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 264 166 4 1 5 24 68 -- -- $9,275,568 -- --
2009 7 2 -- -- -- -- -- 71.79 646 $27,693 23 223rd
2008 25 12 -- -- -- -- 5 71.16 546 $378,769 1,372 159th
2007 12 5 -- -- -- -- 1 71.56 749 $108,021 285 218th
2006 29 13 -- -- -- 1 3 71.87 242 $454,385 -- --
2005 25 14 -- 1 -- 2 4 71.07 77 $1,029,267 -- --
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 -- -- -- -- -- 71.25 546 $4,292 231
2007 7 3 -- -- -- 1 1 70.35 749 $30,780 131
*OWGR = Official World Golf Rating More Stats
KEY STATS
Scoring Average (Actual)
 
 72.64
 
 70.96
Driving Distance
 
 262.5
 
 284.1
Driving Accuracy Percentage
 
 68.12%
 
 60.38%
Greens in Regulation Percentage
 
 62.22%
 
 65.15%
Scrambling
 
 61.76%
 
 59.42%
Putts Per Round
 
 31.80
 
 29.06
 
Carlos Franco Average
 
PGA TOUR Average
   
BEST FINISHES
Result Year Events
T38 2009 Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular
T63 2009 Valero Texas Open
CUT 2009 Buick Invitational
CUT 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
CUT 2009 Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun
 
DID YOU KNOW?
  • His best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2009 is T38th at the Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular.
  • He ranks 98th in Career Earnings on the PGA TOUR.

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PGA TOUR
STANDARD STATS Rank Additional Stats
Driving Distance 280.3 144th Tot. Dist. - 7,287 Tot. Drvs. - 26
Driving Accuracy Percentage 58.01% 150th Fwys Hit - 105 Poss. Fwys - 181
Greens in Regulation Percentage 58.97% 186th Greens Hit - 138 # Holes - 234
Putting Average 1.812 164th GIR Putts - 250 Greens Hit - 138
Eagles (Holes per) 342.0 133rd # Holes - 342 # Eagles - 1
Birdie Average 2.89 184th # Birdies - 55 Tot. Rnds. - 19
Scoring Average 71.68 160th Tot. Strks - 1,364 Tot. Adj. - 2.059-
Sand Save Percentage 47.83% 115th # Saves - 11 # Bunkers - 23
Total Driving 1,998 195th Total rank from stats 1 & 2
Regular Season FedExCup Points 23 223rd Pts.Behind - 1,851 -
Money Leaders $27,693 221st - -
Par Breakers 16.37% 183rd #Bird/Eagl - 56 #Holes - 342
Putts Per Round 28.92 79th Tot. Putts - 376 Tot. Rnds. - 13
GIR Pct. - Fairway Bunker 22.2% 193rd - -
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
  • Zurich Classic, Rd. 2 - Apr 24, 2009
  • Zurich Classic, Rd. 1 - Apr 23, 2009
  • Week 16 Approach Shots: Zurich Classic - Apr 29, 2009
  • Nationwide Tour Insider: Aussie Sim aims for the top - Apr 15, 2009
  • The Live Report, Round 4: FBR Open - Feb 1, 2009
  • Q-school Final Stage: Third-round notes from the course - Dec 5, 2008
  • Q-school Final Stage: Second-round course notes - Dec 5, 2008
  • Q-school Final Stage: First-round notes from the course - Dec 3, 2008
  • Former PGA TOUR champions among q-school finalists - Dec 4, 2008
  • Dolch: Q-school's toughest stage? It's not the last one - Nov 19, 2008
  • Q-school: For every dream come true, 10 are shattered - Nov 17, 2008
  • Q-school getting tougher in second stage - Nov 12, 2008
  • Notes: Overton on the bubble, Weekley returns - Nov 4, 2008
  • TOUR Insider: Weir hoping for more good fortune - Oct 21, 2008
  • Groups we're watching: Turning Stone Resort Championship, Rd. 2 - Oct 3, 2008
  • Groups we're watching: Turning Stone Resort Championship, Rd. 2 - Oct 3, 2008
  • Overton leads after 5-under 67 at Turning Stone - Oct 2, 2008
  • First round: Overton takes control in brutal conditions - Oct 3, 2008
  • What they said: Carlos Franco - Oct 2, 2008
  • Notes: TOUR heads back to historic Sedgefield CC - Aug 12, 2008
  • Groups we're watching: Legends Reno-Tahoe, Rd. 3 - Aug 2, 2008
  • RBC Canadian Open: Partial second-round notebook - Jul 25, 2008
  • What they said: Carlos Franco's transcript - Jul 25, 2008
  • Second round: Reavie sits on top after 36 holes - Jul 26, 2008
  • Birdies lift slumping O'Hair into contention in Canada - Jul 25, 2008
  • Third round: Viva Australia - Jul 19, 2008
  • First round: Aided by an ace, Johnson takes early lead - Jul 17, 2008
  • Notes: Two-event week promises to be thrilling - Jul 15, 2008
  • Stanford St. Jude Championship: Second-Round Notebook - Jun 6, 2008
  • Gusting wind creates logjam, high scores in Memphis - Jun 6, 2008
  • 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

    Carlos Franco's bunker birdie at the 2008 Turning Stone (:17)

    Franco shoots a 3-under par 69 (1:05)

    Franco staying focused (1:18)

    Franco nearly chips in (:23)

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

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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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