Esteban Toledo (born 10 September 1962) is a Mexican

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, who was a member of the

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in 1994 and 1998–2004 and has also spent many years playing on the second tier Nationwide Tour (now known as Korn Ferry Tour). At present, he competes on the

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. Toledo was born in

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. Before taking up professional golf, Toledo was a boxer. His sole victory on the Nationwide Tour came at the 2005

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. He also won the 2000 Mexican Open. He represented Mexico in the

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in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2006. In May 2013, Toledo became the first Mexican to win on the Champions Tour, winning the

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in a playoff. Toledo has since won an additional three times on the Champions Tour at the 2013 Montreal Championship, 2015

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and 2016

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. Toledo's life and career is the subject of the book ''Tin Cup Dreams'' by

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Professional wins (6)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (1)

*2000 Mexican Open

PGA Tour Champions wins (4)

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–0)

Results in major championships

''Note: Toledo never played in the

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or the

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.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

(representing Mexico):

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toledo, Esteban Mexican male golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Golfers from Colorado Sportspeople from Mexicali Sportspeople from Douglas County, Colorado 1962 births Living people 20th-century Mexican people