| Rick Todd | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | October 3, 1962 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Canada | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of Texas at El Paso | ||
| Turned professional | 1987 | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Asia Golf Circuit Nationwide Tour Canadian Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||
| Other | 3 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1998 | ||
| The Open Championship | T71: 1996 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Rick Todd (born October 3, 1962) is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour and the Canadian Tour.
Todd was born in Toronto, Ontario. He played college golf at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He was second team All-American in 1986, third team in 1985 and honorable mention in 1984 and made the All-WAC first team four years in a row. He won four tournaments while at UTEP and was elected into the El Paso Golf Hall of Fame in 1984. He turned pro in 1987.
Todd joined the PGA Tour in 1990, earning his card through qualifying school. After an unsuccessful year on Tour, he joined the Ben Hogan Tour (now Nationwide Tour) where he won the Ben Hogan El Paso Open in his rookie season. The following year he won the Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open. In his last full season on the Tour in 1993 he recorded three top-10 finishes.
Todd won the Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit in 1996,[1] which qualified him on the Japan Golf Tour, where he played in 1996 and 1997. He won three times on the Canadian Tour between 1991 and 1997.
Todd was the head coach at his alma mater, UTEP, from 1999 to 2011 and was named WAC Coach of the Year in 2001.
Todd represented his country in 1996 at the World Cup and the Dunhill Cup.
- ^ O'Connor, Tim (April 24, 1996). "Todd takes on Japanese PGA Tour after success on Asian Tour". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. 47. Retrieved February 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.