Eduardo Herrera (golfer)

Eduardo Herrera
Personal information
Born (1965-04-28) 28 April 1965 (age 59)
Colombia
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight172 lb (78 kg; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality Colombia
Career
Turned professional1989
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Nationwide Tour
PGA Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking85 (31 May 1998)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT58: 1995

Eduardo Herrera (born 28 April 1965) is a Colombian professional golfer. Herrera was the first Colombian golfer to feature in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Amateur career

Herrera represented Colombia in the Eisenhower Cup in 1986 and although his team did not win, he had the best 72-hole score out of all the competitors in a field that included Jesper Parnevik, Colin Montgomerie, Jay Sigel, Billy Andrade, Peter McEvoy, Jean van de Velde and Peter O'Malley.

Professional career

Herrera played on the Japan Golf Tour from 1988 until 2001 where he won 5 tournaments. He played on the PGA Tour in 2002 after earning his card through qualifying school in 2001. Herrera only made 7 of 23 cuts in 2002 and was not able to retain his tour card. He earned $109,953 and finished in 196th on the money list. His best finish came at the B.C. Open where he finished in 8th. He dropped down to the second tier Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2005. While on the Nationwide Tour, Herrera made 28 of 48 cuts, recorded three top-10 finishes, 10 top-25 finishes and earned $133,444. His best finish on the money list came in 2003 when he finished in 70th. Herrera finished in 3rd place at the 2008 Asian Tour qualifying school to earn his Asian Tour card for 2009.

Professional wins (9)

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 18 Jun 1995 Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open −12 (70-67-68-67=272) 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
2 8 Dec 1996 Daikyo Open −12 (67-69-68-68=272) 5 strokes Japan Katsunori Kuwabara
3 28 Sep 1997 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −12 (71-66-69-70=276) 1 stroke Japan Toshiaki Odate
4 22 Mar 1998 Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open −13 (66-69-68=203)* 1 stroke Japan Kaname Yokoo
5 27 Jun 1999 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −14 (66-69-69-70=274) 2 strokes Japan Tsukasa Watanabe

*Note: The 1998 Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1994 Mizuno Open Japan Yoshinori Kaneko, Japan Koichi Suzuki,
United States Brian Watts 		Watts won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1997 Acom International Japan Kazuo Kanayama Lost to par on second extra hole

Tour de las Américas wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 14 Dec 2003 Mexican Open −10 (69-68-71-70=278) 1 stroke Argentina Eduardo Argiró, United States Jeff Burns
2 26 Apr 2009 Televisa TLA Players Championship −16 (69-64-67=200) Playoff Colombia Jaime Clavijo

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

  • 1989 Korakuen Cup (2nd)

Other wins (1)

  • 2008 Mercedes Championship (Brazil)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT T58 CUT

Note: Herrera only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Colombian national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 22 1998 Ending 31 May 1998" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.