Frankie Miñoza
| Frankie Miñoza | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Francisco Minoza |
| Born | 29 December 1959 |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Philippines |
| Residence | Manila |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1983 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan PGA Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour |
| Professional wins | 24 |
| Highest ranking | 43 (2 August 1998)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 7 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Other | 16 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 1991 |
| PGA Championship | WD: 1997 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T52: 1998 |
Francisco "Frankie" Miñoza (born 29 December 1959) is a Filipino professional golfer.
Miñoza has won a number of events in Asia and Japan, but has spent most of his prime, and had his most notable success, on the Japan Golf Tour. In 1998 he was featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
In 2005, after losing his Japanese tour card, he joined the Asian Tour for the first time since its formal establishment in 1995. He finished 27th on the Asian money list to retain his card and also regained his Japan Golf Tour card by finishing second at the qualifying school. In 2007 he won his second Philippine Open at the age of 46 to claim his first Asian Tour title.
In November 2010, Miñoza earned his 2011 Champions Tour card by finishing second at qualifying school.
Professional wins (25)
Japan Golf Tour wins (7)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Apr 1990 | Dunlop Open | –11 (70-68-67=205) | Playoff |  Teruo Sugihara
|
| 2 | 22 Aug 1993 | Maruman Open | –16 (66-71-66-69=272) | Playoff |  Chen Tze-chung
|
| 3 | 6 Aug 1995 | Sanko Grand Summer Championship | –21 (68-68-67-64=267) | 4 strokes | Shinji Ikeuchi
|
| 4 | 10 Dec 1995 | Daikyo Open | –11 (68-69-67-69=273) | 2 strokes | Toru Nakamura
|
| 5 | 26 Apr 1998 | Kirin Open | –5 (71-66-69-73=279) | 1 stroke | Hidemichi Tanaka Tsukasa Watanabe Brian Watts
|
| 6 | 6 May 2001 | Fujisankei Classic | –8 (71-68-71-66=276) | 1 stroke | Tsukasa Watanabe
|
| 7 | 28 Oct 2007 | ABC Championship | –14 (69-64-71-70=274) | Playoff |  Dong-Hwan Lee
|
Asian Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Feb 2007 | Philippine Open | –10 (73-67-67-71=278) | 2 strokes | Gerald Rosales
|
Other wins (14)
- 1986 Indonesia Open
- 1988 Maekyung Open (Korea)
- 1989 Pakistan Open
- 1990 Taiwan Open, Indonesia Open
- 1998 Philippine Open, Philippine Masters
- 1998 Rolex Masters Singapore
- 2009 ICTSI Pueblo de Oro Championship (Philippines)
- 2011 ICTSI Wack Wack Championship (Philippines)
- 2013 TCC Invitational (Philippines), ICTSI Del Monte Championship (Philippines), ICTSI Pueblo de Oro Championship (Philippines)
- 2016 ICTSI Negros Occidental Classic (Philippines)
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)
- 2011 Komatsu Open
- 2012 Japan Senior Open
- 2013 ISPS Handa Cup - Akibare Senior Masters
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | T52 | |||||||
| PGA Championship | WD |
Note: Miñoza never played in the U.S. Open.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Philippines): 1980, 1982
Professional
- Dunhill Cup (representing the Philippines): 1987, 1988
External links
- Frankie Miñoza at the Asian Tour official site
- Frankie Miñoza at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Frankie Miñoza at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- ^ "Week 31 1998 Ending 2 Aug 1998" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.