Victor Regalado

Victor Regalado
Personal information
Born (1948-04-15) 15 April 1948 (age 76)
Tijuana, Mexico
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality Mexico
ResidenceSan Diego, California, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1971
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT30: 1975
PGA ChampionshipT10: 1984
U.S. OpenT24: 1978
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Victor Regalado (born 15 April 1948)[1][2] is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Regalado was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico.

Amateur career

As an amateur, he played in tournaments in the San Diego, California area just across the border from his home. He represented Mexico twice in the amateur worlds, the Eisenhower Trophy. In 1970 in Madrid, Spain, finished on top of the individual competition, two strokes ahead of Dale Hayes, South Africa, and the Mexican team finished fifth.

Professional career

Regaldo turned professional in 1971.[1] He had just over 30 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including two wins. His first win came at the 1974 Pleasant Valley Classic. His second win came at a tournament in which he enjoyed a great deal of career success: the Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open. He won there in 1978, after finishing runner-up the year before. He also finished runner-up in 1981 when he lost to Dave Barr in a sudden death playoff. His best finish in a major was T10 at the 1984 PGA Championship.[3]

Regalado is currently one of only four native Mexican golfers to win on the PGA Tour, alongside Cesar Sanudo, Carlos Ortiz,[4] and Abraham Ancer.

Personal life

Regaldo currently lives in San Diego.

Amateur wins

  • 1967 San Diego Men's Amateur Open
  • 1970 San Diego Men's Amateur Open

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Aug 1974 Pleasant Valley Classic −6 (68-72-69-69=278) 1 stroke United States Tom Weiskopf
2 16 Jul 1978 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open −15 (67-64-68-70=269) 1 stroke United States Fred Marti

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1981 Quad Cities Open Canada Dave Barr, United States Woody Blackburn,
United States Frank Conner, Canada Dan Halldorson 		Barr won with par on eighth extra hole
Conner, Halldorson and Regalado eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (5)

  • 1971 Mexican Masters[5]
  • 1972 Mexican Masters,[5] Utah Open, Treasure Valley Open (Boise, Idaho)
  • 1973 Mexican PGA Championship[5]

Results in major championships

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Masters Tournament T30 T31
U.S. Open T35 CUT T24 CUT
PGA Championship T28 T60 T34 76 CUT T10 CUT

Note: Regalado never played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Victor Regalado Bio". Yahoo Sports.
  2. ^ Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's who in golf. Arlington House. p. 159. ISBN 9780870002250 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Victor Regalado". Golf Major Championships. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Lorena Ochoa Facts". JockBio.com. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  5. ^ a b c Radosta, John S. (2 August 1974). "Regalado, Heard and J. C. Snead Pace Golf on 68's". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ^ Díaz, Carlos (29 July 2001). "Víctor Regalado, un super dotado del golf". El Universal (in Spanish).