Eduardo Herrera (golfer)

Eduardo Herrera
Personal information
Born	(1965-04-28) 28 April 1965 (age 59) Colombia
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	172 lb (78 kg; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality	Colombia
Career
Turned professional	1989
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Nationwide Tour PGA Tour Asian Tour
Professional wins	9
Highest ranking	85 (31 May 1998) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	5
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T58: 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	Hiroyuki Fujita
2	8 Dec 1996	Daikyo Open	−12 (67-69-68-68=272)	5 strokes	Katsunori Kuwabara
3	28 Sep 1997	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	−12 (71-66-69-70=276)	1 stroke	Toshiaki Odate
4	22 Mar 1998	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	−13 (66-69-68=203)*	1 stroke	Kaname Yokoo
5	27 Jun 1999	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	−14 (66-69-69-70=274)	2 strokes	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	Yoshinori Kaneko, Koichi Suzuki, Brian Watts	Watts won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1997	Acom International	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	Eduardo Argiró, Jeff Burns
2	26 Apr 2009	Televisa TLA Players Championship	−16 (69-64-67=200)	Playoff	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

• Eisenhower Trophy: 1986 (individual leader)

Professional

• World Cup: 1988, 1989, 2005

See also

• 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

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

External links

• Eduardo Herrera at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Eduardo Herrera at the PGA Tour official site
• Eduardo Herrera at the Official World Golf Ranking official site