Toks Pedro

Biography

Toks Pedro joined the GW golf staff as the program's assistant coach in August 2024. Pedro has been a professional since 2018, joining the APGA tour as a full-time member in 2022 and posting six top-10 finishes in 10 events, including three top-3 finishes and a victory at TPC Sugarloaf. His career began by earning stats on the PGA Tour China in 2019 and winning five times on the Moonlight Tour from 2020-21. Pedro had a standout amateur career as well, beginning with his undergraduate career at Rutgers, where he was a three-time Preseason All-Big Ten selection and two-time Big Ten All-Academic honoree while serving as team captain for the Scarlet Knights. Originally from Nigeria, Pedro attended Hilton Head Preparatory School in Hilton Head, S.C., before heading to Rutgers. He has twice won an individual bronze medal for his country and won the Veritas World Junior representing Nigeria in 2013. He became the first Nigerian to ever qualify for the US Amateur in 2018 and was the Medalist at the Washington Metropolitan Amateur Championship the same year.