Ernesto Pérez Acosta (golfer)

Ernesto Pérez Acosta (born 14 June 1946) is a Mexican professional golfer.

Ernesto Perez Acosta winning The 1976 Mexican Open at Club de Golf La Hacienda

Ernesto Perez Acosta and Nancy Lopez at the 1977 Rolex Mixed World Championship in Japan.

Ernesto Pérez Acosta
Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Pérez Acosta
Nickname	"El Pollero"
Born	(1946-06-14) 14 June 1946 Tijuana, Mexico
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	Mexico
Residence	Tijuana, Mexico
Spouse	Norma Virgen Díaz
Children	Norma, Sandra, Ernesto Jr.
Career
Turned professional	1970
Professional wins	70+
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	WD: 1983
The Open Championship	DNP

Pérez Acosta was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, where he has always lived and was a long-time club and touring professional at Club Campestre Tijuana. He is part of a well-known and respected golf dynasty of professionals in Mexico (Fidel, David, Eduardo, Luis, Ernesto and Carlos).[1][2]

As an amateur, he represented Mexico at the 1968 Eisenhower Trophy, in Melbourne, Australia, finishing 5th individually and 6th with his team. He turned professional in 1970 and won two Mexican Open titles, being the first Mexican winner and still remains the only Mexican with multiple titles.

He represented Mexico five times in the World Cup, winning the individual title in 1976 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, United States, three strokes ahead of six players, including the 1976 U.S. Open champion Jerry Pate. The Mexico team of Pérez Acosta and Margarito Martinez finished tied 5th. For the 1977 World Cup in Manila, Philippines, Pérez Acosta, was selected, together with Victor Regalado, to represent Mexico, but the team did not arrive in time, was replaced by a local amateur team and Pérez Acosta did not have a chance to defend his title.

Perez Acosta competed in 54 countries in different world circuits such as The European, Canadian, South American and Asian Tours. His 1976 individual World Cup victory earned him an invitation to the 1977 NEC World Series of Golf, at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, a 20-man event with the biggest first prize on the 1977 PGA Tour. Pérez Acosta collected $5,200 for 19th place, 2.5 times more than for his World Cup victory.[3]