Francisco "Frankie" Miñoza (born 29 December 1959) is a Filipino professional

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er. Miñoza has played extensively in Asia, winning a number of tournaments on the leading Asian and Japanese tours in addition to many lesser events on the local circuits, especially in the Philippines and Malaysia. In 1990 he won three times on the Asia Golf Circuit and topped the tour's Order of Merit. He spent most of the following years, and had his most notable successes, on the

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. In 1998 Minoza featured in the top 50 of the

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having recorded several top finishes in Japan, including a victory in the Asia Circuit co-sanctioned Kirin Open. He also won three other tournaments on the Asia Circuit, and captured the Order of Merit for the second time. In 2005, after losing his Japanese tour card, he joined the

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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

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. 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

Professional wins (34)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

''*Note: The 1990 Dunlop Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–1)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (10)

''*Note: The 1990 Dunlop Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (3–1)

Philippine Golf Tour wins (6)

Other wins (9)

*1988 Perak Masters (Malaysia), Genting Classic (Malaysia), PFP Classic (Malaysia), *1989 Royal Johor Golf Classic (Malaysia), Sabah Masters, Perak Masters (Malaysia), Rothmans Malaysian Masters *1990 Rothmans Malaysian Masters *1993 Philippine Masters

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)

*2011 Komatsu Open *2012

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*2013 ISPS Handa Cup - Akibare Senior Masters

Playoff record

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Note: Miñoza never played in the U.S. Open.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing the Philippines):

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

Professional *

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(representing the Philippines):

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

* Dunhill Cup (representing the Philippines):

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, 1988

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minoza, Frankie Filipino male golfers Asian Tour golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Manila 1959 births Living people 20th-century Filipino sportsmen