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Victor Regalado (born 15 April 1948) is a Mexican
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who played on the
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.


Early life

Regalado was born and raised in
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.


Amateur career

As an amateur, he played in tournaments in the
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area just across the border from his home. He represented Mexico twice in the amateur worlds, the
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. In
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in
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, finished on top of the individual competition, two strokes ahead of
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,
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, and the Mexican team finished fifth.


Professional career

Regaldo turned professional in 1971. He had just over 30 top-10 finishes in
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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
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. 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
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was T10 at the
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. Regalado is currently one of only four native Mexican golfers to win on the PGA Tour, alongside
Cesar Sanudo Cesar Sanudo (October 26, 1943 – August 28, 2011) was a Mexican professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. Golf career Sanudo was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico with his four siblings. Like many other Hispani ...
, Carlos Ortiz, and
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.


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)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)


Other wins (5)

*1971 Mexican Masters *1972 Mexican Masters,
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, Treasure Valley Open (Boise, Idaho) *1973 Mexican PGA Championship


Results in major championships

''Note: Regalado never played in
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.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied


Team appearances

Amateur *
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(representing Mexico):
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
,
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
(individual leader) Professional *
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(representing Mexico):
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
,
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
,
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
,
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
,
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 bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
,
1983 The year 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 Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...


See also

* 1972 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Regalado, Victor Mexican male golfers PGA Tour golfers People from Tijuana Sportspeople from Baja California Golfers from San Diego 1948 births Living people 20th-century Mexican people