Bobby Cole (golfer)
| Bobby Cole | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Robert E. Cole |
| Born |
11 May 1948 Springs, South Africa |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Africa
|
| Residence | Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1967 |
| Former tour(s) |
South African Tour PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 13 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 9 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T15: 1975 |
| U.S. Open | T13: 1971 |
| The Open Championship | T3: 1975 |
| PGA Championship | T3: 1974 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| South African Tour Order of Merit winner |
1972/73 |
Robert E. Cole (born 11 May 1948) is a South African professional golfer.
Cole was born in Springs, South Africa. As a child, he was influenced by the careers of Bobby Locke and Gary Player.
After suffering a bicycle accident related knee injury, Cole took up golf at the age of eleven. He won both the South Africa junior golf championship and the Vaal Amateur.
Cole made more than 150 cuts in PGA Tour tournament play. In 1966, Cole won the British Amateur at Carnoustie, Scotland, at age 18, the youngest winner to that stage. In 1974 he claimed both the team and the individual wins in the World Cup. Cole is a two-time winner of the South African Open, 1974 and 1980. In 1986, he won the South African PGA Championship.
On the U.S. PGA Tour, Cole won the 1977 Buick Open. He has had eight top-10 finishes in the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and the British Open, and he finished tied for third in the 1975 Open Championship, one stroke back of Tom Watson and Jack Newton, who played off for the win. During the 1975 Open, Cole shot back-to-back rounds of 66, setting and then matching the course record at Carnoustie.
Cole held the record at age 18 for youngest winner of the British Amateur, until Matteo Manassero won the Amateur in 2009, at age 16. Cole also held the record as the youngest player to play in and make the cut at the Masters Tournament, in 1967, at just short of 19 of age, until Manassero, in 2010, again beat his record, becoming the youngest player ever to make the cut at 16 years, 11 months and 22 days.
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