Carlos Franco

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Carlos Franco
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Daniel Franco
Born	(1965-05-24)24 May 1965 Asunción, Paraguay
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career
Turned professional	1986
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
Japan Golf Tour	5
Asian Tour	1
Other	12
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T6: 1999
U.S. Open	T34: 1999
The Open Championship	T54: 2001
PGA Championship	T18: 2003
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year	1999

Carlos Daniel Franco (born 24 May 1965) is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.

Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom became golf professionals. Carlos turned professional in 1986 and 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 claimed the 1994 Philippine Open title on the Asian Tour. Since 1999, he has played on the U.S. based PGA Tour, although he has not been fully exempt since 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 has won four times on the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

After struggling to stay on the PGA Tour, Franco also played on the Web.com Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamérica.

Professional wins (22)

PGA Tour wins (4)

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

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

1994 Jun Classic
1995 Sapporo Tokyu Open
1996 ANA Open
1998 Just System KSB Open, Fujisankei Classic

Asian Tour wins (1)

1994 Philippine Open

Other wins (13)

1985 Chile Open
1986 Chaco Open (Argentina)
1987 Asunción Open (Paraguay)
1990 Norpatagonico Open (Argentina)
1991 Daytron Cup (Paraguay)
1992 Paraguay Open
1993 Los Leones Open (Chile), Uruguay Open, Asunción Open (Paraguay)
2000 Paraguay Open
2001 Brazil Open
2003 Brazil Open
2004 Center Open (Argentina)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T6
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T34
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T64	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T40	T26

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Masters Tournament	T7	46	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	T61	CUT	DNP	DNP	WD	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T54	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T58	T29	DNP	T18	T31	T59

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	2	2	4	2
U.S. Open	0	0	5	2
The Open Championship	0	0	5	2
PGA Championship	0	1	7	7
Totals	2	3	21	13

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

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

External links

Carlos Franco at the PGA Tour official site
Carlos Franco at the Japan Golf Tour official site
The Carlos Franco Country And Golf Club's official site

v t e PGA Tour Rookies of the Year

1990 Robert Gamez 1991 John Daly‡ 1992 Mark Carnevale 1993 Vijay Singh† 1994 Ernie Els‡ 1995 Woody Austin 1996 Tiger Woods†∞ 1997 Stewart Cink† 1998 Steve Flesch 1999 Carlos Franco 2000 Michael Clark II 2001 Charles Howell III 2002 Jonathan Byrd 2003 Ben Curtis‡ 2004 Todd Hamilton‡ 2005 Sean O'Hair 2006 Trevor Immelman† 2007 Brandt Snedeker 2008 Andrés Romero 2009 Marc Leishman 2010 Rickie Fowler 2011 Keegan Bradley‡ 2012 John Huh 2013 Jordan Spieth

‡ indicates won major in the year the golfer won award † indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers ∞ indicates won all four majors in the golfers career

v t e International Presidents Cup team – 1998

Stuart Appleby Steve Elkington Ernie Els Carlos Franco Shigeki Maruyama Frank Nobilo Greg Norman Naomichi Ozaki Craig Parry Nick Price Vijay Singh Greg Turner Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

Won: 20.5 – 11.5

v t e International Presidents Cup team – 2000

Robert Allenby Stuart Appleby Michael Campbell Steve Elkington Ernie Els Carlos Franco Retief Goosen Shigeki Maruyama Greg Norman Nick Price Vijay Singh Mike Weir Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 10.5 – 21.5

Persondata
Name	Franco, Carlos
Alternative names	Franco, Carlos Daniel
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	24 May 1965
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death
Place of death

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