Mar [1998](1998-pga-of-japan-tour)	Just System KSB Open	−17 (70-65-67-65=267)	4 strokes	PHI Frankie Miñoza
5	10 May 1998	Fujisankei Classic	−9 (69-70-67-69=275)	1 stroke	TWN Chen Tze-chung

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	[1996](1996-pga-of-japan-tour)	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	JPN Yoshikazu Sakamoto, JPN Nobuo Serizawa	Sakamoto won with par on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	20 Feb [1994](1994-asia-golf-circuit)	Manila Southwoods Philippine Open	−8 (72-69-68-71=280)	Playoff	KOR Choi Sang-ho

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	[1994](1994-asia-golf-circuit)	Manila Southwoods Philippine Open	KOR Choi Sang-ho	Won with par on first extra hole

Tour de las Américas wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	1992	Paraguay Open
2	1993	Uruguay Open
3	10 Dec 2000	Paraguay Open (2)
4	2 Dec [2001](2001-02-tour-de-las-americas)	Chevrolet Brazil Open	−11 (69-67-67-70=273)	4 strokes	ARG Miguel Guzmán
5	30 Nov [2003](2003-tour-de-las-americas)	American Express Trump Brazil Open (2)	−3 (70-71-69-71=281)	Playoff	ARG Eduardo Argiró

Other wins (8)

1985 Chile Open
1986 Chaco Open (Argentina)
1987 Asunción Open (Paraguay)
1990 Norpatagonico Open (Argentina)
1991 Daytron Cup (Paraguay)
1993 Los Leones Open (Chile), Asunción Open (Paraguay)
2004 Center Open (Argentina)

PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	4 Sep [2016](2016-pga-tour-champions-season)	Shaw Charity Classic	−18 (66-63-63=192)	2 strokes	USA Michael Allen, DEU Bernhard Langer
2	23 Apr [2017](2017-pga-tour-champions-season)	Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf
(with FJI Vijay Singh)	−15 (51-42=93)	1 stroke	USA Fred Funk and USA Jeff Sluman,
USA Paul Goydos and USA Kevin Sutherland,
USA Corey Pavin and USA Duffy Waldorf

Results in major championships

Tournament	1994	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2003	2004	2005
Masters Tournament				T6	T7	46			CUT
U.S. Open				T34	T61	CUT		WD	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT		T64	CUT	CUT	T54
PGA Championship		70	T40	T26	T58	T29	T18	T31	T59

WD = Withdrew

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	2	2	4	3
U.S. Open	0	0	5	2
The Open Championship	0	0	5	2
PGA Championship	0	1	8	8

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (1998 Open Championship – 1999 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Players Championship	CUT	T27	CUT	T22	T48	T58	CUT	T45

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2004
Match Play	R32	R64
Championship	T48	T45	NT1		T28
Invitational	T7	T27	20	T42	T58

1Cancelled due to 9/11

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" = Tied

NT = No tournament

Results in senior major championships

Results are not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
The Tradition		T48	T34	T34	68	NT	T74
Senior PGA Championship		CUT	T38	T49	T28	NT	CUT
U.S. Senior Open			CUT	T28		NT	CUT
Senior Players Championship		T20	T54	T43	67	T56	T72	T61	T70
Senior British Open Championship	CUT	T18	T43			NT		T29	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Paraguay): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999
World Cup (representing Paraguay): 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Presidents Cup (International Team): 1998 (winners), 2000

References

(25 April 1994). "Sport – International Results – Golf". [[The Canberra Times]].

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