CARLOS FRANCO

 
RESULTS
Carlos Franco
PGA TOUR Events Played Finish FedExCup
Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Scoring Avg. OWGR Money Points Standing
Career Totals 242 158 4 1 5 24 66 -- -- $9,037,746 -- --
2008 10 6 -- -- -- -- 3 70.90 550 $168,640 706 149th
2007 12 5 -- -- -- -- 1 71.44 749 $108,021 285 218th
2006 29 13 -- -- -- 1 3 71.97 242 $454,385 -- --
2005 25 14 -- 1 -- 2 4 71.10 77 $1,029,267 -- --
2004 27 23 1 -- 2 4 10 70.77 73 $1,955,395 -- --
Nationwide Tour Events Played Finish Money List Rank
Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Scoring Avg. OWGR Money
Career Totals 8 4 -- -- -- 1 1 -- -- $35,072 --
2008 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- 71.25 550 $4,292 162
2007 7 3 -- -- -- 1 1 70.35 749 $30,780 131
*OWGR = Official World Golf Rating More Stats
KEY STATS
Scoring Average
 
 70.73
 
 71.32
Driving Distance
 
 277.2
 
 281.4
Driving Accuracy Percentage
 
 52.69%
 
 63.16%
Greens in Regulation Percentage
 
 61.94%
 
 63.61%
Scrambling
 
 59.12%
 
 57.66%
Putts Per Round
 
 28.25
 
 29.30
 
Carlos Franco Average
 
PGA TOUR Average
   
BEST FINISHES
Result Year Events
T21 2008 Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular
T23 2008 Buick Invitational
T23 2008 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
T49 2008 The Honda Classic
T53 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
 
DID YOU KNOW?

Carlos Franco plays the Titleist Pro V1X.

  • > His best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2008 is T21st at the Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular.
  • > He ranks T68th in Scoring Average on the PGA TOUR.
PGA TOUR
STANDARD STATS Rank Additional Stats
Driving Distance 280.0 120th Tot. Dist. - 14,560 Tot. Drvs. - 52
Driving Accuracy Percentage 51.79% 184th Fwys Hit - 188 Poss. Fwys - 363
Greens in Regulation Pct. 61.54% 115th Greens Hit - 288 # Holes - 468
Putting Average 1.771 39th GIR Putts - 510 Greens Hit - 288
Eagles (Holes per) 288.0 81st # Holes - 576 # Eagles - 2
Birdie Average 3.28 78th # Birdies - 105 Tot. Rnds. - 32
Scoring Average 70.90 68th Tot. Strks - 2,296 Tot. Adj. - 27.272-
Sand Save Percentage 58.18% 33rd # Saves - 32 # Bunkers - 55
Total Driving 304 188th Total rank from stats 1 & 2
All-Around Ranking 718 80th Total rank from stats 1-8
Regular Season FedExCup Points 706 149th Pts.Behind - 17,039 -
Money Leaders $168,640 149th - -
Par Breakers 18.58% 77th #Bird/Eagl - 107 #Holes - 576
Putts Per Round 28.50 32nd Tot. Putts - 741 Tot. Rnds. - 26
GIR Pct. - Fairway Bunker 55.2% 41st - -
Nationwide Tour
STANDARD STATS Rank Additional Stats
Birdie Average 4.75 -- # Birdies - 19 Tot. Rnds. - 4
Scoring Average 71.25 -- Tot. strks - 285 Tot. Rnds. - 4
Money Leaders $4,292 -- - -
Par Breakers 26.39% -- #Bird/Eagl - 19 #Holes - 72
Player did not meet the minimum number of rounds requirement to be officially ranked. The rank indicated is the position the player would be ranked if the minimum had been met.
NEWS
  • Quick hits at Quail Hollow: Cink, Flesch and more - May 2, 2008
  • Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Final-Round Notebook - Mar 30, 2008
  • Groups we're watching: Final round - Mar 30, 2008
  • Zurich Classic: Second-Round Notebook - Mar 28, 2008
  • Zurich Classic of New Orleans: First-Round Notebook - Mar 27, 2008
  • Sony Open in Hawaii: Second-Round Notebook - Jan 12, 2008
  • Overcoming brain tumor, Demsey gets another crack at PGA TOUR - Dec 3, 2007
  • Quick quotes from the final round of q-school - Dec 3, 2007
  • Meet the 2007 PGA TOUR Q-School Graduates - Dec 10, 2007
  • Final stage q-school: Fifth-round notebook - Dec 2, 2007
  • Q-School leaves a history of winners on the PGA TOUR - Nov 27, 2007
  • Final stage of q-school the last chance for many - Nov 28, 2007
  • An interview with Team China -- Zhang Lian-Wei and Liang Wen-Chong - Nov 24, 2007
  • Chopra's bogey-free round puts him one behind Armour, Estes - Oct 26, 2007
  • Ginn sur Mer Classic: Second-Round Notebook - Oct 26, 2007
  • Valero Texas Open: First-Round Notebook - Oct 4, 2007
  • Sleeper Picks: Valero Texas Open - Oct 2, 2007
  • Sleeper Picks: Valero Texas Open - Oct 2, 2007
  • Nineteen nations battle it out in Aruba qualifier - Sep 27, 2007
  • Sleeper Picks: Valero Texas Open - Oct 2, 2007
  • THE TOUR Championship: First-round notes - Sep 13, 2007
  • FedExCup Watch: The Barclays - Aug 22, 2007
  • FedExCup Watch: Open Championship/U.S. Bank Championship - Jul 19, 2007
  • John Deere Classic: Second-Round Notebook - Jul 13, 2007
  • John Deere Classic First-Round Notes - Jul 12, 2007
  • Staten, Day share lead at weather-delayed LaSalle Bank Open - May 31, 2007
  • Stiles hopes to make history at Hardscrabble - May 2, 2007
  • Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Final-Round Notebook - Apr 22, 2007
  • Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Second-Round Notebook - Apr 20, 2007
  • Zurich Classic of New Orleans: First-Round Notebook - Apr 19, 2007
  • Rookie Reifers could be a rising star on TOUR - Apr 19, 2007
  • TOUR Insider: Change is a constant challenge in New Orleans - Apr 17, 2007
  • Jones catches Dickinson in lead of South Georgia Classic - Apr 14, 2007
  • Qualifier Dickinson maintains lead in South Georgia Classic - Apr 13, 2007
  • Nationwide Tour weekly e-notes - Apr 10, 2007
  • Nationwide Tour weekly e-notes - Mar 20, 2007
  • Sheehan leads Johnson by one at halfway point in Panama - Jan 26, 2007
  • Hungry field set for Nationwide Tour opener - Jan 24, 2007
  • Toledo, Franco and Martin To Play in the Mayakoba Golf Classic - Jan 24, 2007
  • Sony Open in Hawaii: First-round notes - Jan 12, 2007
    • VIDEO

    Franco nearly chips in (:23)

    Carlos Franco's bunker birdie at the 2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (:20)

    Carlos Franco makes double-eagle at the 2000 Presidents Cup (:27)

    Cooking with Carlos Franco (3:40)

    Carlos Franco bunker shot at the 1999 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee (:22)

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    Grew up in poverty in Paraguay. Family of nine shared a one-room, dirt-floor home...Father was a greens superintendent and caddie at course in Asuncion...All five of his brothers became golf professionals. Brother Angel won the 1993 Dominion Open on Nationwide Tour...Appointed Minister De Deportes (Minister of Sports) in 1999...Raised more than $700,000 for needy patients at hospitals in Asuncion, including victims from the Aug. 1, 2004 fire that claimed nearly 500 lives.

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